Associate Lecturer (3 posts)

Role Description

Department

The Department of Education at the University of York is seeking to appoint three part time (0.5 FTE) Associate Lecturers (Teaching & Scholarship) in Education to provide additional support for the 2021 intake of students on a number of our MA Programmes.

Role

The post of Associate Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship) in Education is suitable for a positive, proactive and experienced tutor in education, or a related discipline who has established a track record of high-quality teaching and who is committed to excellence in teaching and supervision. You will play a part in supervision, assessment, teaching and administration within the Department. The main focus of the roles will be to provide pastoral and dissertation supervision for postgraduate students and assist with the marking of summative assessments. You will join a collegial and supportive group of staff in the Department.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed

You must meet the following essential criteria:

• a PhD in Education, Applied Linguistics/TESOL or a related discipline, or have equivalent experience
• an appropriate academic professional and teaching qualification or a willingness to work towards one
• knowledge in one or more areas of education which fit with the specialism of our programmes, such as compulsory education, international education, language education, applied linguistics, citizenship and social justice education
• be able to engage effectively with a wide-ranging audience both orally and in writing
• be able to supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills and assist with learning problems
• be experienced in teaching and learning in HE at undergraduate and/ or postgraduate level or in an equivalent context

Experience of working successfully with international students would be desirable. 

The appointments will be from 1 February 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.  These are part time posts available on a fixed term basis until 31st December 2021

Interview date: 4 February 2021

For informal enquiries: please contact Vanita Sundaram on vanita.sundaram@york.ac.uk

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