Postgraduate Teaching Assistant; PGTA - Centre Education and International Development; CE

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA) - Centre for Education and International Development (CEID) MA Cluster

r B16-02151 Professional Expertise Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support Department School of Education (B16) Location London Working Pattern Part time Salary £36,433-£41,833 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type On site Available for Secondment No Closing Date 16-Jun-2026

About UCL Institute of Education

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS) has specialists from a wide variety of disciplines including history, sociology and philosophy who undertake research to support education throughout the life course by contributing to economic, social and political debate as well as development in societies, nationally and internationally.

The department pioneers research collaborations with external partners to diversify the contribution that educational research can make academically, professionally and practically for individuals and communities.

The work of the department strives to provide solutions to current and emerging pressure points in societies, such as economic change and social injustice, by creating networks and partnerships to support knowledge transfer between education, work and communities.

The department of Education, Practice and Society has an exciting research portfolio of projects.

The Department of Education, Practice and Society wishes to make a number of appointments for Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs) for the 2026/7 academic year (Terms 1-3)

The EID MA cluster is made up of five MA courses and the modules PGTAs are likely to work on include one or more of:

The purpose of the PGTA role is to support teaching and learning on modules, with support from academic module leaders.

The main duties of the post include contributing to class teaching, tutoring and marking oral and written assessments, providing feedback to students, taking part in meetings with the module team and other module-related activities as required.

PGTA roles are intended to be developmental for those involved, so training and support will be given.

PGTAs are expected to be present on the Bloomsbury campus during the terms for which teaching is allocated and during the examination period as required.

These roles are available from September 2026 to UCL (PGR) students who are registered from September 2026.

Please be aware that PGR students may only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. Please only apply if you do NOT have a PGTA contract elsewhere in UCL. If you are successful in being appointed as a PGTA on one of these modules, you will NOT be able to work as a PGTA on any other course at UCL.

The successful candidate will be educated to Masters degree level (or having equivalent experience), in an education and international development field (including areas related to the post: such as, educational planning, conflict/peace building, health promotion). You are working towards a relevant postgraduate degree (PhD/EdD or similar) at UCL and have specialist knowledge appropriate to the module taught. In addition, you have experience of managing virtual learning environments including Moodle design and Talis reading and experience of teaching and supporting students at various levels.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

Please make sure that you state clearly in your application which module(s) you feel that you could teach on. It may not be possible to offer you a position on your preferred module.

Please include your CV…