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Discover essential resources and quick links for new and existing Postgraduate Teaching Assistants at UCL.
HR
- PGTA Code of Practice
- How to read your payslip
- Understanding your tax and NI contributions
- Pensions
- Staff benefits
- Trade Unions
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Contract types
- Sickness absence
- Annual leave
Finance
IT
- General IT support
- How to use and moderate Moodle
- How to book a room
- Getting started with print@UCL
- Campus maps - finding your way around campus
- Audiovisual (AV) support
- How to use the AV equipment in lecture theatres/teaching rooms
- UCL IT How-to Guides
- UCL Timetable
Training
- You should complete the Gateway workshop from the UCL Arena for PGTAs Programme. Speak to your department if you would also like to complete the other elements of the programme.
- All staff have access to Linkedin Learning
- Professional Development at UCL
- UCL Arena offers a three-step development pathway for PGTAs that includes:
- Gateway Workshop - mandatory
- Teaching Associate Programme (TAP) - optional
- Application for UCL Arena Fellowship - optional - Staff also have access to a range of workshops offered by UCL Arena
Networks
- Staff networks
- UCL departments have Research Student Representatives who represent the views and interests of MPhil/PhD students within the Department and Faculty. They are also a point of contact for the UCL Student Union (UCLU) and are aware of developments affecting students at all levels in the College. You can find them via the Rep Directory on UCLU's website.
Student Support and Wellbeing
- Student Support & Wellbeing - Information for Staff
UCL Careers
UCL Careers provides special support for UCL’s researcher community. This includes research assistants, research students (MRes & PhD), and postdoctoral research staff. The support is in collaboration with the UCL Organisational Development.