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11 July 2024

Urban Laboratory are looking for PGTAs. Start date: 1 October 2024. Deadline to apply: 12th August 2024

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Department: Urban Laboratory
Modules: ESPS0032 Global Politics ESPS0045 Politics of the Middle East ESPS0047 Topics in Global South Politics and Policy ESPS0049 Racial Capitalism and the Political Economy of the Middle East

Number of hours: 200 total
Start date: 1 October 2024
Duration: Up to 1 year

Grade: PGTA (Grade 6)
Location: London

Application deadline: 12th August 2024

Job description

The purpose of this job is to support teaching and learning in four new modules working with the module lead. The modules are part of European and International Social and Political Studies’s undergraduate programmes.

Indicative duties of the post are seminar teaching, seminar teaching support, regular meetings with the module lead, co-ordination of presentation feedback to students, attendance reporting, support with module assessment.

Further information can be found in the Job Description.

Key responsibilities

  • Teaching assistance through the facilitation of seminars and/or workshops;
  • Class preparation and meeting with lecturers/module organisers;
  • After-class contact time with students, including time-tabled office hours;
  • Marking students' work;
  • Giving feedback to students;
  • Helping organise student presentations and feedback;
  •  Field trip planning/organisation

Requirements for role

  1. Educated to the Master degree level in at least two of the relevant fields of the modules being taught (Politics, Area Studies: Middle East/Global South, Racial Capitalism, Political Economy, Critical Race Theory, Environmental Studies). 
  2. A current PhD student in a relevant discipline
  3. Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, with students

How to apply

Email CV and cover letter to Senior HR Officer, Tunay Mustafa (t.mustafa@ucl.ac.uk)