Lecturer in Education (Education Policy and Politics)

About us

IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society.

Founded in 1902, IOE 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.

About the role

We are looking to appoint one new Lecturer to lead and teach core and optional modules and to develop new options for the BA Education, Culture and Society degree programme. The appointee will make a significant contribution to the development and teaching of the BA Education, Culture and Society. You will lead and support modules related to education policy and politics, quantitative research methods, and other modules as needed. You will support students in their transition to higher education, progression through their degree and career development through personal tutoring. In addition, you will keep up to date with research in your specialist area and making links between your specialist interests and cognate interests elsewhere in UCL and contribute to a range of other research and enterprise activities as appropriate, including bids for funded research.

Any informal enquiries regarding this role can be directed to Dr Amy North, Academic Head of Teaching and Learning for EPS (amy.north@ucl.ac.uk) or Professor Moses Oketch, Head of Department (m.oketch@ucl.ac.uk)

About you

The successful candidate will have a relevant doctorate in Education or in a cognate discipline in the social sciences or humanities. You will have evidence of a strong background in teaching in the field of Education and/or related areas in the social sciences or humanities. In addition, you will a proven track record of teaching successfully at higher education level, have the ability to bring innovation and research into teaching and curriculum development and design at all levels, and a proven track record of involvement in research and production of high-quality publications.

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.

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