Lecturer (Teaching) Secondary PGCE Languages (0.4FTE)

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 Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education; Applied Linguistics; Language Learning and Intercultural Communication, Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.

We are looking to appoint an outstanding teacher educator who will join the team as a tutor on the PGCE programme, engaging in relevant teaching, supervision and assessment of Student Teachers, visiting schools based in London on a regular basis and being involved in the Secondary PGCE programme in the first instance.

Versatility to work across more than one programme will be considered an advantage. The role will include supporting the Subject Lead in their excellent provision in the broad field of Languages within ITE.

This post is available from 1^st September 2025.

About you

The successful candidate must have a degree in a relevant subject (Spanish/French/German), Qualified Teacher Status (or the equivalent) and substantial teaching experience within the secondary phase of education and within the field of Languages. In addition, they will be familiar with London schools and have a working familiarity with the Teachers Standards, due to their experience of working with early stage teachers to contribute to their progress. They will also have experience of successfully leading teams of teachers.

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.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits.

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As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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