Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Education (Primary English) (EE3245-18-161)

Located in modern facilities at our Falmer site, just five miles from Brighton’s stunning sea front and vibrant city centre, the School of Education is one of the largest providers of education and training for student teachers, teachers and other professionals in the Higher Education sector.

With our forward facing approach we enjoy a regional, national and international reputation for the quality of our provision. Promoting new developments to ensure that we remain innovative, and embracing the principles of fair access, we are consistently successful in meeting new market demands and government initiatives at both a local and national level. Programmes within the school focus predominantly on Education, Learning and Development.

You will be joining a successful and dynamic subject team who, through a continued commitment to research and teaching excellence, strive to maximise students’ potential as future teachers of their subject. We are therefore seeking to appoint a highly motivated, innovative and effective practitioner who is keen to promote their subject across the school and beyond and potentially lead our BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS degree programme. You should be able to demonstrate a passion for teaching and students’ learning, and be able to offer a clear rationale for your pedagogy.

You will possess a good (1 or 2:1) undergraduate degree preferably in an English related subject area, and ideally hold a relevant postgraduate qualification (PGCert/EYITT/PGCE/MA/PhD), an equivalent level of professional experience or evidence of a commitment to obtaining a relevant higher degree/professional qualification.

Job sharers welcome.The nature of the role means that the successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check (further information can be found on the job description).

There are many benefits of working at the University which you can read about here: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/working-with-us/jobs/benefits-and-facilities.aspx

Closing Date: 20 Apr 2018
Category: Academic