Lecturer in Education (Primary Education Studies and Primary Music - 0.5 FTE)

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Salary: £39,347 to £46,974 pro rata Closing Date: Wednesday 12 June 2024 Reference: ED3112-24-179

The University of Brighton is seeking to appoint to the post of part-time Lecturer in Education (Primary Education and Primary Music) for its School of Education.

The School of Education has a very well-established continuum of taught programmes including: undergraduate education and teacher education courses; postgraduate primary and secondary teacher education; apprenticeships; a Masters programme; and PhD provision, which are also supported by the Brighton Doctoral College. We have an extensive partnership with schools, colleges, early years, alternative and informal educational providers and settings across the region.

We invite applicants who have a strong background and understanding of primary education and primary music. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute across our primary initial teacher education (ITE) undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. We particularly welcome applicants with a strong EYFS and KS1 background.

To be effective in this role, you will need:

Our reputation in the School of Education for high quality education and student experience is evidenced in the most recent higher education league table positions: we are 6th in the UK in the Guardian league table for education in 2024 and 16th in the UK for education in the Times Good University Guide. Our work in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) provision was rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted in our most recent 2018 inspection. The recently published NSS outcomes for our undergraduate provision in the School of Education are well above the sector average.

For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact Polly Herbert, Head of ITE (email [email protected]). We welcome applications from job sharers.

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The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.