Postgraduate Teaching Assistant in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Full-time; Fixed-term for 5-years, or until PhD completion, whichever is sooner.

To comply with studentship requirements, the start date is fixed as Monday 26th September 2022 (or 1st January 2023). Interviews will be held in September (date to be confirmed).

This vacancy is only available to applicants who are eligible to work and study in the UK as the role does not meet the requirements for Visa sponsorship under UK immigration regulations.

Combining a teaching role with postgraduate research, this PGTA position is an exciting opportunity to complete a PhD under the supervision of Loughborough University's expert staff while gaining invaluable experience in the delivery of learning and teaching.

This PGTA position sits within the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University and will support the teaching of sport pedagogy. Teaching roles will include: 

• Demonstrating/Seminars/Tutorials – to support teaching activities during seminar, tutorial and practical sessions.
• Supervision – providing support to academic staff, supervising UG projects through, for example, providing technical support in experiments or assisting students in the use of software.
• Mentoring/Tutoring – providing students with guidance and technical support for module queries, study skills and referring them to appropriate pastoral support.
• Highly moderated marking.

Candidates should have a strong, relevant, educational background, excellent communication skills and experience of undertaking a research project.

The PhD project will fall within the School’s research themes: Sport Performance, Lifestyle for Health and Wellbeing, and Sport, Business and Society. A list of potential projects and further details can be found here:

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise-health-sciences/postgraduate-research/postgraduate-teaching-assistant                                                                                                            

Studentship tuition fees will be paid by the University but no additional studentship stipend will be paid as this position will attract a full-time ‘Specialist & Supporting Academic’ Grade 5 salary (£25,627 - £30,497 per annum).  Progression opportunities exist within the post as there is the potential to progress to SSA Grade 6 on gaining Associate Fellow status of the Higher Education Academy (or other such body) and meeting additional criteria after two years of employment.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Christopher Spray, Learning & Teaching Discipline Group Lead for PE, Coaching and Pedagogy, via email to C.M.Spray@lboro.ac.uk or telephone on 01509 226339

Please follow this link for further details 

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