Law Tutor

Contract type: Variable Hours (part-time), Permanent

Cardiff University International Study Centre (ISC) is an innovative place of learning and teaching that help student achieves their educational goals and improve their life chances. You would be working in a culture of enhancing learning, teaching and assessment through a developmental approach, which will mean autonomy, innovation and development opportunities.

You will teach modules on the International Foundation Year (level 3), International Year 1 (level 4) and/or Pre-master’s Programme (level 6). You will play a key role by contributing to the development of teaching materials and formative and summative assessments. You will empower students to reach the level they need to progress into university by providing student-centred, engaging, and innovative learning. You’ll undertake marking and feedback on formative and summative assessments.

The main law modules in the Centre are all level 4 and include contract law, public law, criminal law, legal foundations, and a module on business law, which covers company law, equity and trusts and other areas of the law relevant to businesses in the UK. At level 3, we have an introductory course, which includes topics such as jurisprudence, public law land law and conveyancing. The ability to teach one or more of the following would be very advantageous: criminal law, public law, company law, and/or the law of equity and trusts.

The Centre also has a range of humanities, social sciences and business modules that you may be requested to deliver when appropriate.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Contribute to the delivery and development of modules and teaching sessions offered by the ISC.
• Prepare and deliver teaching, including lectures, seminars and tutorial sessions, with a teaching load of up to 25 hours per week. The specific number of taught hours is subject to operational needs and will be discussed with successful candidates.
• Develop formative and summative assessment tasks.
• Mark students’ formative and summative assessment submissions, providing timely and useful feedback to students on their performance, including writing regular student progress reports.
• Develop and update course material for modules and teaching sessions, including content for the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
• Work with the Centre’s Student Experience team in the delivery of induction, orientation and registration programmes.
• Notify and liaise with colleagues whenever necessary to ensure all students receive appropriate ongoing welfare and progression support.
• Implement quality assurance procedures at module and teaching session-level and contribute to the annual monitoring and review of courses.
• Attend and contribute to standardisation, moderation and other quality assurance meetings.
• Participate in regular meetings with teaching and support staff. contributing to the effective overall management of the programme and student life cycle.

ABOUT YOU

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject area (Essential)
• A teaching qualification (Desirable)
• A master’s degree in a related discipline, or equivalent professional qualification (Essential for level 6 delivery / Desirable for levels 3 and 4)
• Experience teaching in UK higher education, further education or in a sixth form (Essential)
• Experience working with international students (Desirable)
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and successfully meeting deadlines (Essential).

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