Lecturer in Primary Education

The full-time starting salary is normally £42,860 per annum, with progression available in post to £46,586 per annum.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Education Lecturer to join our team. We are a well-established, supportive, friendly team who are fully committed to striving for excellence and aim to provide outstanding student experiences at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. We have developed a shared vision for educational excellence with our partner schools and our courses reflect our commitment to partnership working and training the next generation of primary teachers. 

As a Lecturer you will need to be highly motivated, well organised and passionate about delivering exceptional research informed teaching. You will have relevant subject knowledge in Primary Education evidenced through qualifications and prior teaching experience covering both EYFS and the Primary National Curriculum. 

You will have real enthusiasm and passion for primary and its associated pedagogies which go well beyond current statutory curriculum requirements; this will be demonstrated through your developing research interests and your network connections. You will develop and apply inspiring teaching techniques and content which fosters enthusiasm, understanding and critical enquiry amongst undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teachers. 

The role includes working on ITE courses, Postgraduate routes and providing professional development. You must be able to work closely with mentors in partner schools to establish and maintain links which ensure strong theory to practice connections. 

Providing pastoral support and enabling students to thrive and become independent professionals who are proud to be part of Birmingham City University is essential to your role. You will be supported to develop research, enterprise and scholarly activities which are integral to the post.

Applicants must hold a first degree and have QTS. Experience of teaching in primary schools is essential and prior experience of working in Initial Teacher Education is desirable. A higher degree would be desirable to fulfil the requirements of this post.

For further information please contact Paul Purser paul.purser@bcu.ac.uk

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Job Description - Lecturer

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About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

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