Lecturer in Maths Education

The role

We seek to recruit a Pathway 3 member of staff who can lead on activities crossing over between secondary school and university mathematics education. In particular, they will act as Unit Director for the Maths in Schools unit. They will need to be familiar with safeguarding procedures and able to ensure academic integrity of the unit.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for selecting students for the Maths in Schools unit, equipping them with pedagogical techniques, designing and supervising schools placements, liaising with school hosts and assessing student logbooks. There may be further opportunities to support the delivery and assessment of other units at an A Level standard, including the Foundation units, and to act as a mentor for other Pathway 3 staff. 

You should apply if

You have experience of School mathematics education and working with University students.
Can organise and supervise placements at Schools across the City
Can work to deadlines to assess student written work
Familiar with modern pedagogical approaches to mathematics education and how to impact these to students.

Additional information

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure their referees send their letters of reference to maths-recruitment@bristol.ac.uk by 07/04/2026.

This instruction supersedes any information in the online application form suggesting that referees are contacted directly by the University.

Work pattern: Term time only for 32 weeks at 200 hours (or 28.6 days)

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 07/04/2026

The shortlisting is anticipated to take place week commencing 13th April 2026

The interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 4th May 2026 

For informal queries please contact: Professor Oliver Johnson, Head of School headofschool-maths@bristol.ac.uk

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