Lecturer (Teaching) in Museums and Galleries in Education (0.4 FTE)

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years.

The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.

The Museums and Galleries in Education MA has a long and distinguished history for both those wishing to learn about the educational potential of the cultural sector and those wishing to expand their existing careers. The programme combines academic study with professional educational practice in museums, galleries and heritage sites looking at influential contemporary and historic theories in museum and gallery education. This programme also enables international collaborations to take place across the academic and professional field of museum studies.

You will play an important role in supporting Course Leader and preparing and delivering content for modules on the MA Museums and Galleries in Education. You will not only bring a valuable specialism to the range of expertise required for the programme but, with your extensive knowledge and experience across various aspects of museum gallery education, will provide supervision for students’ assignments and dissertations.

With a doctorate (or close to completion) in the field of museum, heritage or education / museum and gallery education / cultural learning, you will have a good knowledge of recent developments in museums and galleries, from inclusion and accessibility to climate change, learning, and interpretation, as well as a strong understanding of participatory and socially engaged practices in museums and galleries.

This post is available from 1/9/2026 – 31/8/2027.

Your application form should address all Person Specification points and clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria. It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits.

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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