2026/27 Arts and Sciences Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

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• The Department of Arts and Sciences wishes to make a number of appointments for Postgraduate Teaching Assistants for the 2026/27 academic year.
• These appointments are required to work on the BASc Arts and Sciences degrees based at the Bloomsbury campus and the BA Creative Arts and Humanities degree based at the UCL East campus in Stratford.
• Please refer to the job description for the full list of module teaching and marking opportunities available.
• The purpose of this job is to support teaching and learning in our BASC-coded modules, working with the academic modules leads through the delivery of small group teaching for students taking modules in the Arts and Sciences Department.
• Main duties of the post are tutorial class teaching, regular meetings with the course lecturer, provision of feedback to students, attendance reporting, coursework assessment and examination marking. PGTAs will be given training in support of their roles.
• PGTAs are expected to be able to commit be present on the Bloomsbury or UCL East campus for the BASc modules for the full duration of the term(s) for which teaching is allocated and during the examination period as required. We will not be offering any online seminar classes in 2026/27.
• This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

• Applicants must be in at least the second year of their PhD studies at the start of any contract with us (28 September 2026 for term 1 or 4 January 2027 for term 2).
• PhD students from outside UCL can also apply, but priority for appointments will go to current UCL PhD students.
• The application form will allow you to apply for more than one module per term but we will only appoint for a maximum of one BASC-coded module per teaching term. You should indicate all modules, a maximum of three per term, you're interested in at the application stage.
• Please check the job description and person specification for additional knowledge or experience required for some modules. All contracts are inclusive of teaching hours, preparation hours, office hours and marking. Previous experience of undergraduate teaching is desirable.
• Please note that we can only consider applications from students still completing their PhD and registered as a student at the time a contract would begin (see dates above). Applicants with a completed and awarded PhD are not eligible to apply.

• As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service