Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 12 February 2024

The Role
 
We are delighted to open applications for our School of Computing 2024 Postgraduate Teaching Assistant campaign. This role will open the door to enthusiastic and inspiring individuals who are passionate about an academic career with us. This opportunity brings together experience of teaching in a School which was rated in the top 30 in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2024, whilst working towards a PhD in one of the top 10 UK units for research. 

Our research directly inspires our teaching in postgraduate degrees, professional courses for industry, and a software focussed undergraduate programme that delivers exceptionally strong outcomes for our students, with 97% of Computer Science graduates in graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. Computer Science at Newcastle is ranked 9th in the UK and 108th in the world in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Ranking. 
    
The School is a lively, friendly community with research, innovation and teaching strengths across the spectrum of computing. Including secure and resilient systems, data science and artificial intelligence, model-based and formal methods, bioinformatics and complex biosystems, distributed systems, human computer interaction and educational practice in computing.
 
The School is located in the Urban Sciences Building, a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility at the heart of the rapidly developing £350m Newcastle Helix site, an innovation hub actively delivering research to market. Helix is home to the National Innovation Centres for Data and Ageing as well as national research hubs in urban systems, energy and infrastructure.  
 
This part time doctoral opportunity offers the unique opportunity to undertake PhD studies under the supervision of an academic colleague in the school whilst also offering the opportunity for teaching experience in a research-intensive school. We welcome applications for doctoral study across the full range of research specialisms in the school.

As a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant, you will carry out a substantial teaching activity within our Computer Science degrees, with guidance and support. You will be delivering teaching activities as well as marking coursework and exams, providing timely and effective feedback to students and assisting with Postgraduate project supervision, with a focus on providing a high-quality learning and teaching experience to students. You will be supported to develop your own professional practice.  To view the full job description, please click here.

We encourage applications from candidates from outside of the UK and can provide an interest-free loans scheme to support you with your UK visa-related costs. You will be eligible to make an application for this loan once you commence employment.

This role is offered on a fixed term basis for a period of 5 years alongside your Postgraduate Research studies. The time working on this role will be two days per week, leaving the remaining three days to spend on your studies.  To support you with this, you will be paid a stipend of £5,689 per annum as well as your annual salary of £12,933. 

If you are interested in working with us and are unsure if you meet the criteria, we would like to hear from you.

We would like to invite you to our information event to be held online on 17th January. Should you wish to register, please email comp.hos@ncl.ac.uk.  This will give you the opportunity to hear more about us and ask any questions. For informal enquiries about the role please contact comp.hos@ncl.ac.uk.

How to apply

Your first step is to contact a potential supervisor at Newcastle University who can support your research proposal prior to your application. You can find these by clicking here, by attending our online event or by contacting the Director of Postgraduate Studies at Sara.Fernstad@ncl.ac.uk If you need any support getting in touch with a potential supervisor please let us know at comp.hos@ncl.ac.uk.   

Once you have done this, please apply online and upload the following documents in the letter of application field:

•    A CV showing your work and education to date.
•    a teaching statement describing your teaching experience and how you can apply this experience in the School of Computing (Maximum 1 page of A4) •    a research statement describing the research project that you will complete and its anticipated impact (Maximum 1 page of A4)
•    a letter of support from your potential supervisor in the School of Computing

You will also need to apply for the Combined PhD programme in Computer Science and we will provide you with more information on how to do this at longlisting stage. Your student fee for this will be waived.

What happens next?

We will be offering an opportunity for you to deliver a teaching presentation on 11th and 13th March, ahead of the interviews to be held on 18th and 19th of March.
 

 Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 26604