Teaching Opportunities
Gain valuable teaching experience and transferable skills.
Learn and grow by teaching
Teaching during your doctorate can be a hugely rewarding experience.
It鈥檚 a chance to develop a range of skills 鈥� from leadership, active listening and communication to time management.
You get the satisfaction of helping others to reach their academic potential.
As long as you can successfully balance teaching alongside the demands of your research, we encourage you to go for it.
Read on to discover how to qualify as a teacher and gain valuable experience through teaching at 缅北禁地.
Find a teaching opportunity
Openings for teachers crop up within University schools and institutes.
If you鈥檙e interested in taking on a teaching role, speak to your PhD supervisor to find out what鈥檚 available.
To take on any teaching work as a postgraduate researcher, you must be registered for the academic year when the work takes place.
Teaching is governed by the recently updated Postgraduates who Teach Policy.
1. How to qualify for teaching work
Before you can start any formal, paid teaching, you have to complete a compulsory course. This is the . It鈥檚 made up of an online module and a one-day workshop.
Once you鈥檝e secured a teaching role, login to to complete the online module. You鈥檒l be guided through step-by-step instructions. There鈥檚 a course booklet for you to record your thoughts as you鈥檙e working through.
The next step is to sign up to do the one-day workshop. Visit the and click through to ILTHE 鈥� Learning and Teaching Development Service.
At the end of your day鈥檚 training, you鈥檒l have finished the course and be qualified for your first higher education teaching role.
2. Getting set up on the payroll system
No one can get paid by the university unless they鈥檙e on the payroll system. So there are a couple of admin steps to take before you can start teaching.
First register as a casual worker through the via the 鈥楥areers鈥� tab.
After registering you鈥檒l receive an email inviting you for a 鈥榬ight to work check鈥� at King鈥檚 Gate.
Until you鈥檝e registered and had your right to work check carried out, you cannot start your teaching role.
As long as you can successfully balance teaching alongside the demands of your research, we encourage you to go for it.
Already teaching?
You can get recognition as an of the Higher Education Academy by completing the 鈥楨videncing Learning and Teaching Skills鈥� (ELTS) course. This programme is specifically designed for postgraduate research students who have completed ILTHE.
The ELTS pathway will support your development to achieving AFHEA by introducing you to some key pedagogy on learning and teaching in HE
To be eligible for ELTS you must:鈥�
- Have completed the Introduction to Learning and Teaching in HE (ILTHE) training;
- Be able to attend ALL six workshops;
- Have a minimum of 15 -hours of HE teaching experience (which can include seminar leading, demonstrating, marking and tutoring/supporting students);
- Have the support of your PhD supervisor(s);
- NOT be in your first or final year of your PhD.
For further details and to apply visit the Learning and Teaching webpage.
