Teaching Fellow in Developmental Psychology in Education

Job title:

Teaching Fellow in Developmental Psychology in Education

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Category: AcademicJob Description:Grade UE07: £40,497 – £48,149 per annumCAHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport / Institute for Education, Community and SocietyFull-time: 35 hours per weekFixed-term: from 1 September 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter) until 31 August 2026The Institute for Education, Community and Society (ECS) invites applications for a Teaching Fellow with academic expertise in Developmental Psychology in Education.We welcome applications from candidates who have experience of teaching in Higher Education and a PhD (or equivalent) in Developmental Psychology. The post holder will primarily teach and assess on postgraduate Developmental Psychology courses. Their expertise will also be called on to teach more broadly across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within Moray House School of Education and Sport (e.g., MSc Education, MA Primary Education, MA Physical Education, and PGDE Primary).The post-holder will have responsibility for the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research dissertations, and contribute to positive student experience. In addition, they will contribute to the scholarship activities of the Developmental Psychology in Education (DPiE) community. Situated within the Moray House School of Education and Sport, IECS draws on interdisciplinary approaches to inform the understanding of education across a wide range of settings. Developmental Psychology is an internationally recognised area of expertise within IECS and the post-holder will make an integral contribution to the growth and development of the DPiE community.Informal inquiries: Dr Julie Smith, Head of Institute for Education, Community and Society ( )Click to view a copy of the full (opens in a new browser tab).As a valued member of our team you can expect:An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our (opens in a new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens in a new browser tab).On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 12 June 2025.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:This Institute specialises in the sociology of education, education policy, higher and community education and digital education.Our Institute for Education, Community and Society has a growing reputation for innovative e-learning research and practice and an established international reputation for research in the sociology of education, education policy, higher and community education including community approaches to life-long learning, children and young people’s learning and development and extensive research in equity, inclusion and diversity within and beyond education.This Institute was formed in August 2010 from the Department of Education and Society and the Department of Higher and Community Education.To find out more, visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/education/institutes/ecs

Expected salary

£40497 – 48149 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sat, 31 May 2025 02:10:35 GMT

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