Teaching Fellow
- Employer
- Durham University
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- May 5, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Teacher Education
- Employment Level
- Post-Doc
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The Role
Applications are invited for a
Teaching Fellow in Accounting.
Teaching Fellowships offer the
opportunity of valuable experience to those early in their academic
careers and the University is keen to maximise the benefit to as
many people as possible. The post of Teaching Fellow will involve a
significant teaching load, which may extend into the summer period,
and there may be related scholarship and the opportunity for
administrative duties which relate to education and pedagogy.
The post is for a fixed term only,
and it is not anticipated that the post will be extended beyond
this fixed term.
Successful applicants will, ideally,
be in post by 1st August.
The University provides a working
and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where
everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Candidates
will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the
assessment process.
Key responsibilities
-
Teach modules in appropriate
learning environments at undergraduate/postgraduate levels,
demonstrating an increasing awareness of different approaches to
and methods of teaching and supporting student learning;
Demonstrate the ability to manage
own teaching and designing, planning and writing teaching
materials;
Lead some aspects of modules and
contribute to modules led by others by collaborating with
colleagues on course development;
Develop and deliver an inclusive
curriculum and make an active contribution to an inclusive
community in which diversity is embraced and celebrated;
Seek and take on board feedback on
teaching and engage with others in CPD;
Supervise undergraduate and
postgraduate (taught) student(s);
Contribute to educational skill of
colleagues, e.g. giving a seminar to colleagues or engaging in
constructive discussion about a seminar;
Build internal contacts and
participate in networks to exchange information;
Start to engage in scholarship
(the creation, development and maintenance of the intellectual
infrastructure of subjects and disciplines) e.g. develop online
teaching resources;
In addition to Board of Studies,
membership of some departmental committees;
Student support, assessment of
academic performance and provision of feedback, dealing with
student disciplinary matters and complaints;
Undertake effectively and
efficiently any administrative role allocated by your Head of
Department.
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