Teaching Fellow in Developmental Psychology in Education
Teaching Fellow in Developmental Psychology in Education
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Grade UE07: 40497 - 48149 per annum
CAHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport / Institute for Education Community and Society
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: from 1 September 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter) until 31 August 2026
The 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 ()
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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 staff benefits page(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.
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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 note
The closing date for applications is 12 June 2025.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
