Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education (Modern Foreign Languages specialist)

As a Senior Lecturer with a specialism in Secondary Modern Foreign Languages, working within our Secondary Education area, you will be responsible for teaching, learning and assessment of students at postgraduate level.

You will also work with our school partners who provide trainee education placements. 

If you hold appropriate qualifications, you may also contribute to other related teaching at Masters level and PhD supervision, providing opportunities to contribute to teams across the Sheffield Institute of Education (SIoE).

You will be encouraged and supported to continue to develop your own research profile and there are varied opportunities to do this.

For teaching delivery, the Institute of Education is organised into varied subject areas.

The Modern Foreign Languages course develops students to teach at Key Stage 3 & 4 with post-16 enrichment.  You will lead the PGCE Secondary Modern Foreign Languages with QTS courses across the Provider-led and Lead Partner (LP) routes. 

The PGCE Secondary Modern Foreign Languages with QTS course recruits across both Lead Partner and Sheffield Hallam led routes.

If you are offered this post you will be subject to an enhanced with barred lists check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.  A criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working at Sheffield Hallam University but its relevance to the duties of the post will need to be assessed before the appointment is confirmed.

We offer a diverse range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment. 

You will be contractually enrolled into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

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For this job, we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role; this will depend on a number of factors specific to the individual applicant.

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