Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Education

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About ARU :

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role :

Based in the School of Education sits within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. We are a growing School with a diverse course portfolio, with postgraduate and undergraduate provision. Following our successful accreditation from the Department of Education, we have developed the first new BEd (Hons) Primary Education with QTS, in the sector for 30 years.

We're looking to recruit an experienced school-based practitioner to our Initial Teacher Training team to start in September 2025 . You will bring experience of teaching in primary schools, a passion for training the next generation of teachers in the Eastern region and a commitment to maintaining your own currency of practice to inform course and module development. In this role you will teach on the new BEd Primary Education with QTS course on our Peterborough campus, upskill as a Lead Mentor under the new requirements for ITT and support school-based training for trainees. Most of this role will require on-campus teaching on a Tuesday and Thursday or visiting trainees in school when they are on placement. This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting and busy ITT offer.

Informal enquiries can be made to Karen Tozer, Lead for ITT in Peterborough at karen.tozer@aru.ac.uk

Find out more about working with us .

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

This role does not qualify for visa sponsorship under the point-based system and is therefore only open to applicants with the right to work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes :

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.

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