Teaching Opportunities
Many postdocs are keen to get involved with teaching at the University, and there are a number of different opportunities to do that.
Teaching students at the University of Cambridge
Finding opportunities to teach undergraduates at the University typically requires you to be proactive and make approaches to those responsible for teaching in departments and Colleges.
You may be able to contribute to teaching in departments beyond your own, where there are related topics.
Undergraduates at Cambridge are taught in two ways:
- Lectures – these are organised in departments, contact your department’s teaching office or the academic responsible for teaching in your department to ask about opportunities to deliver lectures.
- Supervisions (teaching groups of 2-6 students) – these are primarily organised by Colleges, contact Directors of Studies in Colleges or lecturers in your department to ask about opportunities to run supervisions.
Further teaching opportunities/resources
Cambridge Online Education delivers online courses in a range of professional subjects, taught by Cambridge researchers and academics.
Postdocs are recruited as paid tutors on their courses that run throughout the year.
Information on current opportunities is available on their website.
For any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Tutor Coordinator uoc.online.tutors@cambridge.org.
The Institute of Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) runs courses for those working towards a degree, mid-career professionals, international students, and later life learners.
Current opportunities:
To apply, please send an up-to-date professional CV and a brief expression of interest to PACE Tutor Recruitment.
To apply, please send an up-to-date professional CV and a brief expression of interest to Dr Ali Al-Sherbaz, Academic Director (Digital Skills): aa2545@cam.ac.uk
The Cambridge Centre for Research Informatics Training offers a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate hands-on training courses, focused on bioinformatics and computational biology.
These courses are mainly taught by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Centre is always looking for postdocs working in bioinformatics who are interested in developing training skills.
If interested, please contact the Centre for Research Informatics Training team for more information.
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) seeks postdocs for paid supervisor and tutor roles on their part-time postgraduate courses for mid-career professionals.
Opportunities:
- MSt in Sustainability Leadership for both Business and the Built Environment. If your research is of relevance (or transferable) to some aspect of the sustainability agenda, they would be pleased to hear from you.
- Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business and the MSt Sustainability Leadership. Tutors are being recruited to lead students through the shorter assignments.
Applicants should have some experience of working in or with business or the built environment, and be able to articulate the systemic nature of the sustainability challenges that we face.
Please email a current CV to masters@cisl.cam.ac.uk to discuss upcoming opportunities.
The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning (CCTL) supports staff who teach at the University by providing training, developing networks, and funding innovation.
CCTL provides workshops on different aspects of teaching, as well as accredited educational development programmes at a range of levels for those who teach Cambridge students.