Applications are invited from Research Students to join the School of Law, Politics and Sociology for the academic year 2024-2025.

Doctoral Tutors need to have up-to-date subject expertise and ideally have relevant teaching and administrative experience. If applicants have more than three years teaching experience they will be exempt from the compulsory requirement to enrol on the Fundamentals of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education course.

Applicants should complete the following:

1. LPS Doctoral Tutor Application Form
2. Curriculum Vitae (CV)
3. Supporting letter to include the following information:

• • Current occupation or work
  • Your teaching experience
  • The module(s)/areas you are interested in applying to teach – see below
  • Any other relevant skills and experience
  • Any relevant publications

Please send application, CV and supporting letter to:

Law: Jane Lambert (Course Co-ordinator) J.A.Lambert@sussex.ac.uk

Politics: Linda Cooper (Course Co-ordinator)  l.cooper@sussex.ac.uk

Sociology: Linda Cooper (Course Co-ordinator) l.cooper@sussex.ac.uk

Deadline: Monday 10th June 2024

If we think you may be able to contribute to our modules, we will take up your references and subsequently contact you to arrange an interview.

• LPS Doctoral Tutor Appointment Procedure
• LPS Doctoral Tutor Application Form

Successful candidates should enrol on the Fundamentals of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Course. 

Once recruited, further information about the role is available for tutors on the ‘Tutor Hub’ here

Doctoral Tutors are required for the following modules: 

Foundation Year 

The School of Law, Politics and Sociology is seeking to recruit a number of Doctoral Tutors to teach on the modules Order and Disorder A and B on the Social Science Foundation Year during the academic year 2024-25. Applicants should have a solid grounding in law, politics or sociology but need not be currently connected to the School of Law, Politics and Sociology. Previous teaching experience is desirable but not essential, and 'learning to teach in HE' sessions are offered. Applicants should be willing to deliver teaching both in-person and, if necessary, remotely. An interest in accessible pedagogy and equality in higher education is also desirable.

Law

Sussex Law School is seeking to recruit a number of Doctoral Tutors to teach during the academic year 2024-25. Applicants should have a solid grounding in studies relating to law although for some modules it is not a requirement to have a first degree in law. Previous teaching experience is not essential, however foundational 'learning to teach in HE' sessions are offered and applicants should be willing to deliver teaching both in-person and, if necessary, remotely. We are particularly interested in recruiting people that can contribute to the teaching of Level 4 and 5 modules on our LLB degrees (many of these modules cover the foundations of legal knowledge but some modules give students an introduction to thinking about law from social and political perspectives), as well as core modules at Level 4 and 5 on our elective ('law to non-LLB students') courses (again, covering both foundational and socio-legal topics). 

Politics

The Department of Politics at Sussex is seeking to recruit a number of Doctoral Tutors to teach during the academic year 2024-2025.  Applicants should have a solid grounding in studies relating to Politics.  Previous teaching experience is not essential.  We are particularly interested in recruiting people who can teach on our core modules and elective modules: British Political History, Explanatory Concepts in Political Science, Foundations of Politics, Research Skills and Methods, Making of Modern Europe and Far Right and the Politics of Immigration. 

In addition to the above we are also seeking to recruit Doctoral Tutors to teach on our online distance learning (ODL) MA in Corruption and Governance modules.  Please note that this is highly specialised teaching and the applicant will need to be able to demonstrate that they have the necessary skills and expertise. 

The modules are:

• People Power & Anti-corruption
• Corruption and Gender
• Narratives and Metaphors of Corruption
• International actors and Anti-corruption
• Applied Anti-corruption Project

Sociology and Criminology

The department of Sociology and Criminology at Sussex is seeking to recruit a number of Doctoral Tutors to teach during the academic year 2024-25. Applicants should have a solid grounding in sociology and/or criminology – however previous teaching experience is not essential. We are particularly interested in recruiting people that can teach degree level introductory sociological and/or criminological courses. We are also looking to recruit tutors able to teach in areas of gender studies and studies of crime and violence.