Teaching Fellow in Russian Studies (Job Number: 25000575)
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Grade 7: - £38,249 - £45,413 per annum pro rata
Fixed Term - Part Time
Contract Duration: 9 Months
Contracted Hours per Week: 17.5
Working Arrangements: TBC
Closing Date: 06-Jul-2025, 5:59:00 PM
Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement: Not Applicable.

THE ROLE

Applications are invited for a Teaching Fellow in Russian Studies. The post is at 0.5 FTE for a fixed term of 9 months only, beginning on 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. As the post is funded by a Leverhulme Trust award, it is not anticipated that it will be extended beyond this fixed term.
The successful applicant will have excellent Russian and English language skills, as well as research expertise and teaching experience in Russian Studies. You should be able to teach Russian literature, culture, and history in a holistic way across different periods, with particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. You will be fully integrated in the Russian Studies team within Durham University’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures and you will be expected to contribute to the delivery of teaching on relevant undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, to include curriculum development, the convening of modules, and all aspects of assessment.
Teaching Fellowships offer the opportunity of valuable experience to those early in their academic careers and the University is keen to maximise the benefit to as many people as possible. The post of Teaching Fellow will involve a significant teaching load, which may extend into the summer period, and there may be related scholarship and the opportunity for administrative duties which relate to education and pedagogy.
The University provides a working and teaching environment that is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly, with dignity and respect. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the assessment process.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teach modules in appropriate learning environments at undergraduate/postgraduate levels, demonstrating an increasing awareness of different approaches to and methods of teaching and supporting student learning.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage own teaching and designing, planning and writing teaching materials.
• Lead some aspects of modules and contribute to modules led by others by collaborating with colleagues on course development.
• Develop and deliver an inclusive curriculum and make an active contribution to an inclusive community in which diversity is embraced and celebrated.
• Seek and take on board feedback on teaching and engage with others in CPD.
• Undertake undergraduate and taught postgraduate dissertation supervision.
• Build internal contacts and participate in networks to exchange information.
• Start to engage in scholarship (the creation, development and maintenance of the intellectual infrastructure of subjects and disciplines) e.g. develop online teaching resources.
• In addition to Board of Studies, membership of some departmental committees and professional body memberships.
• Student support, assessment of academic performance and provision of feedback, dealing with student disciplinary matters and complaints.
• Undertake effectively and efficiently any administrative role allocated by your Head of School.
• To contribute to fostering a collegial and respectful working environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect.
• To engage in wider citizenship to support the department and wider discipline.
• To engage in continuing professional development by attending relevant training and development courses.