Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Kingston Business School offers Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) posts to full-time PhD students. The position gives you the opportunity to learn teaching skills. You will carry out up to 6 hours per week of teaching support activities to students on undergraduate programmes and postgraduate masters programmes.
2012 GTA posts
The GTA posts available for entry this year (2012) are attached to the research projects described in the table below. You can download the project outline in PDF format by clicking on the relevant research topic.
Enquiries about individual projects should be emailed to the relevant supervisors listed above, using the subject heading ‘GTA enquiry’.
How to apply
Before applying you should choose one of the research topics and read the project outline carefully. In your application you should explain why you are interested in pursuing research in that field and how your prior studies have helped you to prepare for it. You should also highlight which aspects of the topic specifically appeal to you and how the topic may be developed.
To apply for a GTA, you should submit your completed online application form and highlight your application as ‘B&L GTA’ so that it can be assessed separately from other PhD applications. Find out more about applying for a Business PhD.
If you have any queries about the content of the PhD programme, please email Dr Chris Hand. Any enquiries about the application process should be sent to GTAenquiries@kingston.ac.uk. Deadline for GTA applications is the 11th of May 2012.
Job description
The role of the Graduate Teaching Assistant is to complete a higher degree by research, contributing to the development of research in the Faculty and to assist in the provision of undergraduate teaching and the related activities. Download the GTA job description to vew the main responsibilities and person specification for the job.
