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Teaching Preparation Assistant

 

Job Description

The successful candidate will review a set of lecture notes and slides designed for an undergraduate mathematics course. The course covers fundamental topics such as basic mathematical functions, trigonometry, differentiation, integration, and introductory probability theory and inference.

The candidate?s primary responsibility will be to help to bridge the gap between mathematics and the natural sciences by relating the mathematical content to examples from the sciences and by linking the mathematical formalism to conventions (mathematical notation  etc.) more commonly used in scientific disciplines. There will also be the opportunity to work with staff in the maths department on the formatting and presentation of content and on the design of assessments. 



Qualifications

Undergraduate level or higher degree in a mathematical science (Engineering or Physics preferred)



Skills
  • A good understanding of the mathematics required for undergraduate science programmes is essential.
  • Experience of delivering undergraduate level mathematics tuition is desirable.
  • Experience of supporting preparation of teaching materials for undergraduate mathematics teaching is desirable.
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Qualifications

Current King's UG student 



Skills

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In this role you will be working on a project writing a toolkit on gender quotas, reserved seating and other mechanisms to introduce more women into parliaments for an international parliamentary organisation.

It will involve:

  • exploring and summarising existing academic literature, reports and findings from other international institutions and evidence on gender quotas and other equality mechanisms;
  • making simple graphs and charts using publicly available data to show the impact of quotas;
  • finding evidence and experiences of MPs from countries where quotas and other mechanisms have been introduced on how they came about, and difficulties with them; and writing up findings into a report and toolkit aimed at a non-academic audience.

 

There is a total of 105 hours of work available for this role.

 

 



Qualifications

Masters degree in Public Policy, Politics or a similar subject

 



Skills

Necessary

  • Experience of conducting a literature review.
  • Experience writing for non-academic audiences.
  • Understanding of parliamentary systems.
  • Ability to making charts on Excel.
  • Ability to use Word.
  • Ability to write to speed.

 

Desirable

  • Experience conducting elite interviews.
  • Understanding of gender equality mechanisms.

 

Daily diary and reflection of data dive 
Write summaries for evaluation wrap up report and collate slides 
Other tasks as required by Interim Director of CUSP



Qualifications

Experience working with CUSP London, Data Dive events we hold, teaching experience and confident use of:

analytics, R, Python & QGIS.



Skills

Experience working with CUSP London, Data Dive events we hold, teaching experience and confident use of:

analytics, R, Python & QGIS.

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