Summer School Neuroscience Teacher, Oxford

Academy Royale International (ARI) runs award-winning academic summer schools for students aged 10 to 18. Since 2004, more than 50,000 students from over 175 nations have studied with us, living and learning on campus at colleges of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and at Marlborough College. Our students go deeper into subjects they love, from medicine, law and engineering to artificial intelligence, business and English language, in discussion-led classes with expert tutors.

The role involves teaching Neuroscience, a new Broadening Horizons course for international students aged 16 to 18 in Oxford: 10 lessons of 90 minutes on how the nervous system works and how we study it. Topics include action potentials, synapses and brain circuits, brain imaging and stimulation, vision, neurological disease and clinical trials, and the ethics of brain-computer interfaces. Students will read primary research, solve clinical case puzzles by locating damage from symptoms, and analyse a neurological condition as a team.

What you will do:

• Plan your own lessons.
• Teach actively, delivering student-centred lessons, seminars, workshops and practical activities to small classes of students from many countries.
• Assess and report by marking assignments with personalised feedback and writing a personalised report for every student.
• Run your classroom by arriving 30 minutes before your first lesson to set up, keeping the room tidy and safe, taking daily registers, reporting absences and flagging equipment needs.
• Work with the campus team by attending weekly staff meetings and collaborating with teaching colleagues.
• Keep students safe by following ARI procedures and reporting any safeguarding concerns.

What you will bring:

• A practical, interactive teaching style suited to small groups.
• Confidence with neuroanatomy and clinical cases.
• Strong organisation and preparation skills.
• A clear commitment to safeguarding and to ARI's values.

Essential:

• An undergraduate degree, or higher, in neuroscience, or medicine with a neuroscience focus or a closely related subject.
• A postgraduate degree in neuroscience, or a medical degree with a neuroscience focus.
• Confident knowledge of neuroanatomy and of clinical cases.

Desirable:

• A doctorate or published research in neuroscience.
• Experience of teaching students aged 16 to 18 or undergraduates.
• A PGCE or an equivalent teaching qualification.

Position details:

• Location: Oxford, on campus at university colleges.
• Dates: Sessions run Monday to Friday over 2 weeks.
• Hours: 15 teaching hours per session (10 lessons of 90 minutes).
• Contract: Fixed term, by session.
• Pay: Set according to qualifications and experience.
• Accommodation and meals: Non-residential, so no meals are provided.

Why join us:

• Inspiring places at world-renowned universities.
• An international community bringing together students and staff from many nationalities.
• Training that sets you up to succeed with regular feedback.
• A team that has your back, celebrating success together.
• Responsibility that counts, making a real difference to young people's safety and wellbeing.

Our mission and values: Our aim is to give every student an extraordinary experience built on Safe, Happy and Learning.

Safeguarding and equal opportunities: ARI is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

How to apply: Apply online at academyroyaleinternational.com/work-with-us. Our recruitment team will support you at every stage.