Edinburgh Law School

Course Tutor Application Form 2013

Thank you for your interest in Ordinary Tutoring at Edinburgh Law School. In order to complete the application process we would be grateful if you could answer the following questions and return the completed form as an email attachment to

In addition if you have not already done so please provide an up to date CV.

Title:

Surname:

Forename:

Date of birth*:

National Insurance number*:

Have you previously worked for the University of Edinburgh?

If so please note your staff/payroll number:

Email address

Contact Address

Mobile number:

Are you a UK/EEA national?

Do you have a valid UK/EU passport?

(Please note that all University employees are required to provide proof that they are eligible to work in the UK. You will be asked to bring this proof into the School before your contract is issued.)

*required information for contract generation
Please provide details of relevant academic qualifications, research experience, and other relevant professional expertise not included in your CV.

Please provide details of previous teaching experience and training

Please indicate which Ordinary course(s) you would be interested in tutoring.

Course Name:

Please tell us when you will be available to tutor (answer yes or no)

Semester One only (October to December):

Semester Two only (January to April):

Both Semesters:

Important information for potential Ordinary Course Tutors

We greatly value the contribution that our Ordinary Course Tutors make to the LLB Programmes. It is however extremely important that all new tutors are fully aware of the commitment that we expect you to make. Although you will be offered guidance by the Course Organisers you will be expected to make yourself fully familiar with the content of the course/courses that you are tutoring. This will involve reading the course guides and all supporting material and if you have not studied at Edinburgh we would recommend attending lectures. The courses website is a useful resource and you will be expected to be familiar with this site.

At the start of each semester the Course Organiser is likely to organise a group meeting for all tutors and you must attend this meeting. Essay titles will often be provided at this meeting along with guidance about answers and the common marking criteria. In addition you should be provided with some guidance about how to deliver feedback and if this is not offered please do contact the Course Organiser.

The Teaching Office will organise tutorial groups and the tutorial timetable and will advise you of the details. It is therefore essential that you ensure the Teaching Office always have your up to date email and mobile telephone details. It is a difficult undertaking to organise the several hundred tutorials that we run and, although we appreciate it may sometimes be unavoidable, cancellations cause major problems. If you are going to be detained in a meeting or in court please try and ensure you give the Teaching Office as much notice as possible so that the students can be contacted. Tutors who regularly cancel tutorials will have their contracts terminated.

All tutors are expected to report student non-attendance to the Teaching Office. At the early stage of the semester this may happen because a student has changed groups and by reporting the non-attendance you will be able to ensure you have an up to date list of those in your group(s). At later stages however non-attendance can provide an indication that a student is experiencing problems and therefore it is essential that we are made aware that the student is not attending.

All tutors are provided with an open-ended hours to be notified contract and are paid on the UE06 scale. You will be required to submit an electronic timesheet each month with the number of tutorials delivered for every week in that month. Information about rates of pay and how to complete the timesheet will be provided on your appointment. Please note that your first year of tutoring is considered to be a probationary year and you will be advised of the outcome of that probation at the end of semester two.

Further information about contracts and payment can be obtained from the HR/Payroll Administrative Secretary.