Tutoring opportunities
The sections below show upcoming courses with tutor vacancies by subject area. From here you can see details of what activity we expect tutors to be working on, and how many tutors we require for each course.
Current Tutoring Opportunities
Below are the the tutoring opportunities advertised for academic year 2023/24 in the School of Health in Social Science.
These will be at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level and will be mainly small group tutorials and marking of assessments. Some opportunities require students to have professional or other qualifications and this is made clear in the tables below.
Please look at opportunities available across the different subject areas within the School.
Please note vacancy details are subject to change. Please contact the Course Organiser for more details.
Applications are now closed. If you have questions regarding your submitted application please email tutors.health@ed.ac.uk.
| Course code | Course name | Delivery and activity detail | No. of tutors required | Duration |
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Listening, Attunement and Empathy
Self, Others and Society
Ethics, Boundaries and Supervision |
Monday, Tuesday and Friday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 25 Listening Practice Sessions, 2 hours per session, 10 weeks semester 1 and 15 weeks semester 2. 5 tutors to take 2 groups each week and 4 tutors to take 1 group each week Assessment: mark 8 x 4,000 word assignments for each course for LAE, SOS, & EBS, plus 2 hours of moderation per course. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser per course. |
9 (total for all three courses) |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 2 |
| CNST11087 |
Humanities and Arts-informed Research Methods in the Social Sciences |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 2 hours session once a week for 10 weeks. Assessment: mark 10 assessments x 1,200 words/oral assessment option; mark 10 assessments x 2,500 words/oral assessment option; plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 1 |
| CNST12007 |
Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates |
Wednesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 seminars 2 hours each in weeks 1-10 Assessment: mark 8 essays x 4,000 words, 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
8 | Semester 1 |
| CNST11094 | Reflexivity: Rethinking Subjectivity in Practice and Research |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 tutorials, 1 hour each. Assessment: mark 12 assigments x 4,000 words, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 2 |
| CNST08001 | Counselling and Psychotherapy: Principles and Practices |
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Tutorials: 5 tutorials in total, one hour each Assessment: mark 4 x 500-word group blogs, 16 x individual reflexive statements, 16 x 2,500-word essays, 3 hours moderation meetings . Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Semester 2 |
| CNST12013 |
Between Counselling and Research 2: Qualitative Methodologies |
Wednesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 seminars in weeks 1-10, 1.5 hours each. Assessment: mark 8 x 4,400 word essays per tutor, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 2 |
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Trauma in Society |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour long tutorials x 2 groups No assessment Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 | |
| CNST11034 |
Counselling Children and Young People |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 x 1.5 hours listening practice sessions. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 1 |
| Course code | Course name | Delivery and activity detail |
No. of tutors required |
Duration |
| SHSS08001 |
Mapping Health and Illness Across Societies |
Wednesday, Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 11 tutorials, 1 hours each tutorial. 4 tutors to take 2 groups each and 1 tutor to take 3 groups. Assessment: mark 12 x 2,000 words; 12 x 2,500 words; 2 hours moderation meetings. Marking prep 2 x 5 example essays and 1 hour of marking prep meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 1 |
| SHSS10011 |
Drug Policy and the Public Good |
Tuesday, Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour long tutorials x 2 groups; Each tutor must take 2 tutorials. Assessment: mark 5 group work presentations per tutorial group x 2 tutorial groups; 20 x 2,000-word assignments; 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 1 |
| SHSS08005 |
Language and Communication in Health and Society |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 2 x 1 hour tutorial x 10 weeks. Assessment: mark 20 essays x 2,200 words, 20 essays x 1,700 words, 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
4 | Semester 2 |
| SHSS08002 |
Identity and Experience in Health |
Tuesday, Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 tutorials x 1 hour long groups x 2 groups. Assessment: mark 5 presentations delivered in class plus 1 hour per tutorial group for entering in marks; 20 x 3,000-word essays; 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 2 |
| Course code | Course name | Delivery and activity detail |
No. of tutors required |
Duration |
| CLPS11080 | Typical and Atypical Development (On Campus) |
Wednesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 tutorials x 1 hour tutorial x 2 groups Assessment: mark 20 x 3,500-words essays, plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
3 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11093 | Typical and Atypical Development (Online) |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 tutorials x 1 hour tutorial x 2 groups Assessment: mark 20 academic blogs x 800 words, plus 20 essays x 2,500 words, plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11037 | Applied Developmental Psychopathology (On Campus) |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 tutorials x 1 hour tutorial x 2 groups Assessment: mark 20 essays x 3,500 words plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
3 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11068 | Applied Developmental Psychopathology (Online) |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 x 1 hour long tutorial x 2 groups; 8 x 1 hour forum activity. Assessment: mark 15 essays x 3,500 word, plus 2 hour moderation meeting. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11054 | Developmental Psychology and Developmental Psychopathology |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 2 x 1 hour tutorial x 5 groups Assessment: mark 30 exam scripts x 2 hour exam, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
4 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11066 | Research Methods in Applied Psychology (On Campus) |
Thursday, Friday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 2 x 1.5 hour long tutorials x 10 weeks, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11053 | Conceptual and Theoretical Psychology |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 5 x 1 hour long tutorials. Assessment: mark a formative pre-tutorial quiz before each tutorial, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11033 | Evidence Based Psychological Interventions |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 2 x 1 hour tutorial x 8 weeks, 6 hours discussion board. Assessment: mark 20 x 4,000 word essay, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 5 hours meetings with course organiser. |
3 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11073 | Inferential Statistics in Applied Psychology |
Friday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 1 x 1.5 hour long tutorials x 9 weeks. Assessment: mark 25 assessments, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11092 | Child Migration and Mental Health (Online) |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1.5 hour long tutorials, 10 x 1 hour discussion boards. Assessment: mark 20 x 3,500 word essays, plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11052 | Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Disorders |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 5 x 1 hour long tutorials x 2 groups. Assessment: mark approx 20 exams, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS10001 | Psychological Therapies |
Monday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 2 x 1 hour long interactive workshops x 5 groups. Assessment: mark up to 50 x 1,500 word case study applications, plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11083 | Biological Psychology |
Friday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 5 x 1 hour long tutorials x 2 groups, plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11084 | Inter-disciplinary Approaches to Global Mental Health: Practice, Policy and Research |
Tutorials: 10 x 2 hours discussion board support, 2 hours at the week 6 peer tutorial. Assessment: mark 25 x 3,000 word essays, plus 25 x 10 minute presentations, 2 hours markers meeting. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser, 4 hours attendance at course seminars. |
1 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11056 | Psychological Research Methods: Data Management and Analysis |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1.25 hour (1 hour and 15 minutes) SPSS computer lab tutorials. Assessment: mark 20 x 3,000 word essays, plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11057 | Social Psychology and Mental Health | Assessment: mark 50 x 2 hour written exam papers,
plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11055 | Individual differences in mental health |
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 5 x 1 hour tutorial x 2 groups. Assessment: mark 20 x 10 minute recorded case reflection, 20 x 1,250 word written assignment, plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
5 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11079 | Attachment, wellbeing and mental health |
Wednesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 x 1 hour tutorials x 2 groups; 8 x 1 hour discussion board or teams monitoring. Assessment: mark 30 x 3,500 word essays, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
3 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11081 | CBT with Children and Young People in Practice |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 6 x 1 hour tutorials x 2 groups; The tutor will facilitate a Journal Club, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Full year |
| CLPS11046 | Social Inequality and Child and Adolescent Mental Health (online) |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1.5 hour long tutorials; 10 x 1 hour Discussion Boards. Assessment: mark 20 x 3,500 word essays, plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 |
| CLPS11042 | Parenting: Theory and Practice |
Monday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 8 x 1 hour tutorials x 2 groups, plus 6 hours discussion board. Assessment: mark 15 x 4,400 word essays, plus hours 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
3 | Semester 2 |
| CLPS11045 | Trauma and Resilience in a Developmental Context (online) |
Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 11 x 1.5 hour tutorials, plus 12 x 1 hour total engagement with wiki. Assessment: mark 20 x 1,000 word assignment, and 20 x 3,000 word assignment; plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
4 | Semester 2 |
| Course code | Course name | Delivery and activity detail |
No. of tutors required |
Duration |
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Life Sciences and Nursing Care
Mind and Body: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 2 |
Tuesday and Wednesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 20 x 1 hour long tutorials x 5 groups. Assessment: mark 30 x 1,500 words written assessment; 30 x 3,000 words written assessment; plus 2 hours moderation meeting per course. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser per course. |
2 | Full year |
| NUST08019 | Understanding the Person: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 1 |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 20 x 1 hour long tutorials. Assessment: mark 15 x 2,500 word essays and 15 x exam scripts plus 2 hours moderation meeting. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Full year |
| Mental Health: Life Sciences and Nursing Care 2 |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour workshops x 3 groups. Assessment: mark 25 x 2,500 words course papers, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 | |
| NUST08020 |
What is Health?: Society, Culture and Health 1 |
Friday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour tutorials x 3 groups. Assessment: mark 30 essays x 3,000 words, 30 formatives, plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 |
| NUST08026 |
Evidence and Enquiry: Research |
Wednesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 5 x 1 hour long tutorials x 3 groups. Assessment: 2 hours to mark group presentations; mark 20 essays; facilitate 2 hours formative assessment feedback session, plus 2 moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 |
| NUST11092 |
Designing Research in Nursing, Health and Social Care |
Monday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 tutorials x 1 hour. Assessment: mark formative (max 1,000 words) and summative assignments (3,000 words), 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
3 | Semester 1 |
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Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and Stroke Rehabilitation |
Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 6 x 1 hour long tutorials x 1 group. Assessment: mark 10 x 3,500 words case analysis and 10 x 1,000 words reflection; 10 x 500 word feedback of the formative to the on campus group, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Semester 1 | |
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Leadership - Exploring your potential |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 5 x 1 hour long tutorials. Assessment: mark 10 x 2,500 words, assess 10 x seminar presentations and 10 x debate sessions; plus 2 hours moderation meetings. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Semester 1 | |
| SHSS08004 | Contemporary Issues in Health and Wellbeing |
Monday and Thursday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour tutorials x 6 groups. Assessment: mark 20 x 3,000-word summative papers, plus 2 hours of moderation. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
2 | Semester 1 |
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NUST11083
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Person Centred Care in Practice: Relationships and Emotion Person Centered Care in Practice: Relationships and Emotion |
Monday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 1 hour x 10 weeks (online); 5 x 1 hour tutorial/seminar (on campus). Assessment: mark 20 x 1,000 words discussion board contributions, 10 x 3,500 words essays, 2 hours moderation per course. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser (per course). |
2 | Semester 2 |
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Nursing and Global Health Policy: developing your political leadership |
Monday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour long tutorials x 7 groups. Assessment: mark 20 presentations x 15, plus 15 policy briefs x 2,500 words, plus 2 moderation meeting. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Semester 2 | |
| NUST11109 |
Homeless and Inclusion Health (Online) |
Tuesday Tutorials: Prepare for, organise and facilitate 10 x 1 hour long tutorials, plus 2 moderation meeting. Professional development and specific training: attend School and IAD training as necessary, 2 hours meetings with course organiser. |
1 | Semester 2 |
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