PGTA Duties in Geography Module Code Module Name Term Duties Skills

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1 Code Name Term Duties Skills GEOG1002 Environmental Systems and Processes 1 Hold office hours in a convenient, accessible location on campus (6 x 2 hour sessions) to advise students on the a thorough, quantitative understanding of each execution of formative practicals including providing advice in of the 6 course practicals in Moodle. making basic calculations and unit conversions in MSExcel. GEOG1003 Data Acquisition and Interpretation 1 Slapton fieldclass 3 PGTAs Reading Week November GEOG1003 Data Acquisition and Interpretation 1 Fieldclass marking GEOG1004 Read a sample of key articles from the course reading list each week (preparation). Facilitate group sessions with students in this course (2 hours per week for 10 weeks) to discuss ideas and arguments developed in reading and Human Ecology: Geographical lectures. Perspectives 1 GEOG1007 Global Geographies 1 GEOG1008 Writing and Analysis in Geography 1 GEOG1008 Writing and Analysis in Geography 1 GEOG1008 Writing and Analysis in Geography 1 GEOG2002 Methods in Physical Geography 1 GEOG2003 Methods in Human Geography 1 20 hours of contact time for small group teaching/review of course content and 10 hours of prep time. 6 hours demonstrating during induction week, on one specified day (assuming no more than 125 first years - increase one hour per further group of 25; but min 6 hours) - to assist students familiarise themselves wth UCL computing and registration on Portico. 18 hours marking of references exercise and following up missing work. 2 hours assisting course convenor prepare coursework for marking. PGTA to run practical classes each week for 4-5 hours. There is little preparation needed if they are familiar with either qualitative methods or quantitative analysis. However, so they can familiarise themselves with each session, there is an hour of prep for each week A physical geography background and experience of working on lakes, streams or with RESIDENTIAL FIELDCLASS - In addition there will be 1 hour preparation soils/sediments as they will assist on the projects time (briefing) and 1 hour training time in the field and lab and in marking student (wrt project specifications and marking) notebooks and project assignments. 6 for the 3 PGTAs They need a physical geography background and experience of working on lakes, streams or with soils/sediments as they will assist on the projects in the field and lab and in marking student notebooks and project assignments. TA is expected to have a good understanding of the literature but not expected to be an expert but simply to help students discuss reading amongst themselves. This may involve encouraging students to develop their own (smaller) reading groups independently. Skills: knowledge of geographical approaches to globalisation and geopolitics Skills needed: familiarity with UCL computing system and Portico student records 90 3 PGTAs Five groups meeting 4 times 6 0 Skills: excellent knowledge of social sciences author-date (Harvard) referencing system - references in text, bibliographies and web references 18 0 Skills: use of Excel, and careful attention to detail essential (work entails grouping student work - with possibly incorrect/missing examination codes in 10% or more of cases - into tutorial groups for marking and keeping a record of work received, marker assigned etc because the skills being taught are quite different for the first and second halves of the course (qual versus quant approaches) we have hired different students for each of the 5 weeks before and after reading week. It would probably make sense to do this again

2 Code Name Term Duties Skills GEOG2003 Methods in Human Geography 1 As above - quantitative section # GEOG2005 Geomorphology 1 GEOG2007 Ecological Patterns and Processes 1 GEOG2005 Geomorphology - 6 contact hrs (2x3hr) - GISbased computer practicals undertaken digitising, surface and spatial analysis. Two field-class helpers for 1 day in October, leaving UCL at about 8am and returning at about 5:30 pm (9.5h including bus transfers on the day), collecting/carrying materials from Pearson building to the coach in the morning and back in the afternoon, help with supervising the student group at Thursley Common, setting up vegetation transects TA must have experience of GIS, and if possible, some knowledge of landforms and/or landform change basic understanding of vegetation surveying, vegetation identification (basic plant ID skills or knowledge) measuring environmental parameters (ph, conductivity, potentially some familiarity with measuring equipment) # PGTA 1 GEOG2007 Ecological Patterns and Processes 1 helper #2 9 # PGTA 2 GEOG2019 Political Geography and Geopolitics 1 GEOG2020 Surface and Groundwater Hydrology 1 GEOG2024 Cultural and Historical Geography 1 GEOG2025 GEOG PGTA is required to assist members of academic staff in computer practicals -10 hours. Members of academic staff lead the practicals and the PGTA is needed to assist with student queries during the course of the practical. Preparation time (2 hours) is allocated to enable the PGTA to familiarise themselves with the material The practicals involve the application of the Stella systems modelling software as well as demonstrating routine hydrological analyses using Excel and some experience of both is desirable. 1 demonstrator needed, Running Seminars and Skills: To lead reading seminars and support supporting activities, including preparation and marking digital learning; an Interest in archives / time and training (x6 hours). historical & or cultural geography. The PGTAs will provide assistance in the class lab and Geocomputation and Computational Social programming support for students in the office hours. Science 1 The PGTAs will provide assistance in the class lab and Geocomputation and Computational Social programming support for students in the office hours. Science 1 GEOG3038 Water and Development in Africa 1 GEOG3041 Landscape and Power 1 GEOG3051 Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing 1 comprising 2 hours for 9 weeks facilitating student discussions of weekly reading assignments, 1 week acting as Chair of the seminar in class (2 hours) + preparation time for each (2 hours per session = 20 hours prep time) 10 2 Programming skills required: R and Python (at least basic knowledge or willingness to learn them) #PGTA 1 Programming skills required: R and Python (at least basic knowledge or willingness to learn them) #PGTA 2 Facilitate group sessions with students in this course (2 hours per week for 9 weeks) to discuss ideas and arguments developed in reading and lectures. Note that the TA is not expected to be an expert but simply to help students discuss reading amongst themselves. This may involve encouraging students to develop their own (smaller) reading groups independently. GEOG3057 Global Environmental Change 1 1. assessment of blogs: 1 PGTA Essential: background in global environmental change issues 30 GEOG3057 Global Environmental Change 1 2. Lead seminars: 3 PGTAs Essential: background in global environmental change issues Desirable: 1 student to have expertise in environmental modelling For this, I need 3 students each to run 3 parallel seminars of 2h each #PGTA 1

3 Code Name Term Duties Skills GEOG3057 Global Environmental Change 1 2. Lead seminars: 3 PGTAs 6 6 # PGTA 2 GEOG3057 Global Environmental Change 1 2. Lead seminars: 3 PGTAs 6 6 # PGTA 3 GEOG3058 Overseas Field Class (coursework based) 1 GEOG3070 Environment and Society II 1 GEOG3073 Cultural and Historical Geography II 1 The student should be familiar with, or able to Weekly 2 hr seminar discussions (10 weeks) 1 hr preparation familiarise themselves with, social/spatial theory per session GEOGG004 Thinking Space 1 for human geography GEOGG013 Environmental Knowledges 1 6 guest lecture GEOGG021 Sustainable Development, Environmental Governance and Institutional Reform 1 GEOGG038 Public and Private Modernities 1 GEOGG039 Landscape and Power 1 GEOGG040A Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods 1 Social Science Research: Methodologies GEOGG040A and Methods 1 The Rural Matrix: Institutional and Policy GEOGG055 Context 1 Conservation and Environmental GEOGG069 Management 1 GEOGG070 Aquatic Systems: Structure and Functioning 1 GEOGG072 Aquatic Monitoring 1 GEOGG102 TAs will be helping to facilitate small group teaching as part of a three hour teaching slot. Each week we have one to two break-out sessions of varying lengths where students will talk through either a problem/question posed in class, or research material gathered by students as part of their lecture homework. TAs will be helping to facilitate small group teaching as part of a three hour teaching slot. Each week we have one to two break-out sessions of varying lengths where students will talk through either a problem/question posed in class, or research material gathered by students as part of their lecture homework. one week field class leaving 18 th Oct back on 24 th Oct. Two laboratory helpers for invertebrate identification on three afternoons (Monday/Wednesday/Friday) in 2nd teaching week of T1, about 7 hours each day, i.e. 21 hours per person, plus about 2 hours preparation time for Environmental Data Acquisition and presentation by one person (see below) Analysis 1 Applicants will need experience in qualitative social science research. High proficiency in English. Good interpersonal skills. Applicants will need experience in qualitative social science research. High proficiency in English. Good interpersonal skills. Familiar with working in and operating inflatable boats Knowledge of using lake and steam sampling equipment (could include corers; water samplers; sediment traps; thermistors etc) Ability to drive and on UCL insurance to drive hire vehicle(s) Knowledge of aquatic biological identification (plants; invertebrates etc). A broad knowledge of a range of organisms would be ideal. Some hill-walking may be involved. Useful skills would also include using GPS; field first aid identification of aquatic invertebrates in the lab (some ID skills for aquatic inverts, basic skills in microscopy) # PGTA # PGTA # PGTA 1

4 Code Name Term Duties Skills GEOGG102 helper #2 as above Environmental Data Acquisition and Analysis 1 1 person to help supervision for the statistics practicals associated with this module, i.e. 3 times 3.5 h slots (2pmunderstanding of statistical methods and 5:30pm on three Friday afternoon computer sessions), 10.5 h techniques, use of CANOCO and SPSS contact time in total, plus probably 1h preparation time to go Environmental Data Acquisition and GEOGG102 Analysis 1 through the practicals Assistance with invertebrate sampling in the field at small Scientific Basis for Freshwater and Coastal farmland ponds and invertebrate sample processing in the Invertebrate ecology/identification skills GEOGG104 Conservation 1 laboratory. GEOGG120 Models in Environmental Science 1 GEOGG121 Analytical and Numerical Methods 1 GEOGG122 Scientific Computing 1 GEOGG125 Principals of Spatial Analysis 1 GEOGG125 Principals of Spatial Analysis hours per week (second half Term 1) plus preparation time: 2.5 hours. Checking through practical exercises, updating data sources, code and testing on all unix machines in the lab to ensure smooth running. This testing component is critical, if time-consuming, as it avoids possibility of delays & software glitches where students can't work. : 5 hours to be available to students outside practical class times in order to answer questions and go through coding examples. The students will provide assistance in the class lab, programming support for students in the office hours. They will also help in marking the projects. The students will provide assistance in the class lab, programming support for students in the office hours. They will also help in marking the projects. as above plus provision of some theoretical background in the form of a small introductory presentation (by 1 person, only, ppt presentation skills) 21 2 # PGTA 2 The PGTA will require strong mathematical background, as well as python coding skills under unix. Programming skills required: R (at least basic knowledge or willingness to learn them) Programming skills required: R (at least basic knowledge or willingness to learn them) GEOGG126 Representation, Structures and Algorithms 1 GEOGG130 Climate Dynamics 1 GEOGG131 Global Environmental Change 1 taught with 3057 GEOGG133 Past Climates 1 GEOGG141 Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing 1 GEOGG201 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Migration 1 GEOGG205 Gender, Generation and Forced Migration 1 2 x people for 2 x days fieldwork

5 Code Name Term Duties Skills URBNG001 Cities, Space and Power 1 URBNG009 London: Aspects of Change 1 GEOG1001 London: A Geographical Introduction 2 Given the eclectic range of topics and debates covered on these multi-disciplinary modules, and in order to facilitate more time for student discussion, a PGTA leads eight one-hour TA-led sessions for each of these modules. These are designed to offer a regular forum for students to work through their ideas from particular sessions in more depth, and become more confident and critical in engaging across different disciplinary approaches and concepts in urban studies. Close familiarity with urban theory and key debates on cities and urbanisation Comfortable in exploring potential problems and critical possibilities for interdisciplinary learning and engagement in urban studies Experience running seminars with MSc students and developing innovative, studentled formats for class discussion Skills: To lead reading seminars and mark 3 demonstrators needed for running seminars and supporting formative assessment work (short blog entries activities. 11 x 1 hour reading seminar groups of c15 students and reading assessments); an Interest in London / per seminar, plus formative assessment marking, preparation Historical geography/ Urban geography; good time and training organisational skills, will be working with moodle GEOG1001 London: A Geographical Introduction 2 as above as above GEOG1001 London: A Geographical Introduction 2 as above as above GEOG1003 Data Acquisition and Interpretation 2 London GEOG1003 Data Acquisition and Interpretation 2 practicals GEOG1005 Environmental Change 2 GEOG1006 Ideas in Geography 2 8hrs contact time to run laboratory practicals for Diatoms and Skills needed..diatoms and ostracods GEOG2008 Reconstructing Past Environments 2 Ostracods. No prep time needed 8 0 GEOG2008 Reconstructing Past Environments 2 GEOG2009 Environment and Society 2 GEOG2010 Economic Geography 2 GEOG2014 Development Geography 2 GEOG2021 Environmental Remote Sensing 2 GEOG2023 Urban Geography 2 4 hrs contact time for computer practical help class. Would need 1 hr prep time if helper hadn t run class before Needs to be able to understand diatom data and the programme C Participating in ten 2 hour seminars led by different members of staff, then leading eight 1 hour discussion groups (in the presence of the Urban Studies TF). Essential: 1 PGTA will need a thorough grounding in multivariate statistics and development of transfer functions. Desirable: working knowledge of software Preparation time to familiarise themselves with what has to packages: Canoco, SPSS, C2 GEOG2026 Statistics for Environmental Geographers be done in the practical classes GEOG3004 Coastal and Estuarine Environments 2 run with GEOGG100 GEOG3042 Restoration and Management of Freshwater Ecosystems 2 GEOG3048 Migration and Transnationalism 2 GEOG3060 Economic Geography II 2 GEOG3063 Overseas Field Class Greece 2 Programming skills required: R and Python (at The students will provide assistance in the class lab, least basic knowledge or willingness to learn programming support for students in the office hours. GEOG3065 Mining Social and Geographic Datasets 2 them) # PGTA 1 GEOG3065 Mining Social and Geographic Datasets 2 The students will provide assistance in the class lab, programming support for students in the office hours. Programming skills required: R and Python (at least basic knowledge or willingness to learn them) # PGTA 2

6 Code Name Term Duties Skills GEOG3067 Paleoclimatology 2 GEOG3069 Development Geography II 2 GEOG3071 Political Geography and Geopolitics II 2 GEOG3071 Political Geography and Geopolitics II 2 GEOG3074 Overseas Field Class: Florida 2 Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability and GEOGG030 Disaster Risk Management 2 GEOGG033 Consuming Modernities 2 GEOGG036 Migration and Urban Multicultures 2 Social Science Research: Methodologies GEOGG040B and Methods 2 GEOGG043 Politics of Climate Change 2 GEOGG048 Public and Private Modernities 2 Read a sample of key articles from the course reading list each week (preparation). Facilitate group sessions with students in this course (1 hour per week alternate weeks - 5 sessions total)) to discuss ideas and arguments developed in reading and lectures. Read a sample of key articles from the course reading list each week (preparation). Facilitate group sessions with students in this course (1 hour per week alternate weeks - 5 sessions total)) to discuss ideas and arguments developed in reading and lectures. TA is expected to have a good understanding of the literature but not expected to be an expert but simply to help students discuss reading amongst themselves. This may also involve encouraging students to develop their own (smaller) reading groups independently Each TA is expected to have a good understanding of literature but not expected to be an expert but simply to help students discuss reading or recent or ongoing political issues amongst themselves. This may also involve encouraging students to develop their own (smaller) reading groups independently #PGTA # PGTA 2 GEOGG057 Wetlands 2 GEOGG065 Environmental GIS 2 GEOGG074 Lakes 2 GEOGG074 Lakes 2 GEOGG085 Global Crisis 2 GEOGG089 Globalisation and Security 2 GEOGG094 Postcolonial Cultural Geographies 2 GEOGG095 Ocean Circulation and Climate Change 2 PGTA is required to assist in computer practicals totalling 3 hours of student contact time. A member of academic staff leads the practicals and the PGTA is needed to assist with student queries during the course of the practical. Preparation time (1 hour) is allocated to enable the PGTA to familiarise themselves with the material. GEOGG065 Environmental GIS - 18 contact hrs (9x2hr) - GISbased computer practicals that range from basics of GIS through to advanced analyses. 1 person needed for assisting the course tutor with a 3 hr computer practical class on Lake classification. 1 person needed for assisting the course tutor with a 3 hr laboratory class on Zooplankton identifiation. The practicals involve the application of the Stella systems modelling software and some experience of this would be desirable The TA must have some basic experience of GIS (using ArcGIS and/or QGIS) at the very least, and if only basic level, be interested in learning on the job by progressing through the work in advance of the practical sessions following the very detailed handouts Knowledge of CANOCO (ordination) and TWINSPAN (classification) is essential. Zooplankton identification/taxonomic skills are essential. 3 1 Note may not be required if students numbers are low as they were this year Preparation time will depend on experience Approx 1 hour to download the relevant data files and run through the practical in 3 1 advance of the class. 3 0

7 Code Name Term Duties Skills GEOGG100 Coastal Change 2 GEOGG101 Surface Water Modelling 2 GEOGG100 Coastal Change - 6 contact hrs (2x3hr) - One GISbased computer practical undertaking an analysis of shorelines; one Matlab-based computer practical analysing sediment grain-size data and trends. 1 PGTA is required to assist a member of academic staff in computer practicals totalling 10 hours of student contact time. A member of academic staff leads the practicals and the PGTA is needed to assist with student queries during the course of the practical. Preparation time (2 hours) are allocated to enable the PGTA to familiarise themselves with the material. TA must have experience/knowledge of both GIS and Matlab. The practicals involve an introduction to the Telemac2D hydrodynamic modelling system (using the BlueKenue pre- and post-processing package) and MIKE SHE / MIKE 11 hydrological / hydraulic modelling system. Some experience of hydrodynamic/hydrological modelling using a mix of Linux and Windows platforms would be desirable. There is no reason why these two 6 0 sessions can t be covered by two different TAs in this instance GEOGG123 Climate Risks to Hydro-Ecological Systems 2 GEOGG124 Terrestrial Carbon: Modelling and Monitoring 2 GEOGG134 Climate Modelling 2 DTP student support GEOGG135 demonstrate for pollen, macrofossil, ostracods/foramifera, Biological Indicators of Environmental chrionomid, diatom practicals (6hrs EACH) Change 2 2 hrs contact time for computer practical help class. Would Biological Indicators of Environmental need 1 hr prep time if helper hadn t run class before GEOGG135 Change 2 Non-Biological Indicators for Environmental GEOGG136 Reconstruction 2 GEOGG142 GMES 2 GEOGG152 Network and Locational Analysis 2 Geodemographics and Population GEOGG153 Geography 2 GEOGG202 Issues in Global Migration 2 URBNG002 Urban Imaginations 1 URBNG003 Creative Cities 2 URBNG006 Urban Practices 2 See URBNG001 details. Given the eclectic range of topics and debates covered on these multi-disciplinary modules, and in order to facilitate more time for student discussion, a PGTA leads eight one-hour TA-led sessions for each of these modules. These are designed to offer a regular forum for students to work through their ideas from particular sessions in more depth, and become more confident and critical in engaging across different disciplinary approaches and concepts in urban studies. Close familiarity with urban theory and debates on cities and urbanisation Comfortable exploring relations between urban theory and professional practice, and engaging with the challenge of putting academic ideas to work on real-life urban issues Skills needed are pollen, macrofossils, ostracods, foramifera, chironomids and diatoms Needs to be able to understand palaeoecological data and the programme C2 See URBNG001 details.these sessions are designed to respond to the specific discussions that emerge from the student group as well as addressing particular issues that students might have in relation to key debates and concepts. Preparation will involve reading the key readings set for each seminar. Confidence in advising students and helping to support them on longterm group projects # PGTA 1 Preparation time = 24 hours (3 hours for 8 sessions). These sessions are designed to respond to the specific discussions that emerge from the student group as well as addressing particular issues that students might have in relation to key debates and concepts.

8 Code Name Term Duties Skills URBNG006 Urban Practices 2 URBNG007 Community Participation in City Strategies 2 GEOGG103 Aquatic Macrophytes 3 Close familiarity with urban theory and debates on cities and urbanisation Comfortable exploring relations between urban theory and professional practice, and engaging with the challenge of putting academic ideas to work on real-life urban issues Confidence in advising students and helping to support them on longterm group projects 20 # PGTA 2 GEOG2001 The Practice of Geography The job entails leading 10 substantive seminar group sessions over two terms in the academic year between October and the start of the Easter Vacation. In addition it requires you to have two further meetings (one at the start of each of the two terms) in order to meet the groups, make logistical arrangements with them and explain the These hours are for one group. If two groups taken the same preparation time will coversboth as the material is the same. programme for the term. It will be the postgraduate seminar leader s responsibility to book the room, keep a register, set the time, circulate information and give assessment on the week by week tasks See separate job description