Studentship -better Together: Multi-sensory Social - London, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Ref Number
B

Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support

Department
School of Education (B16)

Location
London

Working Pattern
Full time

Salary
See advert text

Contract Type
Fixed-term

Working Type
Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)

Available For Secondment
No

Closing Date
08-Mar-2023

About us:

Spatial skills underlie how humans acquire, represent, organise, and navigate the environment; mentally manipulate objects; and communicate information about objects and environments to others, and therefore are fundamental building blocks of STEM.

Previous research demonstrated the benefits of training children in verbal and numerical skills as a group, while such practice of spatial skills is absent.

About the role:

This studentship builds on prior basic research to develop a novel social educational intervention to strengthen spatial skills and science-interest in Key-Stage 1 children, while focusing particularly on engaging girls and children from disadvantageous socioeconomic backgrounds.

You will be working as part of the world-first ToddlerLab team at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, (CBCD), Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck.

The ToddlerLab is a brand-new facility equipped with cutting-edge technologies aimed at investigating the neurocognitive development in toddlers. You will have a key role in organising and setting up one of the first studies at the ToddlerLab.

In collaboration with Dr Ossmy and Prof Tolmie, and additional project staff, you will play a central role in organising, managing and supporting testing as part of the project.

About you:

Graduates with a good first degree and/or master's degree in psychology, education, neuroscience, or other relevant sciences are encouraged to apply.

Applicants with an interest and aptitude for child development and quantitative methods are encouraged to apply. Knowledge, understanding or interest in educational processes or intervention would also be an advantage. You should be comfortable with with handling and operating state-of-the-art technology, and using code in a statistical language (e.g. RStudio) or scripting (e.g. Matlab, Python) language.

What we offer:

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.