Research Assistant Temporary - London, United Kingdom - University of Roehampton

University of Roehampton

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Role

We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our externally funded project on Revitalising Crafts.

This project is investigating a unique curriculum experiment at the University of Cape Verde in which art education students are apprenticed to local craftspeople for nine months to learn their traditional craft skills.

The research consists of an interaction study, supported by fieldwork and interviews.

Craft knowledge is a bodily form of knowledge acquired through doing; consequently, video recording the processes involved in the interaction between the craftworkers and students around making is the main data collection tool.

In analysing this data, we will pay special attention to modalities understood to characterise apprenticeship training, such as guided instruction and hands-on mentoring of practical work.

The Research Assistant is required to transcribe and code recorded video tapes. Interview transcription and translation will be conducted in Portuguese to English. The co-researcher in Portugal will oversee the transcription and translation into English prior to data analysis.

The Research Assistant with knowledge of coding methods used in interaction analysis and of Portuguese language is needed to transcribe and code the tapes before this data is analysed at the start of year 2.

The work will be up to 108 hours for the period of the contract and it is expected that the work will commence from Late January 2023.

You

You will need to be bilingual in Portuguese (preferably European Portuguese) and English in both speaking and writing, a willingness to learn to transcribe some Cape Verdean Creole and experience of making transcripts for research purposes.

It is desirable to have familiarity with Cape Verde Portuguese and Cape Verde Creole and multimodal Conversation Analysis transcription methods.

An interest in the interaction analysis of video data and an interest in art and craft education is also desirable.

Experience of working with machine transcription of Portuguese is also preferable.

What we would provide for you

From £15.81ph to £18.38ph plus holiday pay
The opportunity to work on a beautiful campus

The University

At Roehampton, we change lives by helping our students to develop the confidence, knowledge and adaptability they need for a successful graduate career and fulfilling life.

Our students are from all over the world.

We have a broad and engaging portfolio of courses across our five academic schools and one faculty.

Our Schools and Faculty are:

Faculty of Business and Law
School of Education
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Arts and Digital Industries
School of Life Sciences and Psychology

We are based on a beautiful 64-acre parkland campus, located in the heart of south-west London.

To find out more information about the role and what we are looking for, visit the Working at Roehampton section of our website where you will find full details, how to apply, as well as further information about the benefits of working for us.

Working at Roehampton | University of Roehampton, London

The University is an equal opportunities and 'disability confident' employer

Job Types:
Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract

Salary:
£15.81-£18.38 per hour

Benefits: