Research Affiliate- Nottingham literary Map (Part time) (CAS

Working Hours: 7.25 hours per week

Assignment Projected End Date: 30 October 2025

About the Role

Research assistant to work on a project producing a literary map of Nottingham.

The University of Nottingham is working with Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature and Marketing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire to produce a literary map of the city. The map will highlight significant locations such as the birthplaces of writers, and sites connected with publishing houses, bookshops and libraries. Vitally, we aim to include writers from underrepresented communities and to tell stories about literary activity in Nottingham that have often been overlooked.

The finished map will take two forms: as a printed item available from tourist sites in Nottinghamshire, and digitally using a map based at City as Lab on the University’s Castle Meadow Campus.

The responsibilities of the Research Assistant will include:

· Collation and presentation of existing resources connected to ‘literary Nottinghamshire’ and synthesising into digestible information for external feedback.

· organising workshops with community groups aimed at allowing them to share some of Nottingham’s hidden literary history

· completing follow-up research on data sourced at workshops

· collation of feedback from workshops and synthesising into final information to be used in each map form.

· organising map data, writing design brief for designer

· liaising with retailers on stocking the map

· organisation of map into digital file to be presented on PARM at City as Lab by RA

· taking ownership of impact tracking, with support from Faculty KE and Impact Managers

· ownership of meeting records and actions arising   

About You

 You will have:

Desirable:

About the University

Our University is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe.

Further information

The University of Nottingham will ask you whether you have any unspent criminal convictions as part of our pre-assignment checks. If the position you are applying for is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 you will be asked to confirm both spent and unspent convictions at the point of offer. Examples of such posts include clinical, medical and allied health roles, roles involving childcare services. A DBS check may also be required.

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What Next

To apply for this vacancy please use the following link: https://fa-evyf-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/Careers/job/1314

Please contact Lauren Ball (lauren.ball@nottingham.ac.uk) for further information. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 23 May 2025 Category: Casual Staff