Research Assistant in English Language and Applied Linguistics (ARTS

Hourly Rate

21.93 per hour plus holiday pay

Closing Date

06.06.25

Start Date

ASAP

End Date

30.06.25

Job Reference

ARTS156125

About the Role

A Research Assistant is needed to support a project in the School of English, City as Lab - Deaf Cityscape. Responsibilities include:

Note taking during in-person data collectionContributing to the design and building of the studyData coding and processingAnalysis of comments produced by participants  

About You

Experience required:

Experimental study building with OpenSesame and Google FormsCoding and processing of psycholinguistic dataText and document analysis using various readability measures (e.g. FOG, SMOG, ARI, Flesch-Kincaid, etc.)

You will also need flexibility to work at times throughout the week and weekend at locations across Nottingham.  

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.

The University will only use information relating to criminal convictions where the law allows us to do so in line with our Data Protection Policy. Personal data relating to criminal convictions will be retained confidentially and securely and access to that data will be strictly controlled. More information relating to the manner in which we process your personal data is located within our privacy notice for staff, job applicants and others working at the University. Information about your rights relating to the use of your personal data can be found within our website privacy notice.

What Next

To apply for this vacancy please click on the following link: https://fa-evyf-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com:443/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/job/1561/share/300000611800435?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=Internal Job Share

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: 06 Jun 2025 Category: Casual Staff