Research Assistant

This post is part time (4 hours per week) and fixed term until 31/03/25.

We have an opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a collaborative and rights-based project focused on addressing the unmet legal needs of Gypsy Traveller communities in Scotland. This project, in partnership with Making Rights Real, seeks to empower Gypsy Traveller communities to identify their legal needs and co-create calls to action, particularly in anticipation of upcoming international human rights monitoring cycles.

Preliminary conversations with Making Rights Real and members of the Gypsy Traveller community have highlighted some of the profound challenges faced by these communities in Scotland. These include recurring themes of systemic discrimination, prejudice, and a pervasive sense of being unheard. The barriers to accessing justice are multifaceted, including racism, limited awareness of legal rights, and poor access to advice and legal representation.

The successful candidate will work closely with Professor Nicole Busby and Mr Cameron Wong McDermott in undertaking scoping research to identify and address the unmet legal needs of Gypsy Traveller communities in Scotland. This will involve supporting gap analysis and stakeholder mapping, capturing the lived experiences of community members, and co-designing solutions to improve access to justice.

By joining this project, you will contribute to the GO Justice Centre's mission to drive social change through legal education and research, with a particular focus on empowering communities and individuals to use the law to access justice and achieve social and economic inclusion. To this end, you will play a role in supporting Cameron Wong McDermott in managing the work of a new Social Change Law Clinic. We anticipate that the Clinic will work towards producing a report that will serve as evidence for the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, who will undertake evaluation of the UK’s compliance with the Convention in the first half of 2025.

Informal enquiries about the role are welcomed, and should be addressed to Cameron Wong McDermott, Cameron-Wong.McDermott@glasgow.ac.uk

For more information and to apply online: my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=153611

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity.

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