Research Coordinator

Working across education, culture, psychology and social science, we create lasting and evolving change in a real-world context. We embrace cross-pollination, collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just. We do this through world-leading education, research and enterprise, and have been ranked number one for education worldwide every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings.

You will be located in the International Centre for Intercultural Studies. Further details about the International Centre for Intercultural Studies can be found at

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/international-centre-intercultural-studies

In this post you will be working for the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE), funded by the Department for Education (DfE), working with a consortium of stakeholders, including the Goethe-Institut and the British Council and a national network of schools across England, raising the profile of languages and strengthening language teaching and learning through evidence-based professional learning and supporting national priorities for languages. Further information about NCLE can be found at https://ncle.ucl.ac.uk/

The role is available until 2^nd March 2027 in the first instance.

With a completed PhD in languages education or a relevant discipline, you will have a track record of published research in leading scientific journals. In addition, you will have excellent written and verbal communication including documenting work and communicating technical and/ or scientific information to a wide range of scientific and lay audiences and experience and understanding of challenges faced in the UK school system.

Due to the nature of the post, DBS clearance will be required.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits.

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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