Graduate Teaching Assistant

We are looking to appoint two Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) to our School from September 2026. As a GTA, you will undertake PhD research and gain valuable teaching experience in the Higher Education sector.

The GTA position is part-time, and the PhD position is full-time. Based in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, you will have access to our impressive research and teaching facilities. These include our vast new biomechanics laboratory, with state-of-the-art marker-based and markerless Theia motion capture technologies, multiple force plates, musculoskeletal modelling software, EMG, isokinetic dynamometry and a strength and conditioning suite with 1080 Sprint.

 Our physiology laboratories include an environmental chamber, specialist respiratory physiology and lung function testing facilities, and High Performance Centre for elite sport, as well as an extensively equipped Sport Rehabilitation suite and Health and Injury Performance Hub, which houses a new anti-gravity treadmill and therapeutic facilities.

We have a strong track-record of our GTA staff gaining permanent academic or research positions on graduation. You will have plenty of opportunity to develop your specific PhD research within our main research themes. We would be pleased to receive applications from candidates keen to undertake doctoral studies specifically relating to the following projects:

• Growing into the Game: Understanding Female Footballer Health, Development, Cognition and Performance During Adolescence (supervisors: Dr Kate Donnan k.donnan@hull.ac.uk and Dr Chris Towlson-McLaren c.towlson@hull.ac.uk)
• ACTIVE Asthma: Co-designing Exercise Guidance for People with Asthma (supervisors: Dr Andrew Simpson a.simpson2@hull.ac.uk, Dr Laura Gale laura.gale@hull.ac.uk and Prof Mike Crooks) 
• Movement Economy in People with a Below-Knee Amputation: Comparing Standard and Self-Aligning Ankle Prostheses for People with Limited Mobility (supervisors: Dr Tom Nickolay t.nickolay@hull.ac.uk, Dr Steve Hayes s.hayes@hull.ac.uk and Prof Natalie Vanicek n.vanicek@hull.ac.uk)
• The Cyclical Nature of Perfectionism: Understanding of the Reciprocal Relationship Between Performance and Perfectionism in the Sport Domain. (supervisors: Dr Dan Fleming d.fleming@hull.ac.uk, Prof Adam Nicholls a.nicholls@hull.ac.uk and Dr Laura Gale l.gale@hull.ac.uk)

Please prepare a brief literature review (up to 500 words) on your chosen topic (from the list above) and identify at least one research gap within the area. You should have a minimum of a 2:1 undergraduate degree in a Sport and/or Exercise Science, Sports Rehabilitation (or equivalent) disciplines and good attainment within your undergraduate research project, or thesis. You should also have excellent written and oral communication skills, be able to work well independently and be highly motivated to undertake PhD research.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 3 September.

PhD stipend £21,805 + tuition fees

In addition to the literature review, applicants are required to submit a covering letter outlining how their qualifications and experience meet the Person Specification in the Job Description below. The covering letter should be no more than 500 words.

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