Research Assistant

About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team seeking to influence how Higher Education approaches issues of non-success in research and identify ways to improve the forms of support available to academic staff. The project, funded by an Enhancing Research Culture grant at the University of Warwick, involves exploring the feasibility of a novel intervention focused on supporting senior academics to create a “safe-to-fail” research culture for those with a research role in higher education.

You will be supervised by Dr John MacArtney, Marie Curie Associate Professor, and will work with Dr Celia Bernstein, Assistant Professor who will be leading the project’s delivery. You will be based within Warwick Applied Health Directorate, Warwick Medical School.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You
As the Research Assistant, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting Dr Bernstein with running the project, including data collection, analysis and writing-up. Experience of working on qualitative projects is essential. Previous experience of working on topics related to “failure” and/or research culture is desirable.

The candidate will be expected to work with the senior members of the research team to ensure the project objectives are met.

About the Department
Warwick Medical School has an excellent reputation for high-quality education programmes and for the excellence and global impact of our research. The breadth of our interest and expertise is demonstrated through our dynamic and influential directorates: Warwick Applied Health (WAH), Warwick Clinical Trials Unit (WCTU), and Warwick Biomedical Sciences (BMS). Our Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM) works across the directorates, University and with external stakeholders to accelerate the delivery of practical human health benefits arising from research.

WMS offers academic education across several levels and is the UK leader for graduate entry medicine. Our portfolio of postgraduate programmes aims to provide excellent education and continued professional development for healthcare professionals across a number of areas, including advanced clinical and critical care practice, diabetes, leadership, medical education, interdisciplinary biomedical research, public health and health research. We have expanded our education portfolio to include two innovative undergraduate courses: MSci Integrated Natural Sciences and BSc Health and Medical Sciences. We also offer full and part time research degrees either at Warwick Medical School or in a clinical setting, encompassing PhDs, MD Doctor of Medicine, PhD by Published Work, and MSc by Research.

We foster a rich and inclusive education and research eco-system, underpinned by our core values which permeate everything we do: Integrity, Collaboration, Respect, Excellence, Innovation and Efficiency, and Courage.

The Medical School and University exist within a local, regional, national and international health and care diaspora with excellent inter-institutional links, partnerships and relationships. The connections stretch across academia, industry and the NHS, with a particular strength in our local health eco-system with our local NHS trusts. The strong and effective relationships that we have established over the past 25 years support our excellent teaching, research, innovation and broader educational and academic activities and enable new and existing activities to be undertaken to the highest of standards.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

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