Research Fellow - Education in Contexts of Mass Displacement (B16-01175) 0.2 FTE (7.3 hours per week)

Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS) is a thriving multidisciplinary department at the UCL Institute of Education. It encompasses: (i) the domain areas of History, Philosophy and Sociology of Education; (ii) the fields of Comparative, International development, Further, Higher and Lifelong Education; and a number of research centres.

This research post will be based in the Centre for Education and International Development (CEID), with a strong link to the research team located in the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP).

The main purpose of the job is to pursue a guided programme of research and development into ways in which new forms of education can help to improve the prosperity, well-being and inclusive growth in Lebanon and the UK, and to contribute to the research activities being developed in the Centre for Education and International Development, Institute of Global Prosperity, and the Knowledge Lab, including involvement in outreach programmes, impact activities and academic publications.

You will undertake on-going literature reviews of theoretical and empirical knowledge, existing provisions, and practice in the area of teacher development in refugee contexts with specific reference to Myanmar and Lebanon. You will collaborate to innovate pedagogical and methodological approaches to mitigate linguistic barriers in the coMOOCs environments to support the context-specific needs of teachers and educational practitioners in multi-ethnic and multilingual educational settings. In addition, you will Collaborate with research colleagues in the Centre to ensure cross-theme coherence in research design, data collection and analysis, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

This post is on a part-time basis (0.2 FTE/ 7.3 hours per week) and is funded for three years in the first instance.

For further information on this post, please contact Professor Tejendra Pherali; email: t.pherali@ucl.ac.uk

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research, Teaching and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

You will have a doctorate or comparable research experience in social sciences (e.g. education, development studies, humanitarian studies) or other relevant fields. You will also have extensive experience of qualitative methodologies to conduct fieldwork and analysis including ethnographic and case study methods, and have significant knowledge and experience of facilitating participatory workshops with communities, humanitarian workers, education authorities and development practitioners.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

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