Research Assistant

at  Nottingham Trent University

ABOUT US

The School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a diverse, supportive and collaborative community in which to innovate, explore and create. Our specialities span across a range of subject areas, including history and global cultures, English language and linguistics, journalism, and philosophy. Together, our unique community of experts are combining different perspectives and deepening our understanding of the world.
Our courses are built on the ethos of developing intellectual and practical skills, adding value to students’ employability and providing an outstanding student experience.
The Department of History, Heritage and Global Cultures is strengthened by our partnerships and engagement with local, national and international organisations, ensuring that our courses and research are value-driven and externally relevant.
Our curiosity about languages, histories and global cultures drives our insight, research and our learning.
For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Professor Steven King; steven.king@ntu.ac.uk

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a research assistant within the School of Arts and Humanities.
The purpose of the role will be:
Working with the grantholder, researching the lives, words and experiences of benefit fraudsters. This research will involve archival research, the conduct of oral histories, online research (including court cases and newspapers), and consideration of materials published by pressure and advocate groups. Physical travel to archives will be required;
Analysing the data collected, including the construction of life stories, linguistic analysis and coding or oral histories. The data will be both historical and current, and you must have experience of the historical dimensions of the British welfare system;
Public engagement activities arising from the research above, including policy recommendations, public talks, newspaper articles and media activity;
Contributing to the writing of the project book;
Writing, on your own and with the grantholder, articles that emanate from the research
For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We’ll still consider applications even if you don’t meet every single one of the requirements, so don’t be put off if you don’t match them perfectly.
Proposed interview date: week commencing 17th February.