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At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.
Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.
Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

The Research Assistant will play a pivotal role in supporting the successful delivery of the project’s final phase, including delivery of a range of outputs and targets, and in ensuring its long-term sustainability. They will work closely with project leadership and wider project team, with a particular focus on leading engagement with regional employers. This includes managing the project’s Employer Board, identifying collaboration opportunities, leading on event delivery, and contributing to the project’s legacy through strategic relationship-building and impactful dissemination.
The Research Assistant will gain significant professional experience in research project management, interdisciplinary and cross-institutional project delivery, and professional development support, including time to develop their own research.

The Research Assistant’s key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating the project’s employer engagement activity by engaging with regional employers and provide administrative support for the project’s Employer Board.
• Supporting the delivery of a programme of project events.
• Contributing to the production of collaborative research reports and publications, and open access materials.
• Supporting the presentation of project findings at BCU and externally.