[Dspace-general] Job Vacancy: ESRC QUADS Scheme Research Associate

[Patrick Carmichael]

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (PART TIME)

Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies

Ref No: YM113 Grade:
NRAS Salary: £19,460 - £25,700 pa pro rata
Limit of tenure: Fifteen months

The Centre for Applied Research in Education, wishes to appoint a 0.6 
FTE Research Associate to work for 15 months from 1 July 2005 (or as 
soon as possible thereafter) on its project “Representing Context in a 
Research Archive of Educational Evaluation Studies” which is part of 
the ESRC Qualitative Demonstrator Scheme (QUADS) and is directed by Dr. 
Patrick Carmichael.

The primary purpose of this post is to develop a research archive of 
evaluation studies (text, images, audio and video materials) along with 
supporting materials collected through interviews with the original 
researchers. This will be based on the D-Space digital repository 
platform together with other collaboration tools, and will also involve 
the development and evaluation of novel web-based interfaces to the 
research design to support its widest possible application.

You should hold a degree in computer science or a related discipline; 
experience of working in or supporting social science research would be 
an advantage. You will need to be able to work collaboratively with 
other members of the project team including another Research Associate 
who is responsible for data collection and analysis, and demonstrate 
sensitivity to the aims and methods of social science research. You 
should have proven ability to write with clarity and accuracy to a high 
standard and to meet agreed deadlines.

For further information and application pack, please contact Stephanie 
Saunders, Administrator, Centre for Applied Research in Educational 
Technologies, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1SB, e-mail: 
stephanie at caret.cam.ac.uk. For informal discussions contact Dr. Patrick 
Carmichael e-mail: patrick at caret.cam.ac.uk or tel: (01223) 765381. 
Closing date: 27 May 2005.