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Job Description
Recruiting medical students from year two and above to assist with an arts-based educational project about the emotional and attitudinal impact of learning in the dissection room. The project will culminate in theatrical performances in the Gordon Museum and a public theatre (20-26 February 2024). Your role may include some or all of the following, depending on your skills, availability and interests:
-conducting interviews with first year students about their experiences of dissection (second year onwards/training provided)
-sharing your experience of dissection/the DR with artists involved in the project, attending rehearsals to give feedback on work in progress
-promoting the performance to the medical student and staff community within King's and other medical schools
-attending the performances, featuring on and facilitating post-show discussions and speaking to press/media
-assisting with gathering responses and feedback from audiences who attend the performance (may include leading focus groups).
The work averages about an hour per week, but may come in intense periods.
You will work with the project lead who is an academic member of staff on the Values Based Clinical Practice strand (and also runs a theatre company called Chimera) and a professional theatre producer. Dissection Room and Anatomy staff are also closely involved in the project. More information here: https://alexmermikides.com/drama-of-dissection)
Qualifications
NONE
Skills
-an interest in the topic of anatomy and dissection, especially the emotional dimensions of this. Good understanding of the regulations around the use of human tissue in education and research and appropriate attitudes and sensitivity to this topic
-an interest in theatre or the arts. previous experience of the arts an advantage, especially arts production such as marketing, publicity, audience surveys.
-excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to interact with people from different sectors (medical education, artists, general public) and to express yourself confidently in public settings
-previous experience of interviewing or running focus groups an advantage.
-organised, responsible and able to work independently to deadlines.
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This position entails working as a research assistant for a study that investigates the processing of non-standard grammatical constructions in speakers of British English using eye-tracking while reading. The project is led by Eloi Puig-Mayenco from the School of Education, Communication, and Society at King?s College London.
The primary responsibilities of the research assistant will involve overseeing participant recruitment and conducting on-site eye-tracking data collection sessions at the Waterloo Bridge Wing building, located on the Waterloo campus. Additionally, the RA will handle initial data trimming and processing. The breakdown of allocated hours for each task is as follows:
15 hours for preparation, training, and meetings.
40 hours for testing: accommodating 40 participants with sessions lasting 1 hours each.
5 hours for data processing.
The research assistant will receive comprehensive training and mentoring to successfully carry out these responsibilities.
Interviews will take place mid-January.
Qualifications
BA/MA in Linguistics, Psychology or related discipline.
Skills
Essential:
Familiarity and ability to use Microsoft packages (e.g., good Excel command).
Undergraduate level knowledge in linguistics, psychology and/or education research or related field.
Desirable:
Interest in eye-tracking methodologies.
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This position entails working as a research assistant for a study that investigates the development of Catalan as a heritage language in the United Kingdom. The project is led by Eloi Puig-Mayenco from the School of Education, Communication, and Society at King?s College London.
The primary responsibilities of the research assistant will involve overseeing participant recruitment and conducting remote participant in two testing sessions in a battery of tasks (assessment of receptive vocabulary, production of specific syntactic structures and elicitation of spontaneous production data). Additionally, the RA will handle initial data trimming and processing. The breakdown of allocated hours for each task is as follows:
1. 30 hours for preparation, training, and finalizing materials.
2. 100 hours for testing: accommodating 40 participants in two sessions lasting 1 hour each hours, alongside organization of the data from testing sessions for 30 minutes. In total, the RA will spend 2.5 hour per participant.
3. 20 hours for initial data trimming.
The research assistant will receive comprehensive training and mentoring to successfully carry out these responsibilities.
Interviews will take place mid-January.
Qualifications
BA/MA in Linguistics, Education, Psychology or related discipline.
Skills
Essential:
Familiarity and ability to use Microsoft packages (e.g., good Excel command)
Undergraduate level knowledge in linguistics, psychology and/or education research or related field
Excellent working proficiency in both Catalan and English
DBS certificate
Desirable:
Experience working with children
Good organisational skills
Social awareness and good communication skills
Experience in research methodologies
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