The Research Assistant will undertake a range of duties, including:
- Assisting in preparing and specific research materials.
- Assisting in data collection, data analysis, under supervision.
- Documenting results and contributing to publications as required.
This role requires a keen interest in qualitative research, data manipulation, and a spirit of pursuing precision in handling data.
About this project:
The 20% Value Added Tax (VAT) on private schools have been introduced by the Labour government and taken effect since Jan. 2025. It has been argued that the change of sector for private school students to state schools may result in better social cohesion (Green, 2024).
Through initial observations of many online discourses (e.g., mumsnet, reddit, comments under relevant news sections), despite the absence of formal studies, there is clear evidence that emotions are running high on both sides of the debate. Discussions sparked by this policy have been more divisive than cohesive.
Our study set to explore the online discourse in a systematic way, to investigate how this policy impacts social discourse.
We are looking for one student research assistant, to help with preparing research materials, extracting data, analyzing data and contribute to writing up, under supervisions.
About this role:
This project is a qualitative project, involves in webscraping, data clearning, content analysis, under supervision. Therefore, we look for someone who is interested in data manipulation, confident in content analysis, an understanding of care / precision needed in handling data.
This role is funded at an hourly rate of ?13.85 / hour, for 25 hours.
Application materials (please read carefully):
Please write a maximum 500 words personal statement on why you are suitable for this role. In addition, we?d like to see your overall grades, your grades for the following modules: cognitive & biological psychology, as well as research methods.
Interested?
Please email us:
Dr. Yanbo Hu: y.hu@londonmet.ac.uk
Dr. Sebastian Cordoba: s.cordoba@londonmet.ac.uk
QualificationsPlease see JD
SkillsPlease see JD
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