Research Assistant

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.

BA/MA in Linguistics, Education, Psychology or related discipline. 

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

Thank you for your interest.  This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.   

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Thank you for your interest.  This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.   

Responsible to:  Registration Manager  

Purpose of Job: 

The University enrols the majority of its? new students during September. This academic year enrolment is being carried out in two phases: with some students enrolling entirely online, but the majority enrolling partially online followed by a face to face appointment. A key part in the face to face process is the post of Fees/Quality Assurance Officer. The role is required to  

carry out complex assessments 

determine fees and funding status, according to legislation and university policies 

determine tuition fee liability and provide information on payment options 

provide quality assurance on data collected during the enrolment process to inform funding and statistical returns and generate tuition fee income  

deliver a highly efficient and customer focused service 

Main Roles & Responsibilities: 

To apply criteria to assess whether students have the right to study in the UK according to the immigration/visa status  

To apply criteria to assess whether students can be categorised as Home/EU or Overseas for fees and funding purposes 

To check identification and verify documentation 

To enrol students according to defined procedures 

To provide detailed knowledge and advice on the process of Higher Education Student Support for Home and EU undergraduates 

To provide quality assurance to ensure data collection is accurate and complete, in line with the range of student funding sources 

To advise students on the next steps in the process of starting their HE courses 

To welcome students to London South Bank University and ensure that the enrolment process is as efficient and customer focused as possible 

Under graduate degree Preferred

Selection Criteria: 

Knowledge of the Student Support process for students in Higher Education in the UK  

An understanding of the various methods of tuition fee support open to Home/EU and International full and part time undergraduate and postgraduate students 

Ability to accurately apply rules based on highly complex legislation to determine student?s status for fees and funding purposes 

Able to understand and apply rigorous quality assurance procedures 

A high level of numeracy skills to carry out accurate calculations and quote fees 

Excellent customer service skills 

Proven face to face communication skills 

Good command of the English language 

Ability to deal sensitively with students whose first language is not English 

Experience of working as part of a team  

IT literate  

Flexible attitude to work, willing to undertake various duties as required to ensure the efficient operation of the enrolment event