FoDOCS Student Co-Creator

Context:

King's College London will host the annual meeting of Magna Charta Observatory (MCO) on 11-13 November 2025. This will be one of the largest event gathering of university leaders at King's. The annual meetings of MCO are organized as a high-level conference, including a session for new member universities to ceremonially sign the Magna Charta Universitatum.  The title of the event will be: What are universities for? Higher education principles, values and responsibilities in a fragmented world. Public reasonability of higher education vs public responsibility for higher education

The School of Education, Communication and Society will manage the organisation of the event, in coordination with the Vice-Chancellor's office and the Secretariat of the Magna Charta Observatory.  

Tasks:

• Support the Head of School to finalise the programme in coordination with the Vice-Calello's Office and MCO Secretariat
• Liaise with King's Venues to secure spaces and review the booking contracts. 
• Liaise with King's AV for audio and video requirements. 
• Agree and order catering through King?s Venues. 
• Hire and brief student ambassadors. 
• Co-ordinate risk assessments of the event
• Email attendees the details of the event and an evaluation form post-event, and analyse the results. 
• Attend the event, brief speakers, and liaise with catering and AV. 
• Prepare any reports needed after the event.

Particular qualifications are not required, but the role would suit a student who can devote a small amount of time daily to pick emails etc.

Ideally you will be a confident self-starter, able to work independently and to effectively liaise with other departments. You will also need to be comfortable working with senior managers.

• Significant experience of events planning and administration (must have organised three events or more).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the proven ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
• Proven time management and organisational skills.
• A proven ability to use initiative and work well under pressure.

Please provide a CV and half a side of A4 saying why you would be suitable for the role for your application

Recruitment of Research Assistant

(0.2FTE for 5 weeks-with flexibility)

Audit & Evaluation of written assessment feedback for BSc midwifery students 

Who we are looking for

Are you currently registered as a Doctoral student at King?s?

Do you have experience in qualitative research?

If the answer to these questions is yes- we are looking for you!

Context of the post

We are looking to appoint a current registered Doctoral student at King's College London to work with a multidisciplinary team from the department of Midwifery and King?s Academy on a project funded by the College Education Fund looking to undertake an audit and evaluation of written assessment feedback for BSc Midwifery students. Looking at the student experience of assessment, this project will design an audit tool to undertake review of written assessment feedback given to students after summative assessment submission for students on the BSc Midwifery curriculum.

The project will focus on students where there has been evidence of an attainment gap in higher education (such as students from a minoritised ethnic group and those with  a SpLD) but will be of whole-cohort benefit. There will be 2 workstreams for the project;

1. Literature review, and development of the audit tool as part of a codesign process with students and educators
2. An audit of feedback on global assessment across the midwifery programme

Typical paid duties will include:

• Assisting in building the evidence base for the project, by reviewing the literature on assessment feedback practices in higher education pre-registration healthcare programmes.
• Writing up findings into a literature review

 Eligibility, hours and pay

To apply, you need to be a current registered Doctoral student at King's College London. 

We expect the role to run November 2024-Feb 2025, however there should be flexibility to allow for project needs to be met. Work is not expected to go beyond Feb 2025.

This post will be paid at a Band 5 salary on a weekly basis. It is anticipated that the hours will be on average 7-7.5 per week (some weeks may be slightly more, some less).

You will be hired on a King's Talent Bank hourly paid contract, and they will undertake a Right to Work check. You will need to ensure that taking on this role is not in breach of King's policies or any funding or immigration conditions.

Support provided

You will be expected to work autonomously, but will have support, including:

• A project induction including from a member of the study team.
• The Research Assistant will have one-to-one mentoring meetings with one of the project leads (depending on requirements of the work) 

 Encouraged not to use BAME anymore...i have tried to rephrase this a little...happy for your to ignore!

Registered Doctoral student at KCL with the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care

Core skills, knowledge and experience required

(E-essential, D-desirable)

• Experience in qualitative data collection, analysis and write up (E)
• Understanding of undertaking academic literature review (E)
• Interest in / knowledge and understanding of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and diverse student needs (E)

We are looking for student ambassadors to support the Black Dentists Network Grassroots event, which will be held on Saturday 22nd February from 9am - 3pm in Guy's Tower Lecture Theatre. Tasks on the day will include:

• Supporting students and their families to enjoy the day
• Helping with registration 
• Chaperoning students around the site as required
• Managing lunch
• Providing a campus tour of Guy's
• Being a positive role model for KCL and FoDOCS 
• Speaking to students about your experiences on your course 

None required but you must be available to work on the specified dates and times

You must be a student in FODOCS to apply for this vacancy.