The post represents an exciting opportunity to join a ground-breaking team that aims to develop the first ever corpus across a range of disciplines of writing in the exam years (GCSE, iGCSE, A Level and IB) in secondary school.

The Research Assistant will work closely with the project team on the £970K UKRI-funded project Disciplinary Literacy & Corpus-Based Pedagogy: The BAWESS (British Academic Written English Secondary School) Corpus (BAWESS Project). The BAWESS project combines systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and corpus linguistics to analyse disciplinary literacy and writing development in secondary schools in the exam years.

This study will examine disciplinary language patterns from:

• Above, examining the genres (the goal, social purpose & stages) of texts students are required to write.
• Around, analysing the structure and the relationships between sections, paragraphs, relationships in a text.
• Below, investigating the lexical and grammatical choices (lexico-grammar) that are found in different texts and disciplines.

The result of this multifaceted analysis will provide unique and systematic insights into the patterns, structures and language choices of effective writing in the exam years in different disciplines. Please see the project website for more information on planned research and knowledge exchange activities (/projects/disciplinary-literacy-corpus-based-pedagogy-the-bawess-corpus-project/).

You will work with the Team and will support the development and analysis of the corpus, adopting corpus linguistic and SFL to analyse the texts.

You will also have the opportunity to be involved in the work of the Language in/for Education Research group. /research-groups/language-in-and-for-education-life-research-group/

As a member of Research Staff at the AV视频, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term basis with an expected duration of 28 months. 

AV视频 you 

We are looking for somebody who is passionate about the topic area, is confident at engaging with teachers and learners, has knowledge of SFL and/or corpus linguistics, and has strong discourse analysis research skills. 

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the AV视频 a great place to work. Follow us and on Twitter for more information.

Closing Date: 09 Dec 2024

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £30,505 to £36,924

The post represents an exciting opportunity to join a ground-breaking team that aims to develop the first ever corpus of disciplinary writing in the exam years (GCSE, iGCSE, A Level and IB exams) in secondary school.

The Research Associate will work closely with the project team on the £970K UKRI-funded project Disciplinary Literacy & Corpus-Based Pedagogy: The BAWESS (British Academic Written English Secondary School) Corpus (The BAWESS Project). The BAWESS project combines systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and corpus linguistics to analyse disciplinary literacy and writing development in the exam years.

This BAWESS corpus aims to examine disciplinary language patterns from:

• Above, examining the genres (the goal, social purpose & stages) of texts students are required to write.
• Around, analysing the structure and the relationships between sections, paragraphs, and the discourse semantics of texts.
• Below, investigating the lexical and grammatical choices (lexico-grammar) that are found in different texts and disciplines.

The result of this multifaceted analysis will provide unique and systematic insights into the patterns, structures and language choices of effective writing in the exam years in different disciplines. Please see the project website for more information on planned research and knowledge exchange activities (/projects/disciplinary-literacy-corpus-based-pedagogy-the-bawess-corpus-project/).

You will work with the Team and will support the development and analysis of the corpus, using corpus linguistics and SFL to analyse the texts.

As a member of Research Staff at the AV视频, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year.

This role is offered on a part time (29.2 hours per week, 0.8FTE) fixed term basis with an expected duration of 36 months. 

AV视频 you 

We are looking for somebody who is passionate about the topic area, is confident at engaging with teachers and learners, has knowledge of SFL and/or corpus linguistics, and has strong discourse analysis research skills.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the AV视频 a great place to work. Follow us and on Twitter for more information.

Closing Date: 09 Dec 2024

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £37,999 to £45,163 pro rata per annum