University Research Fellow
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £38,205 to £46,974 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | York, North Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | York St John University |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 043-24 |
Summary
Full time fixed term
Location: York
Salary: £38,205 to £46,974 per annum
York St John University (YSJU) is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.
As one of the fastest growing universities in the U.K over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region. We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.
We are establishing a new research culture driven by research groups and cross-university institutes, and are growing rapidly. Our research grant success is increasing, as is the number of postgraduate researchers we have at the university. In the recent Research Excellence Framework (2021), we submitted over half of our academic staff, nearly three times more than in the previous assessment. As a consequence, combined with world-leading research in each one of our academic schools, we received one of the highest percentage increases in research funding from UKRI of any university receiving over £1m.
The Role
We are seeking to expand our postdoctoral community by launching a University Research Fellowship Scheme. The first of its kind at our university, the fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for outstanding early career researchers to pursue an independent and original programme of research in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Fellows will join either the Institute for Social Justice or the Institute for Health and Care Improvement. A mentor will also support and guide their career development to complement access to a range of training opportunities to enhance their professional, teaching, and research skills. A small annual research expenses budget will also be provided via the institute to conduct the research and disseminate research findings.
Information on the two institutes can be found on our website and by contacting the directors, Professor Matthew Reason (m.reason@yorksj.ac.uk) and Professor Garry Tew (g.tew@yorksj.ac.uk).
It is anticipated that the fellowship will provide a platform for the recipient to consolidate their research career and contribute to the aims our research institutes by conducting world-leading, impactful research, that builds on our current areas of research strength or compliments them in a way that clearly enhances our research capabilities.
Required Skills and Experience
Applications are invited from any area of research. However, alignment with our mission, vision and values is necessary. Similarly, demonstrable synergy between the proposed programme of research and existing research at our university is required.
Areas of particular interest to the Institute for Social Justice include participatory and co-productive research; racial justice research; and work with children and young people or disabled and neurodiverse communities. Areas of particular interest to the Institute for Health and Care Improvement include physical activity for health, applied mental health research, and social care research.
Applicants should have a PhD and evidence of high-quality publications indicative of the ability to successfully undertake an independent programme of impactful research.
Fellowships are to be undertaken full-time for a period of three-years or part-time for a period of six- years.
To be eligible to apply for the fellowship applicants must have completed their PhD in the last 3 years (any time during 2021 to application deadline). The three years does not include periods of parental leave or periods of absence due to ill-heath.
The application form includes a question asking candidates to detail a 3-year research plan that will form part of the assessment of each candidate. This should include information on background and justification of the planned research, aims/research questions, methods, planned outcomes/outputs, resource requirements, and be no longer than three A4 pages (single line-spaced, 12 font).
Additional Information
Applicants should also identify a potential mentor within York St John University aligned to the programme of research. A letter of support should be provided from this member of academic staff as part of the application. Without a letter of support from an appropriate mentor applications cannot be considered further.
For the research profiles of our current research staff, please see our website and our institutional research repository.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Andrew Hill, Head of Postgraduate Research, a.hill@yorksj.ac.uk.
This role is eligible for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. For further information regarding this route please visit Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Closing Date - Friday 10 May 2024 at midnight
Provisional Interview Date - Wednesday 05 June 2024
Location: York
Salary: £38,205 to £46,974 per annum
York St John University (YSJU) is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.
As one of the fastest growing universities in the U.K over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region. We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.
We are establishing a new research culture driven by research groups and cross-university institutes, and are growing rapidly. Our research grant success is increasing, as is the number of postgraduate researchers we have at the university. In the recent Research Excellence Framework (2021), we submitted over half of our academic staff, nearly three times more than in the previous assessment. As a consequence, combined with world-leading research in each one of our academic schools, we received one of the highest percentage increases in research funding from UKRI of any university receiving over £1m.
The Role
We are seeking to expand our postdoctoral community by launching a University Research Fellowship Scheme. The first of its kind at our university, the fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for outstanding early career researchers to pursue an independent and original programme of research in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Fellows will join either the Institute for Social Justice or the Institute for Health and Care Improvement. A mentor will also support and guide their career development to complement access to a range of training opportunities to enhance their professional, teaching, and research skills. A small annual research expenses budget will also be provided via the institute to conduct the research and disseminate research findings.
Information on the two institutes can be found on our website and by contacting the directors, Professor Matthew Reason (m.reason@yorksj.ac.uk) and Professor Garry Tew (g.tew@yorksj.ac.uk).
It is anticipated that the fellowship will provide a platform for the recipient to consolidate their research career and contribute to the aims our research institutes by conducting world-leading, impactful research, that builds on our current areas of research strength or compliments them in a way that clearly enhances our research capabilities.
Required Skills and Experience
Applications are invited from any area of research. However, alignment with our mission, vision and values is necessary. Similarly, demonstrable synergy between the proposed programme of research and existing research at our university is required.
Areas of particular interest to the Institute for Social Justice include participatory and co-productive research; racial justice research; and work with children and young people or disabled and neurodiverse communities. Areas of particular interest to the Institute for Health and Care Improvement include physical activity for health, applied mental health research, and social care research.
Applicants should have a PhD and evidence of high-quality publications indicative of the ability to successfully undertake an independent programme of impactful research.
Fellowships are to be undertaken full-time for a period of three-years or part-time for a period of six- years.
To be eligible to apply for the fellowship applicants must have completed their PhD in the last 3 years (any time during 2021 to application deadline). The three years does not include periods of parental leave or periods of absence due to ill-heath.
The application form includes a question asking candidates to detail a 3-year research plan that will form part of the assessment of each candidate. This should include information on background and justification of the planned research, aims/research questions, methods, planned outcomes/outputs, resource requirements, and be no longer than three A4 pages (single line-spaced, 12 font).
Additional Information
Applicants should also identify a potential mentor within York St John University aligned to the programme of research. A letter of support should be provided from this member of academic staff as part of the application. Without a letter of support from an appropriate mentor applications cannot be considered further.
For the research profiles of our current research staff, please see our website and our institutional research repository.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Andrew Hill, Head of Postgraduate Research, a.hill@yorksj.ac.uk.
This role is eligible for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. For further information regarding this route please visit Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Closing Date - Friday 10 May 2024 at midnight
Provisional Interview Date - Wednesday 05 June 2024
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