This post is full time, 35 hours per week and is fixed term from 01 October 2024 until 01 August 2026.
The Student Research Manager is a new post and it forms part of the successful Quintin Hogg Trust (QHT) funded project Westminster Students as Researchers.
A key principle of the University’s Making a Difference: Research and Knowledge Exchange Strategy 2022-2029 is that “Westminster students are researchers”. This is something we believe very firmly, and this project will enable us to explore what this means in practice through operationalising the principle across all our Schools in creative and meaningful ways to enhance our students’ employability and the experience of active and authentic assessment, to increase networks for our students, and to position Westminster as a leading exemplar of the nexus of research and education.
The post holder will have proven leadership experience as well as a good working knowledge of research and the REF. They will develop, deliver and lead implementation of a new student research programme, engaging current undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of research projects and activities across the our Schools and Colleges.
They will manage the day to day running of the project, raising awareness of opportunities, processing applications for support, monitoring and supporting live research activities, auditing and reporting on outcomes, and supporting Schools in the development of their School-specific activities to help deliver the University’s strategic commitment to ‘offer every student the opportunity to experience and benefit from learning in a research and knowledge exchange environment.’
We have a Smart Working approach that allows for some off-site working; it is expected that the post holder will be onsite for an average of three days per week at a minimum. Other arrangements are subject to agreement through our Flexible Working Policy and Procedure.
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At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.
We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.
The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.
Closing date: midnight on: 11 August 2024
Interviews are likely to be held on: 23 August 2024