Research Assistants Required

[Caroline Rowland]

Dear all,
Please find below two adverts for two Research Assistants, one based at the 
University of Liverpool, UK, and one based at the University of Manchester, 
UK. The adverts are slightly different because of the differing 
requirements of the 2 institutions, but the RAs will be working on the same 
project and carrying out very similar tasks.  Applicants are welcome to 
apply for both jobs but will be required to apply separately to each 
institution.

Thanks,

Caro


THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Approx. £19,460 p.a.

An ESRC-funded research position is available to work on a study of early 
language development. The post will involve collecting and analysing 
language data from 3-year-olds.  Applicants should have a good first degree 
in psychology, linguistics or a related discipline, good computer skills 
and experience of working with preschool or primary school aged children. 
If possible, applicants should have knowledge of how to conduct studies 
with children, experience of statistical software packages, a clean driving 
licence and their own car. The post is tenable for two years.

Informal enquiries to Dr Caroline Rowland, School of Psychology; 
0151-794-1120, email: crowland at liverpool.ac.uk

Quote Ref:B/373	Closing Date: Wednesday 17th November

Further particulars and details of the application procedure should be 
requested
 from the Director of Personnel, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 
3BX
on 0151 794 2210 (24 hr answerphone), via email:jobs at liv.ac.uk or are
available online at http://www.liv.ac.uk/university/jobs.html


THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Ref: 1122/04)

This study you will be working on follows on from previous
work on language development on children between the
ages of 2-3 years, and is aimed at discovering how children
build up an adult-like grammar, in particular focusing on
children’s knowledge of auxiliaries.  You will be responsible
for recruiting families of 3-year-old children to the study,
collecting naturalistic tape-recorded language data in their
homes on a regular basis, and transcribing the data.  You
will also be required to work with the children, using tasks
aimed at eliciting structures - which children produce rather
rarely but are important for understanding their grammatical
development.

You should have a good first degree in psychology,
linguistics or a related discipline, good computer skills and
experience of working with preschool or primary school
aged children.  You should have a clean driving licence and
their own car. Experience of statistical software packages
and knowledge of how to conduct studies with children is
desirable.

The post is tenable for two years Salary in the region of
£19,460 p.a.  Closing date for applications: Wednesday 17th
November.

This post is subject to an enhanced criminal records
disclosure check.

Informal enquiries to Dr Anna Theakston, School of
Psychological Sciences on 0161-275-2600, email:
anna.l.theakston at manchester.ac.uk

Quote Ref:  1122/04.  Closing Date: Wednesday 17th
November

Further particulars and application forms are available from
the Directorate of Human Resources, The University of
Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. (telephone
0161 275 2028; Fax 0161 275 2471; Minicom 0161 275
7889; E-mail personnel at man.ac.uk; Website
http//www.man.ac.uk).


The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion
and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of
opportunity for all members of its community.

Dr. Caroline Rowland
School of Psychology
University of Liverpool
Bedford Street South
Liverpool
L69 7ZA

Tel: 0151 794 1120
Fax: 0151 794 2945