Research Associate - DH, Cambridge
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Inserito il 16/12/2011
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http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1082/ra-digital-humanities.htm
*Research Associate
Digital Humanities and Transferable Skills Training (TST)
Six-month post attached to the Digital Humanities Network at CRASSH*
Full-time, starting 1 February 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter
Salary: £27,428 pa pro rata (Grade 7), fixed term contract, no
possibility of renewal.
*Deadline for applications: 9 January 2012*
CRASSH is seeking a postdoctoral Research Associate to lead a six-month
project on the digital humanities and Transferable Skills Training (TST).
The project focuses specifically on the transferability of digital
skills, and aims to increase awareness among early-career researchers
of how the digital skills they have learnt in one context (social,
academic or professional) can be applied in another.
The initiative has three principal aims:
· To encourage early-career researchers across CSAH and CHSS to
develop advanced digital skills, make them aware of existing training
provision and self-teaching resources relevant to their needs.
· To enhance early-career researchers' awareness of the
transferability of advanced digital skills, both in terms of the
development of their academic careers, and in terms of their
employability outside academia in the rapidly expanding digital economy,
through the development of a set of online resources and a workshop
which would highlight how digital skills can support research and
researchers' careers (both inside and outside academia)
· To develop recommendations for sustainable researcher development
in this area, in consultation with key stakeholders across the two
schools, including identification of potential sources of external
funding following the end of the Roberts funding in 2012.
*_Main duties_*
Produce a report on the digital training needs of the early-career
researcher community across CSAH and CHSS in consultation with key
stakeholders across the University.
Make recommendations on how to deliver sustainable researcher
development in this area in the medium and long term, including the
identification of sources of potential future funding after the end of
the current Roberts funding in 2012.
Create a sustainable directory of research training provision in this
area to be hosted on the Cambridge Digital Humanities Network website,
as an easily accessible point of reference for early-career researchers
in the humanities and social sciences across the two schools.
Create a range of online resources focussing on the role of advanced
digital skills in career development both in the academic and
professional domains.
Organise a one-day workshop aimed at early-career researchers which
would highlight how digital skills can support research and researchers'
careers (both inside and outside academia).
The proposed timeline for the project, based on a start date of 1
February would be: project report by mid-July 2012, online resources
made available from the end of May 2012, workshop to take place in May
or June 2012.
*_Person specification_*
The Digital Humanities and TST project leader must have:
· A PhD in the arts, social sciences and humanities
· Knowledge and experience of advanced digital tools such as
advanced use of peer-to-peer networks and social media platforms,
managing user-generated content, and engaging with the public and the
media in online environments
· An awareness of existing training provision and self-teaching
resources relevant to the needs of early career researchers
· Excellent communication and networking skills, both oral and written
· Strong organisation skills and the ability to work independently
and to deadlines
*_How to apply_*
The appointment is full-time for a six-month period, non-renewable. The
start date will be 1 February 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter,
but no later than end February 2012. Applications should be made via
the online application system
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/applications.php by the deadline of
*midday on 9 January 2012* and should include:
· CV uploaded as a PDF
· A Statement of Support (typed into the field Project Title)
· a completed form CHRIS 6
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/ , Parts 1 and 3
only for this application
· Contact details of two referees
Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Dr Anne Alexander,
raa43@cam.ac.uk <mailto:raa43@cam.ac.uk>, Co-ordinator of the Digital
Humanities Network at CRASSH. For queries relating to the online
application system, please contact the Administrator, ch335@cam.ac.uk.
