The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (BAECRN) Scotland Cluster is seeking to conduct research into how it can create and sustain a greater feeling of belonging and support for its diverse researchers.
Your tasks on the project will be to:
- design and facilitate a survey with the membership of the Scotland Cluster of the BAECRN on EDI and belonging in the BAECRN in Scotland (you will be supported in recruitment)
- collate and interpret the collected data
- present the findings to the Scotland Consortium (the membership of the BAECRN in Scotland which comprises delivery partners and ECR members) which will then be used to make recommendations for future activity.
- present the research outputs as a package which can be shared with collaborators, delivery partners and other members of the BAECRN
- the project would be well-suited, but is not limited, to someone with with survey design and quantitative data analysis skills.
You will receive a mentor to support methodological design, ethics, interpretation and presentation of the findings.
You will have a counterpart in this internship who will be doing their PhD in the Arts and Humanities and will be tasked with conducting interviews using creative methods that address the same questions. To generate triangulated, mixed methods findings you will be expected to work with them on the design of the data collection and outputs.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Belonging
The BAECRN Scotland Cluster is particularly interested in receiving applications from those who have not previously held an internship. It is also seeking to redress imbalances in our sector and encourages applications from those with lived experience, especially those from underrepresented and or minority communities and working-class backgrounds. In order to capture a diversity of voices in this research we are particularly keen that it is undertaken by a researcher whose lived experience supports them to connect to the challenges faced by minoritised ECR.
