Research Assistant (Fixed Term, Part Time)

Bournemouth University; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A UK university in Bournemouth is seeking a part-time Research Assistant to support a project on body perception in young women. This role involves recruiting participants, administering studies, and potentially analyzing data. Ideal candidates will have research skills, experience in participant recruitment, and a degree in psychology or a related field. The role offers flexible working days and is fixed-term until August 2027, without the option for visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Experience of recruiting participants and running psychology experiments.
• Good research skills obtained via completion of a degree in psychology or related discipline.
• Outgoing and sensitive to participant concerns.
• Well organized, reliable and punctual.
• Able to work independently but ask for help when needed.
• Experience using PsychoPy, JASP, and R is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and coordinate participants for studies.
• Administer studies to recruited participants.
• Develop studies in PsychoPy.
• Analyze data using JASP and/or R.
• Write up results for publication.

Skills

Experience in recruiting participants

Research skills

Friendly and sensitive to participant concerns

Organizational skills

Ability to work independently

Experience with PsychoPy, JASP, and R

Education

Degree in psychology or related discipline

Tools

PsychoPy

JASP

R

Job description

About the role

The School of Psychology at Bournemouth University is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to work 0.2 FTE (exact days are flexible) on a project investigating body perception in young women. The primary role of the Research Assistant will be to recruit and coordinate participants to take part in studies on Talbot Campus, and then to meet them and administer the study to the recruited participants. Depending on your expertise, you may also play a role in developing the studies (probably in PsychoPy), analysing data (using JASP and/or R) and writing up results for publication.

• Have experience of recruiting participants and running psychology experiments (or similar) in person.
• Have good research skills, likely obtained via completion of a degree in psychology or a related discipline
• Be outgoing, friendly and sensitive to any participant concerns
• Be well organised, reliable and punctual
• Be able to work independently, but to ask for help when needed
• Experience of using PsychoPy, JASP and R would be an advantage but is not essential

This post is available on a fixed-term basis until 31 August 2027.

This post is available part-time for 0.2 FTE (exact days flexible).

Internal applicants may be considered for a secondment but this would need to be discussed with their line managers prior to application.

For further information about the position, please contact Dr Ian Stephen at [e-mail].

This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.

About the department

Our vibrant Faculty of Media, Science & Technology encompasses a wide range of disciplines across four Schools: the School of Computing & Engineering, the National Centre for Computer Animation, The Media School and the School of Psychology. The breadth of subject areas in the Faculty means our cutting‑edge research is delivering real benefits to digital creative industries, simulation domains, cyber security, human centred artificial intelligence, cognitive science and many others. Our staff base includes high profile researchers who are involved in both UK and global consortia of externally funded collaborations, furthering knowledge in the aforementioned areas plus many more, thus providing significant impact to the economy as well as society and, ultimately, the quality of living across the globe.

The School of Psychology has undergone a period of expansion resulting in a vibrant research and learning culture. The School currently has four research themes (Health & Clinical; Social, Forensic & Cyber; Perception; Attention, Spatial Cognition & Reading) and further research groups representing our staff expertise (Gambling, Sexual Violence, Emotions (incl. Eating Disorders), Situated Cognition, Orthorexia Nervosa). Facilities supporting our teaching and research include eye‑