Student Project Researcher (Reducing Disability-Related Barriers Through Flexible Groupwork and Multisensory Learning Project) UCL GRAD ONLY

Reference
1121605

Branch
UCL

Start date
18/01/2027

Duration
Other - See Job

Hours and days
2 hours

Dress code
Not Applicable

Rate of pay
£16.02

Holiday rate
£3.00

Role

Unitemps are recruiting for a Student Project Researcher (Reducing Disability-Related Barriers Through Flexible Groupwork and Multisensory Learning Project) within the Division of Medicine. The role is to work the date of Monday 18th January 2027and will run until Friday 18th June 2027 part time at 2hours per week. Payment is set at £16.02+ holiday pay per hour and the role will be HOME based.

The Faculty of Medical Sciences promotes inclusive education across UCL and the wider higher education sector, championing equitable approaches to teaching, learning and assessment and sharing effective practice to influence educational cultures beyond UCL.

The project, funded through a Student Success Grant and led by the Vice Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) as Principal Investigator, aims to make group-based assessment more inclusive and equitable for students with disabilities and neurodiversity, addressing barriers related to communication, organisation, collaboration and highly visual tasks. By promoting flexibility, belonging and equitable participation, it will establish a sustainable model that can be scaled across programmes and benefit all students. It will develop an Accessible Groupwork Toolkit and Flexible Contribution Framework to promote accessible communication, leadership development, structured allocation of roles, proactive accessibility planning, and flexible ways for students to contribute. The Student Researcher will contribute to all stages of the research process, including focus group participant recruitment, data collection, analysis, and dissemination of findings.

This role provides an opportunity for a UCL student to gain experience of educational research while contributing a valuable student perspective throughout the project. We encourage applications from those who are underrepresented at UCL including but, not exclusive, to disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, LGBTQ+ people, and people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds.

Duties and responsibilities

• Support the organisation and administration of the research project, including maintaining project documentation and timelines.
• Assist in the preparation of ethics application materials and participant-facing research documentation.
• Contribute to the development, piloting and implementation of survey instruments and other research tools.
• Support the recruitment of student and staff participants through appropriate communication channels.
• Coordinate participant communications, scheduling and logistical arrangements for research activities.
• Assist with the delivery of focus groups and interviews, including note-taking and recording where appropriate.
• Conduct literature searches and reviews relating to student engagement, belonging, inclusion and higher education learning
• Manage and organise research data in accordance with UCL policies and ethical requirements.
• Support the analysis of quantitative survey data and qualitative data from surveys, focus groups and interviews.·
• Contribute to thematic analysis and interpretation of findings under the guidance of the Project Lead.
• Assist in the development of the project's Engagement Framework and associated recommendations for practice.
• Support the creation of project outputs, including reports, presentations, visual summaries, infographics and dissemination resources.
• Contribute to dissemination activities, including workshops, conference presentations and publication outputs.
• Work collaboratively with project stakeholders while maintaining professional standards of confidentiality and ethical conduct.
• Undertake other duties consistent with the nature and grade of the role as reasonably required.

Skills and experience

• Experience of qualitative research 
• Strong skills in facilitating focus groups or interviews
• Demonstrate an understanding of disability and inclusive research practices
• Ability to create accessible, supportive environments in which students with different communication and participation preferences can contribute meaningfully
• Experience of higher education, inclusive assessment, groupwork or research with students with disabilities or neurodiversity would be particularly valuable.

Location
Remote

Additional information

Please note to be eligible to work within this role, you must have the right to work in the UK, be physically based in the UK and be able to travel to our London based office for a RTW check (if required). This job will close for applications at 11.59pm on 4th November 2026. Interviews will be held shortly after.

Unitemps reserves the right to close this advert for applications prior to the date specified above, if a high volume of suitable applications are received.

If you have a full-time contract of employment with UCL, you are not able to work through UCL Unitemps at the same time.

Unitemps payroll is monthly, one month in arrears, please see the payroll dates here.

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