Research Associate (Applied Linguistics)
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.Closing Date: 22 November 2024The RoleWe are recruiting a Research Associate to work for 8 months at 0.6 FTE (three days per week) on an Innovate UK-funded research project. The project is a collaboration between our team at Newcastle University, teams at two partner universities, and a digital health startup who have developed a conversational AI agent for healthcare consultations.The Newcastle University strand of the project will involve using a Conversation Analysis research approach to (1) identify effective communicative practices used by human clinicians when conducting telephone clinical consultations with patients, (2) train a Large Language Model to incorporate these practices into its own conversations, and (3) examine the efficacy of the LLM-powered clinical conversations by analysing test calls with human users.See the ECLS website for more information about the team and the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, including our Applied Linguistics Communication subject area and Multimodal Analysis Research Group.You should have a PhD in a relevant discipline. You will be responsible for management and processing of existing audio data. This will include liaising with the partner company about access to data, transcription of data using Conversation Analysis transcription conventions, and analysis of data in collaboration with the Newcastle University research team. You will also be actively involved in writing and dissemination of provisional research outcomes, for example for academic conferences, and in engagement beyond academic audiences via workshops and other activities.We are committed to building and maintaining a fair and inclusive working environment. We would be happy to discuss arrangements for flexible working, including blended working, and flexibility around start and finish times, appropriate to the needs of the role.Informal enquiries are welcome. Please contact Dr Adam Brandt ( ) to discuss the role.To apply, please upload an up-to-date CV and letter of application outlining specific examples around how you meet the requirements set out in ‘The Person’ section below.Key Accountabilities
The PersonKnowledge, Skills And Experience
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Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
£34866 – 35880 per year
Newcastle
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:40:04 GMT
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