Research Associate – Strengthening Higher Education Inclusion through Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Schooling and Inclusion
Location: St John’s Campus
Put up Kind: Hourly Paid
Hourly Fee: £15.35 per hour plus £2.30 vacation pay
Contract Kind: Fastened Time period
– 12 Months
Marketed On: Monday 18 March 2024
Closing Date: Sunday 24 March 2024
Interview Date:
To be confirmed
Reference: SE2404

We’re in search of a extremely motivated Analysis Affiliate to collaborate on a British Council funded mission titled ‘Strengthening Inclusion in Greater Schooling in Indonesia and the UK via Common Design for Studying’ on the College of Worcester. This analysis mission is led by Dr Sean Bracken and Dr Alexandra Sewell in collaboration with colleagues and college students on the college.

The best candidate will reveal a capability to leverage common design as a mechanism for bringing about transformative change. In doing so abilities and competencies required embrace confidence in managing a number of priorities, meticulous consideration to element, and a dedication to profitable mission supply. You’ll deliver glorious written and verbal communication abilities, together with the flexibility to work each autonomously and collaboratively. You’ll reveal distinctive interpersonal and intercultural abilities. A capability to be taught new strategies rapidly is extremely fascinating and full coaching shall be given as wanted.

You can be constructing lecturers’ information, abilities, and capacities for inclusive observe. The next focused aims will allow the mission group to realize this: 

Develop, pilot, and consider two Persevering with Skilled Improvement (CPD) modules in Common Design for Studying; the primary will inform lecturers of the UDL framework, deepening information and understanding. The second will present observe examples and actionable duties to develop lecturers’ abilities in making use of UDL. 

• Foreground mutual profit and alternatives for each Indonesian and UK students and college students to be taught from one another and culturally contribute to the mission via a collection of deliberate participatory motion analysis workshops, each remotely and in-person.
• Mannequin good inclusive observe within the creation of the CPD modules via the appliance of UDL to the design course of. For instance, module content material shall be designed from the outset to be accessible to blind and deaf customers.
• Incorporate design components within the collaborative and analysis course of to make sure that the mission reinforces EDI ideas together with gender equality.
• Observe an in depth impression plan to make sure affect on structural and institutional change, together with world open entry to the UDL CPD modules on native, nationwide, and worldwide boards and the INCLUDE web site and through the MOOCs out there at UI.

This position shall be 41 hours over the length of the contract, this shall be negotiated primarily based on availability and the calls for of the mission.

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