Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company

University College London

Job description

About us The post holder will be funded by an ERC Consolidator grant, under the supervision of Clare Press and within the Action and Perception team (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/action-and-perception-lab; https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/team/action-and-perception/), based at the Department for Experimental Psychology and Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging.About the role Perception and learning are often studied independently by cognitive neuroscientists, but a true understanding requires interrogating their interdependence. This project seeks to understand such interdependence – namely, how the brain uses our learnt expectations about the structure of the world to render perception useful for future learning (see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136466131930261X).A job description and person specification can be accessed below. Please click the ‘apply now’ button at the bottom of the page. Applications should include a covering letter and CV.Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Research Assistant Grade 6B salary with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis. Please see the ‘UCL Non-clinical grade structure with spinal points’ for the current year (
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/pay-benefits/salary-scales).For informal queries about the position, please contact:
c.press@ucl.ac.ukFor information about the application process, please contact:
Pals.hr@ucl.ac.ukAbout you We seek a highly motivated and curious individual to join our team. The postholder should have experience conducting and analysing experiments in M/EEG and fMRI.What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Available documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 03:35:39 GMT

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