Research Associate: women, education and training in modern Britain

About the role

You will join the Women’s Equality and Inequality Research Programme (WEIR). This programme focuses on women’s education, training and economic participation. You will research women’s training and education during the 1980s, including undertaking a case study of a women’s skills centre established in north-east England (this will involve fieldwork and interviews). You will study how and why women developed education and training initiatives for women and girls; analyse whether the systems and organisations they created helped or hindered these objectives; and evaluate whether these can be considered feminist initiatives in aims, practice and/or achievements.

The job will involve interviews and analysis of networks and organisations.

You will be expected to co-organise a symposium on women’s education and training, to present a research paper on your findings, and to write at least one scholarly article based on your research. You will assist other group members by reading and editing their research papers, blogs and articles for publication.

You will be a member of WEIR and you will report to one of the Programme Directors, Professor Selina Todd. She provides guidance to junior members of the research group including other postdoctoral scholars.

The project is recruiting for two Research Associate posts, one looking at Women, Education and Training in Modern Britain and the other looking at Women’s Workplace Networks in Modern Britain.   This advert is for the Women, Education and Training in Modern Britain vacancy (vacancy ID 161278).  To apply for the Women’s Workplace Networks in Modern Britain vacancy, please visit https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/home and search for Vacancy ID 161279 where you will find details of the role, including the job description and selection criteria.  Candidates are invited to apply for one or both of the advertised posts.

About you

You will hold or be within 6 months of completing, a PhD/DPhil in sociology or a related subject and have undertaken doctoral research that focuses on women’s organisations/self-help and/or feminist initiatives in modern Britain.

You will have experience of undertaking interviews with female research subjects and have knowledge of methodologies relating to researching small organisations, feminism and/or grassroots development of self-help initiatives.

Experience of writing collaborative research funding applications as well as editorial experience (within or beyond higher education) is desirable.

Application Process

Queries about the post should be addressed to Selina Todd, Professor of Modern History: and should be sent to [email protected].  All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.

You will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. This may include experience gained in employment, education, or during career breaks (such as time out to care for dependants).

You will also be required to provide the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.

Only applications submitted via our e-recruitment system and received before noon Wednesday 16th November 2022 can be considered.

We expect to hold interviews on either 24th or 25th November 2022; interviews are likely to be via Microsoft Teams.

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