This opportunity is only accepting applications from Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) funding in or after Autumn 2024 to undertake a Research in Practice (RinP) placement as part of their studentship.
Key Placement Information
Closing Date
Rolling deadline, but as soon as possible
Start Date
Flexible
Duration
3-months (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time or Part-time
Full-time or Part-time
In Person, Online or Hybrid
Hybrid
Job Sector
Academic
Project Areas
Empirical Data Generation and Analysis, Policy Research, Knowledge Exchange
How to Apply
Send a brief motivation letter and C.V.
Applicant Eligibility
This opportunity is only accepting applications from Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) funding in or after Autumn 2024 to undertake a Research in Practice (RinP) placement as part of their studentship.
Project Description
The Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making (SCRCM) develops and undertakes original research into curriculum making, engages in knowledge exchange with policy makers and practitioners to develop the curriculum across education systems, and disseminates research through face-to-face events and webinars.
It is possible for the placement holder to get involved in one or more of the following, with opportunities to conduct original empirical research and undertake knowledge exchange and impact activity.
1. Empirical research into the development of Scotland’s Curriculum Improvement Cycle, specifically the new technical framework. This will involve exploration of the perspectives of stakeholders developing the framework, education professionals who will enact it and children and young people who will experience it. The purpose of this research is to build greater understanding of the conditions and issues that will shape the eventual enactment of the new framework.
2. Policy research relating to scientific literacies in qualifications and the curriculum. This research will involve examination of key documentation in Scotland and Chile, as well as empirical research with teachers.
3. Empirical research around teachers’ understanding of sustainability and climate change education. This research will involve evaluation of programmes of knowledge exchange (working with experienced teachers) as well as evaluation of the impact of Scotland’s new National Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education.
4. Knowledge exchange to develop a new curriculum making toolkit for schools and teachers (working in partnership with the International Baccalaureate Organisation). This programme will involve workshops with teachers in Scotland and international settings to trial and refine the toolkit.
Access full details and application instructions here: SGSSS Academic Placement - Curriculum Making
Please note this opportunity has been advertised across multiple Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) by the lead DTP – SGSSS.
