This opportunity is for Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving 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
Tuesday 31st March 2026
Start Date
Monday 1st June 2026
Duration
3-months
Full-time or Part-time
Full-time or part-time
In Person, Online or Hybrid
Hybrid preferred
Job Sector
Public
Project Areas
Research, Survey Design, Data Collection & Analysis
How to Apply
Submit a CV and cover letter
Project Description
The York Graduate Research School (YGRS) connects more than 2,000 postgraduate researchers (PGRs) across all disciplines and brings together the support PGRs need to make the most of their research project.
In supporting a diverse range of PGRs, YGRS is seeking to better understand the University’s commuting researchers; and to understand the housing requirements and choices of all our PGRs (except for distance learners).
This project will focus on data collection and analysis of our PGRs commuting and housing preferences, choices and behaviour. As well as collecting and understanding the raw data of the researchers, we are looking to understand the decisions which lead to PGRs commuting; primarily if this is a desirable or forced situation for our researchers. We also want to understand PGRs housing preferences, choices and constraints, both for those who live in York and elsewhere.
Expected duties will include:
- Desk-based research on commuter and non-commuter non-distance learning research students at the University of York
- Conducting a survey of research students at the University of York about commuting and housing preferences, choices and constraints
- Analysis of data from both the above mentioned survey and from existing student data
- Write papers and reports as required
