Research Assistant: Performance and Media (Leverhulme Research Grant project).
The University of South Wales are seeking to appoint a research assistant to work up to 37 hours per week between March 2025 and March 2026 to undertake directed research as part of an externally funded project ‘From Undercard to Headliner: Lost Legacies and Hidden Labour in Women’s Boxing’. This is an exciting opportunity for a current postgraduate researcher or similar individual to develop their skills, experience, and profile across all aspects of a research project.
This post is situated in the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries. USW’s Creative Industries Research Unit: Music, Performance and Media is based at the Cardiff campus; it is the UK’s largest centre for screen production outside London. Our outputs are varied from award-wining feature-length documentary films and photographic exhibitions to major cultural monographs analysing creative texts and cultural processes. Our research is collaborative and multi-disciplinary by nature reflecting the reality of creative production in the creative industries.
Research Assistant role will, with the support of the principal investigator, examine the experiences of female participants in boxing, popular perceptions of women’s boxing and how female boxers are presented in public discourse. Key to this role are excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent organisational abilities, website design, including graphic design, and user experience. The role requires a dedicated researcher with flexibility to work with different media and contexts for knowledge transfer in mind.
This is a full-time fixed term post for a period of 12 months. The workload is flexible, and aspects can be completed remotely.
The Unit generates high-quality research with impact that is internationally-recognised and locally valued.
If you are a successful candidate and this position will be your first professional services role at the University / RWCMD (or you are currently employed by PSS Ltd), you will be employed by Professional and Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, which provides services to the University and Colleges.
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If you’re a Welsh learner or a Welsh speaker, we’d be delighted to receive your application. At USW, you’ll have access to Welsh courses to enable you to develop your Welsh skills further, inorder to provide a bilingual service to our students, colleagues and the public.
We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English.