[CogSci] Fully funded PhD fellowship: The Role of Child-Directed-Speech in the Acquisition of Morphosyntax (UK home students only unfortunately)

Wed Jul 26 03:30:45 PDT 2023

Apologies for the cross-posting but I was told that the link I sent didn't
work, so here is the exact full advert for that 30 months research fellow
position at the University of Plymouth. Thank you!

*Job title:* Research Fellow
*Job reference:* A9649
*Application closing date:* 03/09/2023
*Location:* Plymouth
*Salary:* GBP37,386 - GBP43,155 per annum - Grade 7
*Package:* Fixed-Term, Full-Time
*Job category/type:* Academic/Research

*Job description:*

The University of Plymouth Enterprise Limited in partnership with the
School of Psychology at University of Plymouth are seeking to appoint a
Research Fellow on a grant awarded by the Welsh Government. This project
aims at developing and evaluating a surveillance tool of early speech,
language and communication development in children in Wales
(Welsh-English bilinguals, or monolinguals).

Informed by excellent scholarship and your own research experience, you
will work closely with Prof Caroline Floccia, as well as the Project
Manager and the Project Principal Investigator (located in Cardiff Met) to
oversee the implementation of the language surveillance tool on a digital
platform. You will supervise (mostly remotely) a team of research
assistants in charge of collecting the data in Wales. You will provide
expert knowledge in analysing the data (e.g. psychometric properties; use
of R; Growth Curve Analysis; General Linear models). Thanks to your
excellent communication and organisation skills, you will liaise with the
different teams working on this project, contribute to the ethics
application, produce reports/papers/conference presentations, and ensure
data quality control.

In the School of Psychology, you will benefit from a positive and
collegiate working environment that values and promotes excellence in all
academic activities. The School fosters collaborative research and supports
the development of real-world impact. In the 2021 Research Excellence
Framework assessment 100% of our research environment and research impact
was rated as either world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*),
along with 73% of our research outputs.

To support the research aims of our academics the School houses an
excellent suite of research laboratories, supported by a dedicated team of
Technicians and Teaching and Research Associates. Our facilities include
numerous laboratories supporting behavioural, clinical, neuroscience, and
developmental research with technologies such as VR, eyetracking, EEG, and
TMS. These are augmented with a newly developed Health Psychology Lab, a
dedicated Babylab http://www.psy.plymouth.ac.uk/babylab/
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All these resources will be available to support the development of your
research career.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a fixed-termn
basis for 30 months due to funding.  The anticipated start date is the 1st
of December 2023.

For an informal discussion, please contact Prof Caroline Floccia on 01752
584822, or caroline.floccia at plymouth.ac.uk

There is an essential requirement within this role that you will be
required to travel to and work at different University sites and/or other
business locations that may not be easily accessible by public transport.
Please refer to the job description for further information.

Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the
knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job
description in your supporting statement.

*This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check
plus a Children’s Barred List check.*

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing Monday 18 September
2023 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday
scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits, including ongoing
development opportunities.

The University of Plymouth has a strong interdisciplinary research ethos
which is supported by our three strategic Research Institutes; the Marine
Institute, the Sustainable Earth Institute, and the Plymouth Institute of
Health and Care Research. As a member of our academic community, you’ll be
expected to contribute to our recognised research strengths. Working
holistically across the University, you will be challenged to innovate,
collaborate and deliver impactful research contributions as part of a
systems thinking approach to addressing today’s global challenges.

The University of Plymouth is a diverse, welcoming community where everyone
makes a difference and is encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.
To find out more about our inclusive community, initiatives such as Athena
Swan and the Race Equality Charter and our range of benefits / support
mechanisms such as flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity,
paternity & adoption leave please visit our Equality, Diversity and
Inclusion webpages
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BAME/BIPOC and LGBT+

University of Plymouth Enterprise Ltd is committed to an inclusive culture
and respecting diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the
community.

The appointed candidate would be employed by University of Plymouth
Enterprise Ltd and would therefore be subject to their terms and conditions
of employment.

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On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 9:56 AM Caroline Floccia <
caroline at carolinefloccia.info> wrote:

> Dear all,
> We are looking to appoint a Research Fellow to work for *30 months* on
> standardising a language surveillance tool for toddlers and children in
> Wales (with Welsh and English). Knowledge of Welsh is NOT needed for this
> post. This project will involve collaborating closely with the other teams
> (especially Cardiff Met and Newcastle). It is a complex project funded by
> the Welsh government, and will necessitate good knowledge of stats. It is
> supervised by Prof Caroline Floccia and based in Plymouth.
>
>
> https://hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID%3d854327OVO9%1BUSESSION=124B4E9C5D5B6BC33E36BF85EC651AB2&WVID=1602750fTZ&LANG=USA
>
> Thank you,
> Caroline
>
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 11:53 AM Rowland, Caroline <
> Caroline.Rowland at mpi.nl> wrote:
>
>> Dear all We are advertising a fully-funded PhD Studentship (for UK home
>> students only) for a project entitled The Role of Child-Directed-Speech
>> in the Acquisition of Morphosyntax
>>
>> The PhD project, co-supervised by Prof. Julian Pine
>> <https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/staff/julian-pine/> at
>> University of Liverpool and Prof. Caroline Rowland
>> <https://www.mpi.nl/people/rowland-caroline> at the Max Planck Institute
>> for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands, will focus on analysing the
>> informativeness of the input that children receive in *at least* two
>> different cultures/languages, and the role of this input in the acquisition
>> of morphosyntax. The project will involve analysing naturalistic data from
>> spontaneous interactions between caregivers and children, and testing
>> children in the lab using different behavioural experimental methods. More
>> details and how to apply here:
>> https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBK830/phd-studentship-the-role-of-child-directed-speech-in-the-acquisition-of-morphosyntax
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Caro
>>
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>>
>> Dr. Caroline Rowland
>>
>> Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
>>
>> http://www.mpi.nl/departments/language-development
>>
>> https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/
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> Prof. Caroline Floccia
> Head of the Plymouth Babylab
> Associate Head of School for Research, School of Psychology
> PSQ B231
> School of Psychology
> University of Plymouth
> Drake Circus
> Devon PL4 8AA
> tel: (+0044) 1752 584822
>

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Prof. Caroline Floccia
Head of the Plymouth Babylab
Associate Head of School for Research, School of Psychology
PSQ B231
School of Psychology
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Devon PL4 8AA
tel: (+0044) 1752 584822
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