ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society [COMPAS] – University of Oxford
Research Assistance – Temporary Work Register
Registration Form
COMPAS staff are engaged in a variety of research activities and often seek to
employ research assistants for short term projects. These projects might
involve literature reviews, surveys, interviews, report writing, presentations
and other related tasks. Assignments would be for limited periods and would
vary in length, although no assignment would exceed 8 calendar weeks. Please
remember that if you are currently a registered student at the University of
Oxford, you would only be allowed to work a limited number of hours per week
and you should seek your supervisor’s approval before seeking or taking on a
work placement. Payment would be made on a casual basis, at an hourly rate
to be determined according to the individual assignment.
If you would like to register your interest for any research assistance
projects which may arise at COMPAS, please complete and return the attached
form. [List mod.'s note: If you are interested in this opportunity, please
request the necessary form from Alicen Pomroy [log in to unmask]]
Please note that your information will be retained for internal use only and
will not be passed to any third party. Although registration does not
guarantee a post with us, in the event that any opportunities should arise, we
will be able advertise relevant details to people with appropriate skills who
have registered on our database.
For further information about COMPAS, please read the information below or
refer to our website at www.compas.ox.ac.uk
Alicen Pomroy
Research Administrator, COMPAS
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Background
Following an award from the British Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC), a new national research centre on migration was established at the
University of Oxford. With renewable core-funding of £3.4 million for its
initial five-year period, the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society [COMPAS]
commenced activities in October 2003.
The mission of COMPAS is to provide a strategic, integrated approach to
understanding contemporary and future migration dynamics across sending areas
and receiving contexts in the UK and EU. The Centre also aims to become a
national focal point for theoretical advancement, methodological innovation
and original empirical research in international migration studies.
COMPAS research programmes will be concerned with key issues surrounding
mobility and population movement. At all stages, research activities will
reflect an extensive set of relationships with users in government departments
in Britain and elsewhere, international institutions, business, NGOs and
community groups. The Centre will contribute to the public agenda by
interrogating policy options and highlighting best practices for effective and
just migration management. COMPAS will help provide Britain with the research
capability it needs to understand and respond effectively to global migration
trends. Research projects will be organized around five programmes:
1. SENDING CONTEXTS incl. remittances and development, internal labour
mobility, brain drain
2. MEANS OF MIGRATION incl. smuggling, trafficking, agencies, networks,
methods and routes
3. INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE incl. informal sector, family reunion, second
generation
4. THE MIGRATION-ASYLUM NEXUS incl. root causes of migration, policy regimes,
legal status
5. MIGRATION MANAGEMENT incl. impact of policy tools, labour market trends,
public opinion
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