Apologies for any cross-posting, but there are 6 fully funded GTA appointments currently being advertised within my Faculty, which may be of interest to list members and/or their students. Details below.
PhD/Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) - Faculty of Health and Social Care
Faculty of Health & Social Care
Location: Ormskirk
Salary: £8,300 per annum plus benefits package
Fixed Term for 3 years
Post Type: Full Time
Closing Date: Monday 12 February 2018
Reference: EHGT166-0118
Number of Positions: 6
A fantastic opportunity to study for a fully funded doctorate whilst gaining valuable teaching experience.
https://jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=EHGT166-0118
I will be Director of Studies on one of these - details below.
Workers health and wellbeing in the flexible economy
Director of Studies: Dr Stephen Clayton
The positive health effects of being in employment, and negative effects of unemployment, have been well documented and are reflected in UK government’s ‘work first’ welfare policies. Much of this evidence, however, relies on studies of workers predominantly employed under ‘traditional’ relatively secure labour conditions. Contemporary UK employment conditions increasingly reflect a claimed economic need for a more flexible labour market leading to a significant expansion of low-paid self-employment, short-term, agency, casual and zero-hours contracts and the so-called ‘gig economy’. The new labour relations challenge existing models concerning the underpinning mechanisms for both the positive and negative correlates of work, of the relationship between work and health, and those which assume stable working conditions provide ‘latent benefits’ such as time structure, social activity, collective endeavour, regular activity and status and identity that support health and wellbeing.
The proposed mixed methods doctoral project would:
i. provide a critical review of existing theories concerning the mechanisms underpinning the relationships between work and health
ii. examine the health impacts of precarious employment through quantitative analysis of existing datasets, such as the Labour Market Survey
iii. qualitatively explore workers experiences of how precarious employment shapes their health and health behaviours
iv. using both quantitative and qualitative evidence, contribute to the development of new models of work-health relationships within precarious employment
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