Final call…
**Please circulate to anyone with appropriate experience and research interests**
We are seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on a project that encompasses the fields of Geography, Sociology and Education. The project is entitled 'Tutored Childhoods: Parenting Cultures, Youth Transitions and Social Mobility' and is led by Professor Sarah Holloway and Dr Helena Pimlott-Wilson. The post is based in the School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University and the research is funded through an award from the Leverhulme Trust.
Educational attainment is vital to contemporary youth transitions. This research project considers the record numbers of pupils and parents who are turning to the burgeoning private tuition industry for help, as well as those who do not, or cannot, access the service. Previous research demonstrates that wealthier, Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME), and London-based children are over-represented amongst users. However, academic knowledge about processes driving uneven growth in this unregulated industry is lacking. Combining insights from multiple disciplines, this research into private tuition will explore: (i) socio-spatially differentiated parenting cultures that drive demand and sway social mobility; (ii) tuition's implications for contemporary childhood and family life; and (iii) young people's educational strategies and transitions to adulthood.
The post will be based at Loughborough University and will entail semi-structured interviews in London, the East Midlands and the North West. The successful applicant will be an experienced researcher with a PhD in Geography, Sociology or Education. They will have excellent English-language and interpersonal skills and experience of conducting and analysing semi-structured interviews with educationalists, parents or young people. The successful candidate will play a full role in the design, execution and dissemination of the project.
The post is fixed term between 1 April 2019 - 30 September 2021
Further details can be found here: https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=689384EecY&WVID=5913100PrZ&LANG=USA
Informal enquiries should be made by email to Professor Sarah Holloway, School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, [log in to unmask]
Application Closing Date: Friday 8 February 2019
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