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British Sign Language Corpus Project: Research Associate (Deaf Community Fieldworker) School of Management and Languages Salary: £23,449 - £27,182 pro rata (1-3 months full-time/part-time) Based in Newcastle The British Sign Language Corpus Project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. This new project aims to create a corpus (i.e. a computerised collection of languages recordings) of British Sign Language (BSL), and to carry out research into the vocabulary, grammar and sociolinguistic variation in BSL. The project is led by the Deafness Cognition and Languages (DCAL) Research Centre at University College London, in partnership with Heriot-Watt University (Scotland), Queens University Belfast (Northern Ireland), the University of Bristol (England), Bangor University (Wales) and Macquarie University (Australia). The post for the Newcastle area will be employed by and under the Terms and conditions of Heriot-Watt University. The work will begin in April/May 2009. Hours are flexible, and work will be contracted to the equivalent of four weeks (minimum) full time work (150 hours). We are looking for well organised Deaf people with a thorough knowledge of their local Deaf community and native signing skills in BSL to assist the BSL Corpus Project team. You will be responsible for recruiting, interviewing and filming 30 deaf participants in the Newcastle area. For informal enquiries please contact Dr Adam Schembri at [log in to unmask] or Jordan Fenlon at [log in to unmask] Further details and an application form can be found at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/hr/v_research.php To apply please complete and return the completed application along with a full CV and covering letter to [log in to unmask] by 15th April 2009. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted and invited for an interview. Download an application pack from our website www.hw.ac.uk/jobs or contact the Human Resources Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS tel. 0131 451 3475 (24 hours) Minicom 0131 451 8212; email [log in to unmask] quoting Ref 34/09/J Closing date: 15th April 2009 -- Yemisi Ogunleye www.iq4news.com Head of Communications, MeCCSA Post-Graduate Network website: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/ Media & Communications Dept., Birmingham City University, City North Campus, Birmingham B42 2SU