Below are two advertisements that will be appearing in the Guardian on October 29 and the following week. They are the first big swathe of appointments in our new Working Lives Research Institute. The first ad is for 5 new posts. I should be grateful if you would publicize these as widely as possible through the movement and via your email lists.
As you'll see the second ad is for our postgraduate labour studies courses which we would appreciate your help in circulating. We have another intake for these in Feb.2002. We are also advertising two new full-time PhD bursaries - we have just filled one with a CWU sponsored student who is getting matching funding from us and from them. We would love to follow this route with any other TU.
Professor Mary Davis
Head of Centre for Trade Union Studies
London Metropolitan University
62-66 Highbury Grove
London N5 2AD
0207 753 3375
Working Lives Research posts
The new Working Lives Research Institute is based at London Metropolitan University's North Campus, near the TUC Library Collections. Its interests include changes in employment practices and systems, the sources of partnership and conflict at work, trade union policies and strategies, labour and social movement history, gender relations and issues of sexuality, nationality, race and ethnicity in employment.
In a major expansion the Institute is now seeking to appoint five new staff to join the six just appointed. Two of the new research posts will involve working on three-year EU-funded research projects investigating how trade unions counter racism and xenophobia (RITU Researcher) and how they can represent workers in small firms (SMALL Researcher). These posts will be appointed at Research Assistant or Research Fellow level. One of the research posts (Institute Researcher) will carry out data collection, analysis and the writing up of other Institute research projects. This post will be appointed at Research Fellow or Senior Research Office level. The other research post (Research Manager) will play a key role in helping to grow the Institute's research agenda. This post will be appointed at Senior or Principal Researcher Officer level. Finally, the Institute wishes to appoint a Secretary (initially part-time) who relishes the challenge of helping create a new organization. A key characteristic of successful candidates will be their interest in people's working lives and their commitment to the importance of promoting social justice.
Candidates for positions at Principal, Senior Research Officer and Research Fellow level should have qualitative or quantitative research skills, while those at Research Assistant levels must have the enthusiasm, capacity and interest to develop such skills. Applications to jobshare or to combine any of the part-time positions are welcome. Actual days of work are negotiable, generally within the core hours of 9 to 6. The initial contracts will be for periods of up to three years in the first instance.
Interviews will be held on 27 November 2002.
Closing date: 13 November 2002
Ref: WLRI
Further details and application forms are available from London Metropolitan University website, or Human Resources, London Metropolitan University, 166 Holloway Rd., London N7 8HN, tel: 0207 607 2789
Study or Research Working Lives at the Working Lives Research Institute London Metropolitan University
The Working Lives Research Institute at is a new London-based centre for interdisciplinary research into all aspects of the world of work and working lives. The Institute, a part of the London Metropolitan University, researches:
- Employment practices, employment law and issues of work/life balance
- Partnership, human resource management and conflict at work
- The relationship of work and environmental protection
- The history and contemporary organisations of working people, the trade unions and social movements
- Equal opportunities, gender relations and issues of sexuality and disability
- Nationality, race and ethnicity in employment
- The evolution of training and life-long learning
- Corporate ethics and governance
Resourced by over 30 academic associates, the Women's Library (City campus) and by the TUC Library Collections (North campus) the Institute offers an excellent environment for advanced study and research into working lives at both Masters and Doctoral levels.
There are four taught programmes:
- MA Labour and Trade Union Studies
- Masters in Research (MRes) in Labour and Trade Union Studies
- MA Employment Studies and Human Resource Management
- Masters in Research (MRes) in Employment Studies and Human Resource Management
Doctoral studentship programme
We also welcome applications for MPhil/PhD research degrees. Currently we are able to offer a limited number of Institute Doctoral Bursaries:
- Two full-time three-year studentships (worth £10,000 a year + fees)
- Five annually renewable part-time bursaries (where we pay the fees)
The closing date for students wishing to apply for any of these bursaries in order to start their doctoral studies in January 2003 is November 13 2002.
Application forms are available from the Post-graduate Admissions Office, Tel 020 7753 3333 or can be easily downloaded from the London Metropolitan/UNL web page. Informal approaches can be made to: Professor Steve Jefferys (s.jefferys@londonmet.ac.uk - 0207 607 2789 x3150), Professor Mary Davis (m.davis@londonmet.ac.uk - 0207 753 3375) or Fiona Colgan (f.colgan@londonmet.ac.uk - 0207 607 2789).