University of Cambridge
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
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Applications are invited for a full-time Research Assistant to work on a project investigating spoken language production in children aged 2 - 5 years.
The successful candidate will be based in the Department of Psychology (Centre for Neuroscience in Education) and will be joining a team headed by Professor Usha Goswami (see: http://www.cne.psychol.cam.ac.uk/). The position is available from 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Applicants Requirements:
- Ideally have a degree in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics or a related discipline.
- Experience of behavioural testing with toddlers and pre-schoolers is essential.
- Good organisational skills.
- Experience of working with linguistic tasks and of data management is desirable.
- Experience of working in the MATLAB environment would be an advantage.
- Capacity to work independently within the current team to ensure the smooth running of the project (target sample 120 pre-schoolers).
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Responsibilities:
- Applicants will mainly recruit participants and collect language data including via pre-existing computerised tasks, as well as scoring and coding language assessments.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills are required, and prior experience with linguistic coding would be desirable.
Position Details:
- Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.
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- Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to: Professor Usha Goswami (ucg10@cam.ac.uk).
- Please quote reference PJ50482 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
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