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Geography and Environment, School of Social Sciences
Fixed Term Between 1 April 2019 - 30 September 2021
The School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University is seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on a project entitled 'Tutored Childhoods: Parenting Cultures, Youth Transitions and Social Mobility'. The project is funded through an award from the Leverhulme Trust to Loughborough University. The research is led by Professor Sarah Holloway and Dr Helena Pimlott-Wilson and encompasses the fields of Geography, Sociology and Education.
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 PDRA will work closely with the grant holders Professor Sarah Holloway and Dr Helena Pimlott-Wilson (School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University) and interact with an advisory group of stakeholders and academics from diverse fields.
Informal enquiries should be made by email to Professor Sarah Holloway, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, s.l.holloway@lboro.ac.uk
Application Closing Date: 8 February 2019
Interviews will take place on 25 February 2019
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