SHIELD Project Assistant (Student Placement)

Nottingham Trent University

Jul 12, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Placement Program
Science
£20.1K
Nottingham

Requirements

Essential:
Awareness of a range of different undergraduate courses delivered within NTU
Psychology and the basic nature of their underlying disciplines.
Knowledge of some of the theories and evaluative research methods of relevance to Psychology.
Awareness of the background to Higher
Education provision and some of the key metrics involved (e.g., Graduate Outcomes, NSS, SfA, etc.).
Understands the broad nature of teaching and learning within NTU Psychology with relevance to teaching in mental health and counselling.
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to carry out quantitative and qualitative data analyses.
Excellent presentation skills. Ability to use various social media platforms.
Good administrative, IT, and analytical skills.
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
Excellent planning and organisation skills.
Excellent time management
Operate within accepted ethical and legal frameworks required within NTU. Able to use online survey data collection tools.
Able to write reviews of the literature in a concise and clear manner. Has successful experience of making oral presentations to audiences. Has experience of writing clear and succinct reports
Experience of handling quantitative and qualitative data
A current student on an NTU Psychology undergraduate sandwich course, who has successfully completed Level 5 of their studies.
Desirable:
Awareness of some of the specific challenges posed by developments in, for instance, decolonisation, digital and blended learning, etc.
Able to conduct literature searches in a systematic and thorough way.
Able to design research to test out hypotheses and research questions

Responsibilities

You will work as part of the friendly team helping to develop NTU Shield, a new well-being and mental health service for adolescents that will offer guided self-help provided by NTU undergraduate students, where you will:
Conduct a deep dive into the current NTU Psychology year 1 & 2 curriculum
Identify and suggest modifications to better prepare 2nd year students for SHIELD work experience
Collect and analyse staff and student feedback
Work in collaboration with our strategic partners Base51

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