Who finances all the Uni research assistant & fellow posts?
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A simple search here results in quite a few research jobs at Leeds Uni:
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listjob.aspx?sessi...
Maybe this is why Uni education costs so much, if they pay people £30k to
"..generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development."
What a load of tripe.
I have no issue whatsoever with education and research - it is absolutely necessary for the UK to trade its way out of this mess. But WTF??
FAOD, there are many which seem to be medical research etc, which seems sensible.
Interestingly, they are seeking a 'Chair in Obesity'.. HEH.
Advert for a Research assistant post in Leeds:
Research Assistant
Vacancy from
Job No:LPP/76673SOC Code:2329Wage£24250 to £29249 Per AnnumHoursover 5 daysLocationLEEDS LS2DurationPermanentDate posted17 February 2012Closing date16 March 2012Pension detailsNo details held
Description
We are looking for a Research Assistant to generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development. The research will involve undertaking fieldwork in developing countries. You should be close to being awarded or have a PhD in a relevant area or have equivalent research experience and should have demonstrable potential to work in inter-disciplinary teams to generate high quality research outputs.
How to apply
For further details about job reference LPP/76673,[snip]
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listjob.aspx?sessi...
Maybe this is why Uni education costs so much, if they pay people £30k to
"..generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development."
What a load of tripe.
I have no issue whatsoever with education and research - it is absolutely necessary for the UK to trade its way out of this mess. But WTF??
FAOD, there are many which seem to be medical research etc, which seems sensible.
Interestingly, they are seeking a 'Chair in Obesity'.. HEH.
Advert for a Research assistant post in Leeds:
Research Assistant
Vacancy from
Job No:LPP/76673SOC Code:2329Wage£24250 to £29249 Per AnnumHoursover 5 daysLocationLEEDS LS2DurationPermanentDate posted17 February 2012Closing date16 March 2012Pension detailsNo details held
Description
We are looking for a Research Assistant to generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development. The research will involve undertaking fieldwork in developing countries. You should be close to being awarded or have a PhD in a relevant area or have equivalent research experience and should have demonstrable potential to work in inter-disciplinary teams to generate high quality research outputs.
How to apply
For further details about job reference LPP/76673,[snip]
Is it a way of adding job opportunities for students after graduating through that university and perhaps also a way of massaging figures to show that x% go into jobs quickly? The one I attended had more admin staff than students and my friend graduated to become one of them 
I guess if they do that, the £30k will be written off quickly by further students attending in the hope of bagging one of the jobs when they graduate thus resulting in increased funding?
I guess if they do that, the £30k will be written off quickly by further students attending in the hope of bagging one of the jobs when they graduate thus resulting in increased funding?
johnfm said:
A simple search here results in quite a few research jobs at Leeds Uni:
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listjob.aspx?sessi...
Maybe this is why Uni education costs so much, if they pay people £30k to
"..generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development."
Full job description on the Leeds Uni website states that part of the role is to contribute to a Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy funded project. CCCEP in turn is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and Munich Re (insurance company).http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listjob.aspx?sessi...
Maybe this is why Uni education costs so much, if they pay people £30k to
"..generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development."
Tuition fees are rarely used to fund these sort of posts (especially when tuition fees still don't fully cover the cost of teaching undergraduates). Universities are very hot on obtaining research grants and fundings - no grant, no job. Some of the bigger research universities often prioritise research over teaching undergraduates.
I'm no expert, but I think the short answer is that funding can come from a variety of different sources. I don't believe that it comes directly from uni tuition fees (happy to be proven wrong). There are various funding councils, research bodies, charities and corporate entities that fund research students all across the world. As you've probably surmised, they can be rather agenda-driven depending on where the funding's coming from. N.b. business and public policy types are probably just as guilty as each other.
Research posts tend to last only as long as the grant, so probably only a few years at most. I suppose you could think of them as a form of fixed-term contractor.
Research posts tend to last only as long as the grant, so probably only a few years at most. I suppose you could think of them as a form of fixed-term contractor.
It depends. My previous grant was funded by the EPSRC; http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Pages/default.asp, the current one by STFC; http://www.stfc.ac.uk/ so government funding. We also gets bits and pieces from charities. The clinical side of our work's mostly funded by Cancer Research UK.
ninja-lewis said:
johnfm said:
A simple search here results in quite a few research jobs at Leeds Uni:
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listjob.aspx?sessi...
Maybe this is why Uni education costs so much, if they pay people £30k to
"..generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development."
Full job description on the Leeds Uni website states that part of the role is to contribute to a Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy funded project. CCCEP in turn is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and Munich Re (insurance company).http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listjob.aspx?sessi...
Maybe this is why Uni education costs so much, if they pay people £30k to
"..generate new evidence on how equity and justice considerations relate to the performance of mitigation and adaptation projects and plans both from the viewpoint of responding to climate change and in terms of contributions to local sustainable development."
Tuition fees are rarely used to fund these sort of posts (especially when tuition fees still don't fully cover the cost of teaching undergraduates). Universities are very hot on obtaining research grants and fundings - no grant, no job. Some of the bigger research universities often prioritise research over teaching undergraduates.
Usually funded by government grants and private business.
For example, my work as a PhD student is paid for by the EPSRC and a certain, large, American multinational who make big yellow trucks. The EPSRC is a government thing, a science research council.
Granted, my work focuses on keeping the internal combustion engine alive. Much more useful than some of the namby pamby touchy feely social b
ks crap.
The money from the two also pays for an RA ( research associate, which is something you can do after PhD and is basically a job)
My supervisors seem very good at obtaining money from places like the EPSRC... And private companies who want the work doing. Like I said, big American yellow truck makers, also nice British ( Indian owned ) car maker as well. Makes the job of doing the research easier as the money is there to buy equipment and things for experiments.
For example, my work as a PhD student is paid for by the EPSRC and a certain, large, American multinational who make big yellow trucks. The EPSRC is a government thing, a science research council.
Granted, my work focuses on keeping the internal combustion engine alive. Much more useful than some of the namby pamby touchy feely social b
ks crap.The money from the two also pays for an RA ( research associate, which is something you can do after PhD and is basically a job)
My supervisors seem very good at obtaining money from places like the EPSRC... And private companies who want the work doing. Like I said, big American yellow truck makers, also nice British ( Indian owned ) car maker as well. Makes the job of doing the research easier as the money is there to buy equipment and things for experiments.
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 29th February 08:45
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