Research Fellow/Associate (FTC, location Glasgow) (MED216225)
- Glasgow
- £35,116-38,249 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Saturday 04 October 2025Reference
MED216225Applications are invited for an enthusiastic Post Doctoral Research Fellow/Associate to join Professor Graham Naylor and Drs. Raluca Nicoras and William Whitmer within our Hearing Sciences – Scottish Section Research Centre based at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Nottingham.You will be the main researcher carrying out a project whose ultimate aim is to improve how the benefits of hearing aids are assessed in daily-life situations. Specifically, you will investigate how the context of a conversation (with whom, about what, etc.) influences different facets of the experience of ‘successful conversation’ (feeling engaged, exchanging information, etc.). Participants in the studies will include people with hearing loss and hearing-aid users.You will collate pre-existing evidence, and design and execute qualitative interviews and self-report surveys (both retrospective and in-the-moment smartphone-based). With statistician support, you will then analyse complex patterns of data and derive an optimal set of items to form a smart self-report instrument.This two-year project is fully funded by the Hearing Industry Research Consortium, and you will be among colleagues working on a diverse array of other studies into how people use their hearing, how hearing loss affects them, and how new technologies might help.You must have (or be close to completing) a PhD or equivalent experience in Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Health Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology or another relevant subject area, and be experienced in a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies involving human participants. Additional desirable criteria include experience of working in a patient or client-facing environment, and of outcome measure development.This post is offered on a full time (36.25 hours) 24 month fixed term basis. Further information is available in the role profile. To apply for this vacancy please click’ Apply now’ to complete your details. Please upload a copy of your CV and Cover Letter with the application.Informal enquiries may be addressed to Graham Naylor, graham.naylor@nottingham.ac.uk Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.Further details:Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our website.We are proud to be a . Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme.We are the first university to have achieved .To help you succeed, we published to provide support on the application and interview process.Discover our benefits, visit website.We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the page for details.Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by .