Postdoctoral Research Associate (Disability Rights) at University of Exeter

This British Academy funded, part-time (0.70 FTE) post is available from 30 April 2025 to 30 April 2026 with flexibility in working hours during the working week and hybrid working.

The post

You will support the work of Dr Lauren Stentiford and project team. The project ‘Disability Rights and Inequalities in Higher Education’ seeks to understand and explore inclusion and barriers to success for disabled students in higher education (HE) in Indonesia and England. The project brings together a team of researchers across the two countries, drawing on interdisciplinary insights from education, sociology, critical disability studies, and media and communications. 

You will support, work alongside, and lead on research activities in conjunction with the project team. This will include tasks such as conducting literature reviews, policy analysis, mainstream and social media analysis, interviews and focus groups with disabled students and academic staff in higher education and supporting work on a survey.

You will be supervised by team members leading the different methodological elements. The research will adopt a comparative focus on the two countries, but you would be required to conduct empirical data collection only in England. You will become a core part of the interdisciplinary team and will liaise with, co-ordinate, and work alongside colleagues in both England and Indonesia.        

Duties will include project administration, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, writing up research reports and academic outputs, impact and engagement activities, and presenting research outcomes at workshops/events.   

About you

The successful applicant will:

• be able to present information on research progress and outcomes
• communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies
• possess a relevant PhD (or nearing completion) in Education, Sociology, or a closely related discipline

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information

Please contact Dr Lauren Stentiford, l.j.stentiford@exeter.ac.uk or (01392) 724840.