LInk Tutors For Placement

This is a part-time, flexible role to undertake a specific programme of work before the end of July. There are nominally 14 hours per week over 8 weeks, but this may be undertaken at times suiting the successful candidate, according to the needs of the project, in agreement with the PI.

The role is to assist with the research and stakeholder consultation components of a co-design curriculum development initiative to improve data science education for nutrition and dietetics students at King's.

Responsibilities will include:

• Registering the project with the minimal-risk ethics register


• Coordinating stakeholder group (internal and external stakeholders, including students, academics, employers and subject-matter experts)


• Assisting with the design, conduct and analysis of a mixed-methods project to evaluate stakeholder needs and student and staff openness to engage with an enhanced data science curriculum


• Assisting with a mapping exercise for practices in other institutions/departments and professional standards


• Supporting a rapid review of the literature in relation to statistics, data science, research methods and digital health education in nutrition & dietetics

• An undergraduate degree in nutrition, dietetics, sports science, food science or from a statistical or healthcare background


• Enrolled or near completion of a postgraduate research degree in a related field

• Experience supporting ethics submissions


• Skills to support stakeholder engagement


• Research and analytic skills to support core research elements of the project


• Desirable: Experience with mixed-methods research, in particular, facilitation, co-design or similar methodologies

Leading English speaking sessions with international students - using questions to help guide the conversation.

Must be available to lead sessions on Fridays (daytime). 

This is an ONLINE position. No travel required.

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None - training provided.

Healthy Volunteers will be required to have their eyes examined 16 times between 8am and 1pm. Eye drops will be administered to your eyes to cause dilation and allow examination to take place. This is not a painful procedure and is perfectly safe.

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Willing to be examined as described.