Student Internship 2025 - Psychology Research Assistant (Skeletal Remains Project)

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Department of Psychology

£12.60 hourly pay + £1.51 per hour holiday pay

One off role

Hybrid

30 Apr 2025

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Student Internship 2025 - Psychology Research Assistant (Skeletal Remains Project)

Job Description

The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.

The successful candidate will assist with the analysis of qualitative data collected as part of research study examining the influence of different forms of skeletal evidence from a fictitious murder case on mock jurors’ emotional and stress responses. This is a fantastic opportunity for a student who is keen to develop their research skills and engage in real-life research, with a view to being a potential co-author on a research publication.

The successful candidate will assist in:

- Exploring the literature base to find relevant research on juror wellbeing, evidence presentation, and emotional/stress responses
- Analysing qualitative data for key patterns and themes
- Presenting the data in a clear and concise manner
- Writing up the findings for a publication
- Attending training/support sessions with the Library and/or Study Skills teams to help develop research skills associated with the above activities

Details

Dates: 27 May 2025-18 July 2025

Hours per week: 10

Students will be expected to develop the following skills and experiences while carrying out this internship

- Excellent critical thinking skills

- Experience analysing qualitative data
- Ability to work independently and as part of a research team
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Ability to summarise and present data in a clear and concise manner

Please Note - As part of the 2025 Student Internship offering, priority will be given to Level 5 & 6 students who have specified in the Careers Registration survey (this is completed during enrolment and cannot be changed at this time) that they have had no work experience in the last 12 months and would like some on campus work or a short work placement. However, applications are welcomed from all students meeting the criteria below.

Students are only eligible to undertake one internship under the 2025 Student Internship offering.

Person Specification

This role is only open to current Manchester Met Students who meet the following requirements -

Essential

Must be a Level 5 or Level 6 Psychology student.
Have excellent overall academic and writing skills; excellent ability to articulate ideas in writing (evidence through high marks in written assignments).
Have excellent organisation skills (ability to manage own time effectively, to organise clearly information or papers in folders using OneDrive, etc.).
Are punctual and have high professional standards (e.g., are on time for meetings, meet agreed targets / deadlines, communicate with clarity any challenges or difficulties and seek timely guidance, accept guidance or constructive feedback and use it to improve performance, etc.).
Good attention to detail (because part of the process will involve checking / replicating / proof reading).
Are happy to work and learn independently (because this is a project that includes a lot of independent study / work and minimal contact with others), as well as collaboratively as part of a research team.

Desirable

Have a desire to apply for studies in psychology or a related field at postgraduate level.
Knowledge and/or strong interest in psychological trauma, jury duty, evidence modality, and/or qualitative analyses.
Previous experience of undertaking qualitative analyses (evidence through high marks in research methods qualitative assignments).

Please Note - As part of the 2025 Student Internship offering, priority will be given to Level 5 & 6 students who have specified in the Careers Registration survey (this is completed during enrolment and cannot be changed at this time) that they have had no work experience in the last 12 months and would like some on campus work or a short work placement.

How to Apply

Please apply via the Apply button, completing the form on the next page.

A CV is not required for, and will not be considered as a part of, this application.

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm on Wednesday 30 April 2025.

You are able to apply for more than one internship, however you will only eligible to undertake one under the 2024 Student Internship offering.

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are committed to providing accessible and inclusive recruitment. If you require or would benefit from support or reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in work, please contact us by e-mailing [email protected]. This information will only be used and shared with those who require it to implement any change(s) and only at the point this is required.

If you have any queries, or need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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