We are looking for 2 new researchers with a learning disability
CLICK HERE to download the job description and application form.
Closing date for applications: 27 August 2024
For more information, email Irene Tuffrey-Wijne: I.Tuffrey-Wijne @kingston.ac.uk
Research training for people with learning disabilities
We held an 8-week research training course for 8 people with learning disabilities in Spring 2024.
You can read more about it in this blog post, written by course leader Dr Andrea Bruun.
No further courses are currently planned.
Graduates and tutors of the 2024 Research, held at Kingston University
Previous course (2019)
You can find out more about it here:
Blog post (with lots of photos!)
Article co-written with 8 of the course graduates
Short video about the article and the 2019 course
Employing researchers with learning disabilities
Leon Jordan, Amanda Cresswell and Richard Keagan-Bull talk about their job at Kingston University
We currently employ three researchers with a learning disability, working part-time on various projects. These colleagues are not just advisors for specific aspects of the work, but work on everything – planning, applying for funding, data collection, data analysis and dissemination. This is invaluable.
Ensuring that university staff procedures are accessible has not been straightforward, but worthwhile. Kingston University has a flexible HR department, willing to learn from us about making reasonable adjustments. We employ additional research staff with the specific remit to support our learning-disabled colleagues. We cost this into our research grant proposals, although this is usually very tight. Some of their time is funded by Access To Work.
See here for an article we wrote about all this.