Bridging Fellow
Hybrid
Durham, United Kingdom
£ 45,413 / year
Full Time
28-03-2025
Job Specifications
Bridging Fellow (
Job Number:
25000381)
Department of English Studies
Grade 7: - £38,249 - £45,413 per annum
Fixed Term - Full Time
Contract Duration: 12 months
Contracted Hours per Week: 35
Working Arrangements: office and from home.
Closing Date
: 25-Apr-2025, 10:59:00 PM
Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement: Not Applicable.
Working at Durham University
A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a warm and friendly place to work, a unique and historic setting – Durham is a university like no other.
As one of the UK’s leading universities, Durham is an incredible place to define your career. The University is located within a beautiful historic city, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and surrounded by stunning countryside. Our talented scholars and researchers from around the world are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.
We believe that inspiring our people to do outstanding things at Durham enables Durham people to do outstanding things in the world. Being a part of Durham is about more than just the success of the University, it’s also about contributing to the success of the city, county and community.
Our University Strategy is built on three pillars of research, education and wider student experience, but also on our keen sense of community and of inspiring others to achieve their potential.
Our Purpose and Values
We want our University to be a place where people can be free to be themselves, no matter what their identity or background. Together, we celebrate difference, value one another and are each responsible for creating an inclusive community that is respectful and fair for all.
Find out more about the benefits of working at the University and what it is like to live and work in the Durham area on our Why Join Us? - Information Page
The Department
The Institute for Medical Humanities seeks to appoint talented researchers and scholars to the role of Bridging Fellow. Three Bridging Fellowships will be advertised in 2025. We welcome applications from those with research interests in the broad field of medical humanities and are particularly eager to hear from applicants with expertise in race and health, neurodiversity and lived experience research.
These posts are part of an exciting expansion of medical humanities at Durham funded by Wellcome. The Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH) aims to empower health and wellbeing researchers from different sectors and disciplines to co-develop new and experimental approaches to tackling health challenges, including those arising at the intersections of mental health and health inequalities. The Platform seeks to expand the research capacity of the medical humanities globally through creating space for experimentation and intellectual risk-taking and enabling large-scale collaborations with community, creative, health and voluntary sector organisations. Platform researchers come from a wide range of disciplines including Literary Studies, Psychology, Modern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, History, Sport and Exercise Science, Education and Sociology. The DRP-MH supports the Institute’s vision to improve human health through research on hidden experience.
The Role
Applications are invited for the role of Bridging Fellow.
Bridging Fellowships provide an intensive career development opportunity for three recently completed PhD graduates to publish findings from their doctoral research, expand their skills and networks, and prepare their next major research projects. Bridging Fellowships are intended to constitute a bridge between doctoral research and future careers.
All Bridging Fellows will be appointed to the Institute for Medical Humanities and a suitable academic Department. Day-to-day, Bridging Fellows will be based in one of the Platform’s six Methods Labs, and from there engage proactively with research opportunities and activity across the Platform.
Bridging Fellows are expected to contribute to a flourishing research culture by participating in regular Lab meetings, workshops and other events. This may encompass collaborating in methodological innovation with interdisciplinary and cross-sector partners, and the design and delivery of pilot and proof-of-concept studies. They will be supported to produce outputs from existing research, as well as to collaborate with other Labs and Researchers across the Platform. Regular participation (in-person and virtual) in Lab and Platform activities, as agreed with the Line Manager, is essential.
These roles offer an exciting opportunity to make an important contribution to the development of research and methodological innovation within the Platform, while allowing for excellent opportunities to develop careers in an exciting and progressive institution.
All staff employed in the DRP-IMH have dedicated time for professional development and can access a wealth of existing and bespoke training opportunities in consultation with Platform Leads.
For more information, please visit our Institute and Platform websites: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/medical-humanities/ and https://medhumsplatform.org/
Bridging Fellow in Medical Humanities
Applicants must demonstrate research excellence relevant to the field of medical humanities, with the ability to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University. The University provides a working, research and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate these key principles within the assessment process.
Eligibility:
At the time of application, candidates must have submitted their PhD and can be under examination or up to 18 months post-viva. At the start of the appointment, all candidates must have completed the examination process.
Key Responsibilities:
To publish high quality outputs, including papers for submission to peer reviewed journals
To prepare and deliver presentations on research outputs/activities to academic and non-academic audiences
To work with the Lab Lead and other colleagues in the research group, as appropriate, to identify areas for research; develop new research methods and proposals, and otherwise extend the research portfolio
To conduct pilot individual and collaborative research projects under the direction of the Lab Lead
To deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines by discussing these with the Lab Lead and offering creative or innovative solutions.
To liaise with research colleagues and make internal and external contacts to develop knowledge and understanding to form relationships for future research collaboration.
To plan and manage own research activity within the collaborative setting
To contribute to enhancing the quality of the research culture in the Platform, wider University...
About the Company
We conduct interdisciplinary and cross-sector research into what we call 'hidden experience' and investigate experiences of health and illness that are marginalised, difficult, unspeakable, unacknowledged or invisible. Our aim is to transform knowledge within and beyond the critical medical humanities, improve health policy and practice, and benefit the lives of communities and individuals. Twitter: @DurhamImh The Polyphony: thepolyphony.org Working Knowledge: workingknowledge.webspace.durham.ac.uk Know more
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