Dr P Holborn
No more applications being accepted
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
Graduate Teaching Associate – Data Science 0.4 FTE
We offer an exciting Graduate Teaching Associate opportunity in Data Science within the School of Computing and Mathematics, supporting graduates in relevant disciplines to develop the skills and experience to become the Lecturers of the future. These are excellent development roles for graduates with an aspiration to enter an academic career. Employed two days a week to support teaching, the GTA will pursue doctoral research studies on the remaining three days, supported by a stipend.
Our Schools pursue impactful, applied research while providing an excellent education and experience for our students. Each GTA will develop the ability to fulfil both of these expectations. Research and teaching will be in Data Science and related areas, with a PhD project entitled "The Use of Data Analytics for the Measurement of the Impact of Public Health Quality Improvement Initiatives". The project is in collaboration with Public Health Wales’ Health Intelligence Unit.
Each GTA position will be for a period of up to 5 years, during which we will support the appointees to develop their experience in teaching and assessment, and complete their doctoral studies. Each School will agree tailored teaching and research development plans with the GTA.
At the end of the period, a successful GTA will have completed their doctoral studies and gained the experience necessary to fulfil a Lecturer role.
This fixed-term position is based at the Pontypridd Campus of the University of South Wales. A GTA must also meet the progression requirements of a part-time PhD student.
PhD project brief
The Use of Data Analytics for the Measurement of the Impact of Public Health Quality Improvement Initiatives:
Public Health initiatives commit large sums of public money to programmes intended to deliver changes to service provision and interventions in behaviour, and are underpinned by public health research. Despite the high cost of such programmes, the effective evaluation of the impact that they have remains a difficult task to achieve and an area requiring much research.
Data can be provided by the external partner on the findings of many different studies concerning health programmes in Wales. Advanced techniques in Data Science, including Data Mining, Text Analytics and Machine Learning, provide much potential for addressing the knowledge gap in this evaluative work.
The student will apply Data Science techniques to build prototype analytical systems and propose methodologies for evaluating the impact of health programmes. This will make a significant contribution to the understanding of health and wellbeing across Wales, and the role for intervention that can be performed by public health programmes.
Closing date: 3rd June 2019
For further information and to apply please visit: https://jobs.southwales.ac.uk/en/vacancies/6527/graduate_teaching_associate_data_science_04_fte/#job-advert