Research Into Careers

Academic & Research librarians

Academic and research librarians work in universities and further education colleges. Their role consists of providing academic staff, researchers and students with access to the information they need and supporting the skills needed for effective research. This includes training staff and students in information literacy, referencing, literature searching and copyright law. Library assistant posts in this sector usually do not require formal qualifications and many of the larger academic libraries and some special collections also advertise graduate trainee roles. 

[https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/AcademicResearchLibrarians]


Market research data analyst

Market research data analysts study statistics and information collected through surveys. You can get into this job through a university course, an apprenticeship, simply working towards this role, a graduate training scheme or specialist courses run by professional bodies. You'll usually need a degree or postgraduate qualification that includes data analysis, like maths and statistics, marketing and analytics, business and marketing or data science

[https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/market-research-data-analyst#WhatYouWillDo]


Market research executive

Market research executives help clients find out about people's views on consumer products or political and social issues. You could work as a market research assistant, or interviewer, with or without a degree. You’ll still need very good communication skills, and ability with numbers and IT programs and you can get into this job through a university course, a college course working towards this role, a graduate training scheme, specialist courses run by professional bodies or an internship. it is also important to be able to speak different languages could be an advantage for international work.

[https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/market-research-executive#HowToBecome]


Market researcher

Market researchers interview people to find out what they think about products, services or issues. You can get into this job through a college course, an apprenticeship, applying directly or specialist courses run by a professional body as you could apply directly for jobs. Experience in marketing or customer service may give you an advantage. Employers will be more interested in your personality, your enthusiasm and your communication skills and with experience, you could become a supervisor or area fieldwork manager. You could also become a research assistant in a market research agency or social research organisation.

[https://www.ukmusic.org/job-profiles/research-officer/]


Research Officer

Accountable for extensive research to enable matching, updating or creation of works, cues and productions in the PRS for Music systems, To take ownership for decisions regarding research on items and follow best practice at all times to ensure efficient and accurate payments to members, Work to distribution deadlines whilst meeting departmental targets for both Productivity and Quality, To constructively challenge the status quo and recommend changes to procedures and processes that will improve efficiency, Analyse and interpret data to be able to report inconsistencies or errors, and take responsibility for acting on findings. Research officers make calculated decisions, Critically evaluates information to identify potential errors and checks that information is completed, Takes responsibility for achieving objectives, highlighting potential problems in a timely way, Uses initiative, does not wait to be told or directed.

 [https://www.ukmusic.org/job-profiles/research-officer/]


Research Scientist

Extended reality (XR) is still in its infancy as an industry, possessing many barriers and challenges to achieving mass adoption. It is the job of a research scientist to further the field however possible, and overcome these challenges through research. The job will depend on what area of research you are working on. This might include working on the hardware side, improving hand and body tracking trying or trying to decrease the cost of hardware. Alternatively, you might work in a field like the healthcare industry, where your job is to evidence XRs ability to improve practices, usually by running experiments on participants and affirming a palpable improvement on their condition. The key to becoming a research scientist is staying in academics, especially higher education and postgraduate level. This will teach you how to conduct research and give you experience managing a research project.

[https://aixr.org/insights/job-profiles/xr-research-scientist/]


Media researcher

Media researchers support producers by finding information, people and places for television or radio programmes.You can get into this job through a university course, a college course, an apprenticeship, working towards this role, applying directly, training with a professional body and It's common for new researchers to have a degree in any subject, although it may be useful to do a degree in a relevant subject like broadcasting and media, English, history, journalism, politics. With experience, you could supervise a research team on larger productions. You could also move into an assistant producer role, or writing or directing.

[https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/media-researcher]


weaving 

A career within weaving, textiles and the creative industries is possible. The creative sector is a significant part of the UK economy and there are many different jobs available related to the process and production of textiles and the job of a designer, maker, researcher and educator, specialising in weave is very varied and therefore no two weeks are the same.

Sometimes I am planning new designs, creating yarn wraps, weaving samples, experimenting with colours and textures. Other days I will be making, either orders or commissions or alongside other people at workshops or on projects. Research is an important part of my practice from visiting exhibitions, researching ideas, to learning about new ways to do things within my teaching or making practice - Agnis Smallwood 

[https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/learning/craft-careers/craft-careers-how-agnis-smallwood-became-weaver-and-weave-researcher]

 

 


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