university research assistant
University research assistants conduct academic research for the university or college they are employed in. They may assist professors they are affiliated with, their supervisor, in their research or develop their own in the related field of that professor.
Also called: higher education research assistant, university research support worker, university research associate, higher education assistant researcher, university assistant, university research support, assistant researcher in higher education, research assistant in university
- 43
- essential skills
- 38
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
43- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- archive scientific documentation
- assist scientific research
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct scholarly research
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- develop scientific theories
- discuss research proposals
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- research design
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- study topics
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- university procedures
- use data processing techniques
- write research proposals
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
38- analyse experimental laboratory data
- analyse test data
- apply blended learning
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- apply teaching strategies
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with their dissertation
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- cognitive computing
- collect samples for analysis
- computational biology
- computational chemistry
- computational mechanics
- computer simulation
- conduct qualitative research
- conduct quantitative research
- consult students on learning content
- develop scientific research protocols
- European integration
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- geography
- industrial research and development
- mathematical modelling
- multidisciplinary research
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- participate in scientific colloquia
- perform laboratory tests
- prepare lesson content
- provide assistance to lecturer
- provide lesson materials
- quantitative analysis
- record test data
- report test findings
- search databases
- statistics
- stem cells
- supervise practical courses
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
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