Reimagining Recruitment

重新构想招聘

• 批准号: EP/S012168/1
• 负责人: Jonathan Knight
• 金额: $ 67.93万
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FS012168%2F1
• 关键词: Reimagining; Recruitment

Ask a typical eight-year-old to describe a scientist and they will likely repeat the stereotype of the lone genius: a middle-aged white man in a lab coat. We know that in fact the best research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is produced by collaborative teams of diverse membership who each contribute different skills and perspectives. Nonetheless, the stereotypes remembered from childhood are sadly persistent and research shows they can influence important decisions, especially in recruitment. The vision of this proposal is to reimagine academic recruitment, providing alternative routes for academic research candidates to demonstrate their skills. To embed real cultural change, it is necessary not just to tell people that they would be better off working with a more diverse team, but to show them. We propose to achieve this by implementing and directing a programme of "incubator" events - academic research workshops in which senior academics work alongside postgraduate students and other early-career academics, potentially with industrial partners, in an accessible and inclusive environment for a period of 3-5 days. At the same time, we will conduct an interlinked programme of research into the experiences of early-career researchers in STEM subjects and the efficacy of alternative recruitment strategies in academia. This will enable the development and communication of evidence based policy to drive cultural change in science and technology higher education and more widely.

让一个典型的8岁孩子描述一位科学家，他们很可能会重复唯一天才的刻板印象：一个穿着实验室大衣的中年白人男子。我们知道，事实上，科学、技术、工程和数学领域最好的研究是由不同成员的合作团队产生的，每个团队都贡献了不同的技能和观点。尽管如此，令人遗憾的是，童年时记忆中的刻板印象仍然存在，研究表明，它们可以影响重要的决策，特别是在招聘方面。这项提案的愿景是重新设想学术招聘，为学术研究候选人提供展示技能的替代途径。要实现真正的文化变革，不仅需要告诉人们，与更多元化的团队合作会更好，而且还必须向他们展示。我们建议通过实施和指导“孵化器”活动方案来实现这一目标--学术研究讲习班，在该方案中，资深学者与研究生和其他职业生涯初期的学者一起工作，可能与工业伙伴一起，在一个无障碍和包容性的环境中工作，为期3-5天。与此同时，我们将开展一项相互关联的研究计划，研究早期职业研究人员在STEM科目方面的经验，以及学术界其他招聘策略的成效。这将使以证据为基础的政策的制定和交流能够推动科技、高等教育和更广泛的文化变革。