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This interdisciplinary project aims to survey the regulatory frameworks for language service provision in a range of jurisdictions globally, including professional regulation and/or licensing, codes of practice and ethics, and applicable professional liability regimes.

YOUR ROLE: We are seeking research assistants with a background in Law and/or Languages to gather jurisdiction-specific information related to language service provision in English and/or other languages. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Entry requirements to the public service interpreting and translation professions, and requirements for practice in specialized settings;
2. Professional associations, and their codes of practice and ethics;
3. Applicable professional liability regimes, including relevant statutory provisions, case law, and reported judgments.

We welcome applications from current postgraduate research students. However, we cannot accept applications from final-year PhD students. PhD students can be employed in the School for a maximum of six hours per week during term time; please consider your other commitments before applying. To apply, please send a CV and cover letter (no more than two pages) to Dr. Paulina Wilson at Paulina.Wilson@qub.ac.uk by 5pm on Monday, 30 June 2025. For informal queries, contact Dr. Wilson (Principal Investigator, School of Law) or Dr. Chen-En Ho (Co-Investigator, School of Arts, English and Languages; C.Ho@qub.ac.uk).

Qualifications

• Essential Criteria:

• Evidence of excellent research skills;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines;
• Ability to work independently;
• A minimum of a 2.1 in Law, Languages, or a related discipline;
• Fluency in English and/or another language, with particular interest in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Desirable Criteria:

• Research experience at the postgraduate level;
• Research experience related to law, translation, or interpreting;
• Possession of an LLM, Masters in Translation/Interpreting, or a related discipline;
• Evidence of academic publications.

Skills: Not specified.

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