Linguistic and accent bias at the University: Participant recruitment

As part of the Embracing Linguistic Diversity satellite of Language@Leeds, we are rolling out a survey to all students across the University to better understand their experience of linguistic and accent bias on campus. The findings will help us create initiatives to reduce language-based disadvantages and discrimination at the University of Leeds. I am looking for up to two Linguistics students to assist with participant recruitment. We are currently collecting survey data.

Task 1: To help find ways of disseminating information about the survey as widely as possible (October-December).

Task 2 (optional, January-March): It may be possible for the student to get involved in helping to analyse the responses to the survey guided by the Project Leader and a Research Assistant. Full training would be provided.

Relevant fields of linguistics:

• Sociophonetics
• Sociolinguistics

Student profile:

• Linguistics student

Anticipated skills to be gained:

• Experience with recruiting participants for research studies.
• Experience designing recruitment materials and initiatives.
• (Optional: Experience analysing survey data)

Interview date: 24-27 October

Start date: w/c 30 October

End date: End of Semester 1, with the possibility of continuing in Semester 2.

Hours per week: 2-4

Number of possible students: 2

Students who have questions about this project should contact Dr Gisela Tomé Lourido.

If you would like to work on this project, please complete an RES application form and send it to me by Monday 23 October. If your application is successful, the supervisor will be in touch in due course.