LOST IN APPLICATION

25 April 2019

"Lost in Application" investigates the psychological and financial impact of the search for an academic job in the UK in the Brexit era.

The survey is addressed to all UK-based early-career scholars whose PhD has been awarded within the last three years AND who has never held a permanent position in HE during their studies.

The aim of this study is to open conversation about a topic that I firmly believe to be overwhelmingly unreported and call for change.

Survey closes 30th July 2019.

Keywords

• University of Westminster
• UK
• Higher Education
• job search
• application
• Job Application
• survey
• social science
• psychology
• mental stress
• human factors
• brexit
• financial hardship
• poverty
• casualisation
• university
• london
• inequality
• gender pay gap
• King's College London
• University of Westminster
• University College London
• Cambridge University
• university of oxford
• University of Greenwich
• EU

Ethical approval

This study has been approved by The University of Westminster Media Arts and Design department ethics committee in January 2019.

About the researcher

Valentina Signorelli (PhD Film) is a professional lecturer and film producer based in London.
She currently works as VL at the University of Westminster.

Contact researcher