Research Assistant in Scottish Literature: Edinburgh Napier University
Posted on: 31st March, 2026. Closing date: 7th April, 2026
Apply by Tuesday 7 April 2026 at 23:55 for this part-time, fixed-term role based in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Napier University are looking for a Research Assistant in Scottish Literature to work on the first scholarly edition of Hugh MacDiarmid and Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s book, Scottish Scene.
As a Research Assistant on this unique project, you will have the opportunity to use your skills and experience to provide valuable assistance towards publishing the first ever scholarly edition of Hugh MacDiarmid and Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s book, Scottish Scene.
The role will allow you to capitalise on your investigative nature as you conduct literature and database searches and compile a Scots-language glossary of Scots words and phrases used in Scottish Scene, with facing English translations.
In conjunction with this, your research will also enable you to obtain details into the dates of publication and contexts of each of the book’s ‘Newsreel’ entries, information that will be included in textual notes.
For this, Edinburgh Napier University expects that you will want to utilise your proactive nature and ability to self-manage, as you take ownership of this crucial element to the project and really showcase your experience and understanding of the Scots language, while satisfying your interest in Scottish culture.
You will have access to the British Newspaper Archive, as well as other online resources to help you achieve your objectives, as well as the full support of the project team, so if you have the research skills, an interest in Scottish literature and a general understanding of Scots language and its evolution, then Edinburgh Napier University encourages you to get in touch.
What Edinburgh Napier University will need from you:
* Postgraduate degree / Masters in a relevant subject
* Experience of conducting research in an academic setting
* Ability to undertake and record research
* Ability to work independently and as part of a small team
* Experience or general understanding of the Scots language
Contract: Fixed Term – 6 months, Part Time – 7 hrs/wk
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