KTP Research Associate in Mathematics Learning

The Knowledge Transfer Network Limited; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Maths Circle are internationally trusted EdTech company who create award-winning maths programmes, dedicated to helping children acquire fundamental numeracy skills. Based at Bedford, you will join a KTP Research Associate role that sits at the intersection of research and implementation, turning evidence into practical classroom improvements.

You will work with academics and school partners to explore how factors like maths anxiety and self-concept influence engagement and learning, and you

Qualifications

• PhD (or near completion) in Cognitive Development, Mathematical Cognition, Mathematics Education or related discipline.
• Knowledge of a range of research methods and designs.
• Excellent advanced data analysis skills for large data sets.
• Experience carrying out research with child participants.
• Experience working in or with primary schools and understanding of the education sector.
• Ability to manage projects and communicate progress with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Prior industrial or commercial awareness desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers, product teams, designers and engineers to turn evidence into practical changes.
• Evaluate whether changes improve engagement, confidence and learning outcomes.
• Work with rich learner data and qualitative data to connect what children do, how they feel, and how they learn.
• Lead a high-profile Knowledge Transfer Partnership exploring how psychological factors influence engagement and learning.

Skills

PhD nearing completion

Research methods

Large-scale data analysis

Child participant research

Primary school experience

Project management

Industrial experience desirable

Education

PhD in related discipline

Job description

KTP Research Associate in Mathematics Learning

What makes this role unusual is the closeness between research and implementation. You will not simply produce findings and hand them over. You will work alongside researchers, product teams, designers and engineers to turn evidence into practical changes, then help evaluate whether those changes improve engagement, confidence and learning outcomes. Based at Maths Circle in Bedford, your research could directly influence how questions are sequenced, how learners are supported when they disengage, the impact of confidence or anxiety, and what insights teachers receive about the children in their class.

You will have the opportunity to work with rich, large-scale learner data alongside newly collected psychological and qualitative data, creating a rare opportunity to connect what children do, how they feel, and how they learn.

Skills & Experience

• A PhD (or close to completion) in Cognitive Development, Mathematical Cognition, Mathematics Education or a closely related discipline.
• Knowledge and experience of a range of research methods and designs.
• Excellent advanced data analysis skills of large data sets.
• Experience carrying out research with child participants.
• Experience working in or with primary schools and understanding of the education sector.
• Ability to manage projects effectively and communicate progress clearly with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Prior industrial experience or commercial awareness are desirable.

Maths Circle’s ambition is simple: to help every child confidently say, “I am good at maths.”

Supported by academics within the University of Nottingham’s Human Development and Learning Research Group and Loughborough University’s Centre for Mathematical Cognition, you will lead a high-profile Knowledge Transfer Partnership exploring how psychological factors such as maths anxiety, attitudes and self-concept influence engagement and learning.

About the business

Maths Circle are internationally trusted EdTech company who create award-winning maths programmes, dedicated to helping children acquire fundamental numeracy skills. Their expertise in maths mastery, combined with enticing gamification and design, make maths fun.