Based at the UEA London Study Centre, these posts will support research on the valuation of intangible assets with the aim to explore use of data from Google's search services to improve the valuation of brands and trademarks. You will program crawlers to obtain data on frequency of searches for brands and trade marks from Google Trends; contribute to downloading and merging the data and collaborate on developing methods to improve the valuation of brands and trademarks.

You must have a Good First Degree and Masters level qualification in computer science, economics or statistics and be able to satisfy all other essential criteria for the role. The posts are available for a fixed-term period from 1 August 2013 to 30 May 2014 on a part-time basis of 0.5fte. Please note you must be able to commence in post by 2 September 2013.

Closing date: 12 noon on 28 June 2013

Further particulars and an application form can be obtained from the links below or by calling 01603 593493.

Job Description in PDF format

Guidelines for Candidates
Guide to working at UEA and living in the surrounding area

Application Form in Word format
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form in Word format

Application Form in PDF format
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form in PDF format

The Application Form:

• can be downloaded in Word format to be completed electronically, then saved and sent as an email attachment to hr@uea.ac.uk or
• can be downloaded in Word format to be completed electronically, then printed and posted to the Human Resources Division, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, or
• can be downloaded in PDF format and printed to be completed by hand and returned by post to the Human Resources Division at the address shown above.

Notes:

• Please note that an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form must be completed and returned with ALL applications, whether submitted by post or email. If submitted by email, the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form must be sent as a separate document/attachment to the Application Form.

• The Equal Opportunities Form will be detached from the received application before short-listing takes place and will not form any part of either the short-listing or decision making process.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF documents and if necessary can be obtained free from the Adobe website.