Research Assistant School of Microbiology

The School of Microbiology at University College Cork invites applications for the post of Research Assistant. The School of Microbiology is a research-led school of excellence, delivering a range of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. The proud holder of an Athena SWAN Bronze award, the School is committed to advancing gender equality and to creating an inclusive and diverse learning and work environment. 

The game-changing development of LargeLanguage Models (LLMs) necessitates an urgent redesign of current continuous assessments in postgraduate bioinformatics teaching. To address these challenges, we here propose to develop both LLM-resilient and LLM-integrated coding-based assessments, which will promote academic integrity conceptual understanding and AI adaptation aligned with real-world bioinformatics workflows. The aim of this 3-month half-time [0.5 FTE] RA position is to complete a SATLE-funded project to enhance the integrity and authentic learning in postgraduate continuous assessment of bioinformatics.

Project title: LLM-Aware Redesign of Assessment (LARA+): Enhancing Integrity & Authentic Learning in postgraduate continuous assessment of bioinformatics

Duration: (3) months, part-time post