Multimodal Disinformation Narratives Project Assistant - COM

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Faculty:

Engineering

Pay Per Hour:

£17.58 per hour + holiday pay

Closing Date:

01 Feb 2026

Application Closing Date:

01 Feb 2026

About The Role

Job Description

This study will help analyse and detect disinformation narratives on YouTube videos. The aim of this research is to build machine learning models capable of classifying videos into a specific narrative class. The outcome of this research will directly benefit journalists as well as the general public. Moreover, we plan to also create models that can discover new evolving narratives, which would help in comparing them early.

Participants will be asked to classify YouTube videos into a specific narrative class where they will be using our in-house tool called Teamware (https://gatenlp.github.io/gate-teamware/development/).

Person Specification

Candidates must meet the following criteria:

Undergraduate or postgraduate student in political science, journalism or a related field.
Strong English proficiency (native level)

Pay Rate: £17.58 per hour + holiday entitlement

Hours Per Week: 8-10 (average)

Total Hours: 10

Duration: Monday 12th January to Friday 6th February 2026

To apply: Please send you CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Please apply as soon as possible - this vacancy could be removed at any time.

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