Current Government Vacancy

Closing Date: Friday 28 February 2014 Interview Date: Friday 11 April 2014  Reference: RJ2085 Salary : Starting from £37,756, rising to £45,053 (Lecturer) or £46,400, rising to £53,765 (Senior Lecturer/Reader) As a result of continued growth the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath is looking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic individual with interest in Control, Autonomous Systems, and Systems Engineering to strengthen our research in the Machine Systems group. You will have demonstrated considerable strength in research areas which complement current activities. We are particularly seeking applicants with experience in a) control and systems engineering, b) advanced design of autonomous systems, or c) electric drives and machines and their applications to energy efficient propulsion and actuation. Relevant subject areas include autonomous vehicles and systems; next generation ‘smart machines’ for medical and manufacturing systems; hybrid and electric ve...

This short term project (six months) is an exciting opportunity for somebody with a graduate level of social education and/or research experience who is interested in social care and welfare reform to explore new opportunities in this field for Herefordshire Lifestyles. This charity has a tradition of working with older people, people with disabilities and vulnerable adults, providing services and support to enable them to live independently. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. You will have the ability to research and carry out report writing. Although supervision will be provided we are looking for someone who is able to think outside the box and is able to work independently with appropriate planning and priorities.  The person will be expected to work flexibly and devote an average of 2/3 days per week. Salary negotiable but equivalent to full time of £20,000 - £30,000 per annum Date of appointment – available from February 1st 201...

Closing Date: Friday 28 February 2014 Interview Date: Friday 11 April 2014  Reference: RJ2085 Salary : Starting from £37,756, rising to £45,053 (Lecturer) or £46,400, rising to £53,765 (Senior Lecturer/Reader) As a result of continued growth the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath is looking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic individual with interest in Control, Autonomous Systems, and Systems Engineering to strengthen our research in the Machine Systems group. You will have demonstrated considerable strength in research areas which complement current activities. We are particularly seeking applicants with experience in a) control and systems engineering, b) advanced design of autonomous systems, or c) electric drives and machines and their applications to energy efficient propulsion and actuation. Relevant subject areas include autonomous vehicles and systems; next generation ‘smart machines’ for medical and manufacturing systems; hybrid and electric ve...

Theory Design Department The German University in Cairo invites applications for the following vacancy to be filled during the academic year 2014/2015.   Lecturer in Theory Design #ref Jobs.UK. FASA – II8.1 Position Description: The German University in Cairo is looking for highly able and motivated applicants wishing to join the Design Theory Department as a Lecturer. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to undergraduate teaching. His/her scope of work will be but not limited to: communication theory, visual theory, cultural/social theory and professional practice theory as related to design and design research. The Design Theory Department offers essential foundation knowledge alongside the three offered majors in Product Design, Media Design and Graphic Design. The courses and content offered are strongly linked to the three majors. The ideal applicant should demonstrate a well-developed understanding of how the role of the designer is, and needs to, adapt and chang...

HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES £26,527 pa You will work with a group led by Dr Fiona Rowe, on a full-time 3-year project. You will be responsible for selecting and recruiting stroke survivors into the study, undertaking full visual assessments and managing participants longitudinally. You will work across a number of local geographically separate stroke units using validated orthoptic and vision measures and link with the University of Liverpool. You will be required to contribute to systematic literature reviews and evaluation of patient-reported outcome measures for visual impairment in a stroke population. You will also be expected to manage and analyse data and make written and verbal presentations of findings to colleagues and the project management committee and participate in the dissemination of findings. You will contribute to authoring manuscripts that we intend to submit for peer review. You will be encouraged to attend seminars in the research group and to use this opportunity t...

The Vision of the University is “Leadership through Excellence in Education” Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position at the University of Swaziland: Lecturer in the Department of Crop Production   QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:   A Master’s Degree in Crop Breeding. A PhD Degree in Crop Breeding would be an added advantage.Should have experience in teaching at both undergraduate and post-graduate level.  DUTIES: To teach Crop Breeding, Botany and Biometrics to both undergraduate and post-graduate students.To supervise Research Projects for undergraduate students.To supervise Thesis/dissertation for. post-graduate students.To conduct research in Crop Breeding.To perform community service in Crop Breeding and related areas. LOCAL CANDIDATES Permanent and Pensionable service after successful completion of two years on probation; Recruitment and Retention Allowance, Housing Allowance and a Medical Aid. EXPATRIATE CANDIDATES A two-yea...

Salary: £37,382-£47,314 Reference: LG01786 Closing date: 09 December 2013 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 5 years in the first instance. The Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge, (West Cambridge) is offering one senior research fellowship. The Kavli Institute Fellowship will be for five years, and is expected to become available from October 2014. Applicants must have a PhD in Astronomy or a related field, have at least three years postdoctoral experience by the start date of the fellowship and a proven track record of independent research relevant to the scientific theme of the Kavli Institute 'The Universe at High Redshift' (see www.ast.cam.ac.uk/kavli/). The fellowship is targeted at researchers (observers, instrumentalists or theorists) who have the potential to become leaders in their fields. Salary will be on the same scale as University Lecturers, within the range £37,382 - £47,314 pa. depending on experience plus superannuati...

Fixed Term for 2 years in the first instance Salary Range : £28,425 to £36,170 Work Location : Sutton (Surrey) Hours per week : 35 The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is one of the world’s most influential cancer research institutes. Our mission is to make the discoveries that defeat cancer. We have a long and distinguished history of research with a major impact on the outcome for cancer patients. Our unique partnership with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (RMH) makes us the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe, performing high quality original basic research and translational studies. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Professor Alan Ashworth FRS, we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best minds in the world.  The ICR was ranked as the UK’s top academic research centre in the 2008 Higher Education Funding Council Research Assessment Exercise. Based on our publication record, citations and impact we rank among the world’s leading cancer ...

Approximately 180 hours for the academic year 2013-14 (Usually Monday and/or Tuesday) £35.29 per teaching hour Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is a successful specialist university, offering high quality education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Our dynamic, contemporary and creative provision of arts, design and media courses is delivered from a unique campus in the heart of Norwich. Graduate employability and student satisfaction are key factors in our success and national profile. In the 2013 NSS, NUA was rated, by its students, as the best specialist University in Art and Design in the UK.  The University has a reputation for creating high quality graduates who produce original and thought-provoking work. A tutor is required to teach on our BA (Hons) Graphic Design award. A strong professional understanding and experience of graphic design fundamentals combined with an ability to enthuse and engage students with their subject is essential. The successful candidate w...

The Language and Computation Group at the University of Essex is looking to recruit a Senior Research Officer with strong Human Language Technology skills, to participate in a recently started EU project, SENSEI. About the project SENSEI is a multi-site, multi-disciplinary project involving researchers in human language technology and journalism and industrial partners in the call centre, social media monitoring and news media businesses. The project aims to develop novel methods to extract, summarize/aggregate and present information from very large volumes of conversational data, specifically, transcriptions of call centre conversations and reader comment in on-line news, taking advantage of automatically extracted semantic and discourse information. Essex's primary responsibilities in the project will be in the area of multilingual coreference resolution, entity disambiguation, and summarization. We will also be involved in organizing an evaluation campaign on summarization i...

(73508-113) Vacancy Type/Job category: Academic Department: Politics & International Studies Salary: £46,400-£53,765 pa Location: University of Warwick, Coventry Vacancy Overview Applications are invited for an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) and the recently established Warwick Q-Step Centre. This is one of eight new permanent posts that will join an existing team of quantitative social science scholars as part of the Warwick Q-Step Centre. Whilst based in Politics and International Studies, you will be a member of a broader team within the new Warwick Q-Step Centre. We welcome applications in all subfields of the discipline and especially in areas of its existing expertise, such as: International Relations, International Security, Political Geography, International Political Economy, and Comparative Politics. Applications are encouraged across the full range of social statistics and quantitative research approaches, broadly ...

  Closing date : 05/01/2014 Reference : HUM-03737 Division : Sociology Employment type : Fixed Term Duration : Until 31st July 2023 Location : Oxford Road, Manchester Salary : £33,230 to £45,941 per annum Hours per week : Full time You will join the Sociology discipline area in the School of Social Sciences. You must have a PhD in Sociology and a strong track record of teaching and research using quantitative data and methods and a wider record of achievement. The appointment is funded as part of the University’s successful bid to become a Q-Step Centre. Q-Step is a £19.5 million programme designed to promote a step-change in quantitative social science training. It is funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The role includes a substantial commitment to the delivery of the Manchester Q-Step Centre’s 5 year work plan. This includes the design and delivery of new undergraduate modules...

Faculty of Engineering Architecture, Climate & Environment Research Group (Fixed-term) £24,766 - £36,298 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £27,854 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance Applications are invited for the above post based at University Park, Nottingham to undertake research in the development of a novel low pressure measurement technique for measuring the airtightness of buildings. The appointed person will join the newly amalgamated and interdisciplinary Architecture, Climate & Environment Research Group, whose members have collectively obtained approx. £7M income in the past five years from UK and EU funding and industry. This current post arises as part of a TSB funded project under the Scaling Up Retrofit call. The UoN has five partners on the project, namely EPS Ltd, AND Technology Research Ltd, Elmhurst Energy Systems Ltd, National Energy Foundation Ltd, and Absolute Air & Gas Ltd. The pro...

Location: Doha, Qatar The College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University, invites applications for the Marubeni Chair in Social Sciences. Qatar University and Marubeni Corporation have entered into a strategic relationship to offer courses on Japan within the College of Arts and Sciences with the position funded by Marubeni Corporation. The Marubeni Chair shall be responsible for providing general education courses within the field of Social Sciences which focus on Japan at Qatar University. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following: Teaching undergraduate courses within the field of Social Sciences which focus on Japan or East AsiaTeaching other related topics or introductory level classes.Provision of a general educational lectures and sessions for studentsActive participation in the department, program and college committeesCommitment to research and scholarship Academic Rank: Associate Professor – Full Professor Position Term: Three Years, Renewable Full Time ...

Roskilde University's Department of Psychology and Educational Research (PAES) is advertising a professorship (MSO) in Social Psychology of Everyday Life related to the department's strategy and professional development plan. The post is a fixed 5-year full-time position with the possibility of a 3-year prolongation. The professorship is advertised in order to further develop and strengthen the department's research and training activities in the field of Social Psychology of Everyday Life. Applicants are expected to have specialised academically at an international level in a partial area of the advertisment’s overall profile. The professor must be able to teach students in the bachelor, candidate, master and ph.d. programmes in both Danish and English. The position involves collaboration with external partners regarding research and training. It is expected that applicants have a background in research into Social Psychology of Everyday Life. Appointment to the position ...

Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) Salary commensurate with experience Applications are invited for a three-year Research Fellowship focused on understanding farmer production decisions and farm household behavior. The successful applicant will join a team of researchers at the James Hutton Institute working at UK, European and global levels on a range of areas including farmer attitudes and behavior towards new varieties and production techniques, the management of environmental assets, uptake of and renewable energy, and the impact of  CAP reform and climate change policy. Applicants must have, or be nearing completion, a PhD in a relevant subject (e.g. economics, agricultural economics, environmental economics) and demonstrable experience in applied economic analysis. For more senior appointments, an established publication record is required.  An awareness of agricultural and rural development issues in Scotland is highly desirable while a willingness to engage in t...

Royal Brompton Hospital Band 5, £25, 666 to £33,481 p.a., all inclusive Ref: 312-RB-RM-3943 Full-time Fixed term (until March 2017) Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We are a partnership of two specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for our expertise, standard of care and research success. Hours: 37.5 per week, including shifts and some week-ends Contract: Fixed Term until March 2017 This is an exciting opportunity to further develop your respiratory nursing experience and develop research experience and skills within our service. Not only will you be deepening and broadening your respiratory expertise, you will play a pivotal role in the success of research studies, whilst gaining exposure to more complex, varied and advanced research techniques. You will also benefit from excellent training and development opportunities which include respiratory linked courses, lab te...

600607 General At the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Science, Aarhus University, a position as Associate Professor in Autobiographical Memory Research is open from 1 March 2014 or soon after. The Associate Professorship is a permanent position including research and teaching. The Associate Professor will be affiliated with the Center on Autobiographical Memory Research at the Department of Psychology ( www.conamore.au.dk/en/ ). The Associate Professor is expected to participate in the daily activities of the department, such as lectures, seminars, workshops, etc., as well as taking on supervision of students. In addition, the person in question is to take part in the organizational and administrative tasks of the department. The successful candidate is expected to attend all the main activities at the department, including examination and administration. It is required that non-Danish speakers within a short period (2 years as a maximum) acquire the necessary knowledge of Da...

Salary Range: £28,770 - £31,880 per annum Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant in the Section of Investigative Medicine based at the Hammersmith Campus of Imperial College London. The post is to investigate the use of peptide therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. The research programme in obesity is led by Professor Sir Stephen Bloom. The successful candidate will join the established drug discovery research team within the department. This post is to support the Head of Section and project manager with screening of novel compounds and investigating their mechanism of action. You must have a strong technical background, experience with radioimmunoassay, immunohistochemistry, ELISA and cell culture is essential. You will have a qualification in a relevant biological discipline and laboratory based experience. This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 3 years, commencing in January 2014. The post is funded by the section of Investigative Medicine...

New College, Oxford and the Faculty of Music, the University of Oxford from 1 September 2014 New College, Oxford, in association with The Faculty of Music in the University of Oxford, proposes to appoint a Tutorial Fellow in Music and Organist at New College, with a University Lectureship in Music, with effect from 1 September 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter. The combined University and College salary will be on a scale from £43,312 to £58,157 per annum (as at 1 August 2012). Additional allowances are provided by the College. Applications are welcome from candidates with expertise in any period of music history or discipline of musical study, but who should be able to teach in one or more of the disciplines offered by the Faculty of Music, particularly in the areas of performance studies, historical musicology, or music theory and analysis. Candidates will have, or be able to demonstrate the promise of, a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching in any musical field at...