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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Teacher Training team at Myerscough College. The successful candidate will manage the development and delivery of teacher training programmes. It is essential that you have a degree or equivalent and hold a teaching qualification. You will need to have experience of delivering teacher training programmes and significant teaching experience with consistent Grade 1 or 2 Lesson Observations. Salary: £25,989-£28,806 per annum, relating to qualifications and experience Ref: TTM Closing Date: Wednesday 18 December 2013 For further information regarding the above position and to download an application form, please visit our website by clicking the “Apply” button below. Subscribe to Current Government Vacancy by Email

(Fixed-term period of 12 months) Ref: 2ABUSIM52 Salary: Grade 7 £30,728 to £36,661 Closing Date: There will be regular reviews of applications received and it is anticipated that short-listed candidates will be invited for interview in early January 2014. The University may, however, call for interview, within a much shorter time frame, an individual candidate whose experience and areas of expertise precisely match our requirements. Liverpool Hope Business School (LHBS) is an ambitious international business school with a strong collegiate environment renowned for educational excellence in Business Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Accounting and Finance, Business Ethics, Emergency Services, Social Enterprise, Leadership and Law. We deliver innovative research-informed programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate and executive levels with a focus on responsible sustainable management. At postgraduate level LHBS has pioneered a new International MBA. Our aim is to inspire ...

Up to £42,476 per annum (Fixed Term for 1 Year) Ref: 4005 Great people, original thinking, inspiring individuals - changing lives. Here at the University of Derby we are in the business of creating opportunities to transform lives - we aim to be the ambitious student’s natural choice for quality, support and achievement – would you like to help us achieve this? The University of Derby Online Learning (UDOL) is dedicated to providing structured and supported online learning degree courses to students who require more flexible study options. By combining the best quality university teaching and the latest online delivery techniques, we continue to be a leading UK University of online learning. UDOL is seeking to recruit a full-time Senior Online Tutor to lead the development and delivery of distinct areas of our Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy Programmes. We are looking for an enthusiastic subject expert with a passion for online delivery. The individual will be required: To p...

Ref: M00551 Salary: Grade 6 £26,264 - £29,541 / Grade 7 £32,267 - £36,298 per annum The Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation is seeking an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to join a leading team of researchers working on bacterial and viral infections of the respiratory tract. The aim of this project is to develop and optimize a novel three-dimensional tissue-engineered in vitro airway model of the bovine respiratory tract by growing epithelial cells at an air-liquid interface. The model will subsequently be used to study host-pathogen interactions of selected bacteria and viruses (both individually and in co-infection studies) involved in bovine respiratory disease. The development of this model will lay the groundwork for similar studies involving the interactions of human pathogens with the human respiratory tract. Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates with experience in the use of tissue culture approaches, together with immunofluorescence and...

Permanent, full-time based in Edinburgh Salary range £25,690 to £32,133 with appointment dependent on experience The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world's leading research orientated Botanic Gardens, and is located in a UNESCO World Heritage city famed for its scientific innovation and cultural interest. Within this setting, the RBGE delivers plant biodiversity research with outcomes scaling from local to international, and a full range of activities from taxonomic monography to biodiversity genomics to ecosystem function and services. We are seeking to employ a bryologist with research experience in one or more of the following disciplines: taxonomy and systematics, population genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, or ecosystem science. We are particularly interested in applicants whose work makes good use of our collections, and combines scientific excellence with conservation relevance, and who will be able to make an impact on bryophyte conservation in ...

Salary:  £38,522 to £44,607 per annum Post Type:  Full Time Closing Date: Wednesday 08 January 2014 Reference:  ASS2196 Bradford Centre for International Development (BCID) is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and effective lecturer to support our expanding on-site, collaborative and distance postgraduate teaching programmes, as well as contributing to our outstanding record in knowledge transfer, executive education and research activities. BCID is a well-established centre of development studies with considerable specialisation in project planning, appraisal and management. The Centre has extensive track record of working with various international organisations and development banks. Our postgraduate student body is diverse and international. The post holder will be required to teach project management on the postgraduate programmes on campus and take a role in shaping these subjects in our KT activities, including our collaborative programme with Mzumbe University. Candidates sho...

 Faculty / Organisational unit: Engineering & Physical SciencesSchool / Directorate: School of MaterialsDuration: 01 January 2014 to 31 December 2014Location: Oxford Road, ManchesterSalary: £29,541 per annum (pay award pending) Graphene-polymer composites have been studied extensively in recent years, for enhanced strength, electrical conductivity, etc. These can have applications in a variety of industries from automotive to bio-materials. In this particular project, we will be exploring graphene-elastomer composites for enhanced properties. This PDRA and will require good skills in production and handling of graphene dispersions and polymer processing. The project will also require mechanical, electrical and thermal testing of the graphene/polymer composite. This project is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The University of Manchester is widely recognized as the birthplace of Graphene, leading to the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for Prof. Geim and Prof. Novos...

Salary:  £38,522 to £44,607 per annum Post Type:  Part Time  0.2 FTE Closing Date: Thursday 09 January 2014 Interview Date:  Monday 10 February 2014 Reference:  RLS2677 Bradford School of Pharmacy, with a tradition of innovation and excellence in Pharmacy Education and associated research is significantly expanding its capacity in Pharmacy practice research through the creation of new research-focussed posts.  Applications are invited for the post of Research Practitioner in Primary Care Pharmacy, to strengthen clinical and academic links with primary care providers. The postholder will have a key role in the development and implementation of translational research, designing research and service development studies and ensuring we maximise their impact on primary care for the benefit of patients.  The postholder will work within the Pharmacy Practice group, led by Professor Alison Blenkinsopp. The postholder’s work will directly lead to the development and testing of innovative model...

Applications are invited from well-qualified university-level lecturers to teach a Management course to upperclassmen US students at IES Abroad London. Three sections of the course (of 20-25 students each) will meet seperately once a week for 2.5 hours per session; for a total of 90 paid contact hours (30 hours per section), starting in the Spring semester of 2013 (week commencing 13th January – week commencing 14th April). Please see the syllabi attachment for an indication of the course content. Candidates must be available to teach at the following times to be considered for the position, as the timetable has already been set: Tuesdays 10am – 12.30pm Tuesdays 1.30pm – 4pm (Tuesdays 5pm – 7.30pm) – This is the only alternative time available Wednesdays 10am – 12.30pm IES provides students from U.S. colleges and universities with high-quality academic study abroad programs that foster intercultural development through learning abroad. IES (renamed the Institute for the International ...

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: £37,765 - £45,053 pa Location: University of Warwick, Coventry Vacancy Overview Applications are invited for an Assistant 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, broadl...

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 Oxford Biomedical Research Centre is a partnership between the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Oxford funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The aim of this funding is to enable clinical research and foster innovation to improve health care by direct patient benefit. Two Clinical Research Training Fellowships are available to undertake a doctorate in an area of translational research in one of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Research Themes or Working Groups . Candidates should have identified an NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre supervisor and translational project in advance of application and should be able to take up post by October 2014. The posts are offered in conjunction with Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS) which supports clinical academic training in Oxford. The Fellowships are available for up to 3 years depending on the candidate needs and whether they have completed part of...

Closing date : 22/01/2014 Reference : E&PS-03728 Employment type : Permanent Location : Sackville Street, Manchester Salary : (Grade 6) £33,230 to £36,298 p.a or (Grade 7) £37,382 to £45,941 p.a Hours per week : Full time The University of Manchester is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sustainable Chemical Engineering. You will be based in the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading, and the largest, department of Chemical Engineering in the UK, benefitting from a state-of-the-art new building and recognised internationally for outstanding research and teaching. The University of Manchester has a bold and exciting plan to be one of the top 25 Universities in the world by 2020, backed by an on-going £1 billion investment in facilities, staff and buildings. As a part of this plan, significant investment is being made in the School, including this post, specifically created to support further development of sustainable che...

Teaching and research focus Contribute to curriculum development and course coordination As the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Primary/Secondary Education, you will contribute to student-centred learning in the discipline area, along with research and community engagement at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Expertise in one or more of the following discipline areas is essential: In the primary curriculum: Creative Arts, SOSE, Maths Content;In the secondary curriculum: Maths To be successful, you will possess a Doctoral qualification in a relevant field and an ability to apply learning technologies to teaching modes. This position involves child-related employment and a Working With Children clearance will be required. Total remuneration valued to $101,440 - $119,702 pa, including salary component $85,718 - $101,206 pa (Academic Classification Level B), OR $126,951 - $137,827 pa, including salary component $107,402 - $116,697 pa (Academic Classification Level C), employer contr...

Statistician Research Fellow We are looking for a highly motivated statistician who can provide high-quality expertise and support to UK healthcare researchers through the activities of Research Design Service (RDS) London and the Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit (PCTU). The PCTU is a UKCRC-registered Clinical Trials Unit which specialises in trials of interventions as they would be delivered in practice, and which currently supports a broad portfolio of funded studies in healthcare as well as pursuing methodological research. RDS London is funded by the National Institute for Health Research and provides free advice to researchers when they are applying for funding, with the aim of improving the quality and impact of publicly-funded research in health and social care. Both units provide a high standard of multidisciplinary research support. You will be joining a team of thirteen statisticians already working within the PCTU at different levels. The purpose of this post is to lead the d...

RMIT Vietnam is creating an innovative research, teaching, and learning culture and is committed to providing internationally recognised high-quality education and professional training for its students, clients, and members of the community. The Centre of Communication and Design is one of three faculties at RMIT Vietnam, providing academic leadership in relevant discipline areas in Vietnam and the Asian region. We offer a competitive remuneration package including international health insurance from a global supplier. The Department of Professional Communication seeks to appoint: 1 x Senior Lecturer, Professional Communication ( Job ref. # 227/13 ) A full time position at Saigon South. The Senior Lecturer will provide leadership of the Professional Communication program in the areas of communication theory and contextual studies. To be successful, candidates must satisfy the key selection criteria detailed in the relevant position description, as well as the following mandatory requ...

Campus/location: Bower Ashton campus Duration of post: Fixed term Salary band: £36,298 - £45,941 Fixed Term end date: 31 December 2015 Fixed term period (yrs/mths) : Until 31 December 2015 Post is open to: External and internal candidates Closing date:  16 December 2013 The Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer for its joint-badged BBC/UWE MA in Wildlife Filmmaking.  The main duties are: To contribute to the Faculty’s teaching and learning of media production; To contribute to the organisation and management of programmes through module and programme leadership; To contribute to the Faculty’s programme of academic development. Key selection criteria: You will: Be qualified to postgraduate level in a relevant subject or equivalent professional experience as a practitionerHave evidence of contemporary high level professional practice in wildlife filmmaking and factual media productionHave experience of teaching in a further educat...

The Department of Computer Science and Technology at the South University of Science and Technology invites applications for full-time faculty positions at the rank of tenure-track Assistant, Associate or tenured Full professor in the area of Computer Software and Theory of Computation (including but not limited to operation system, basic application software, computability theory, and computational complexity theory), High Performance Computing and System Architecture (including but not limited to high performance computing platform, parallel algorithm, parallel programming, and quantum computer and optical computer architecture), and Network Application and Data Science (including but not limited to network security, future network technology, and large-Scale data processing and application). Applicants should have a PhD with demonstrated potential in research and a commitment to teaching. Successful candidates are expected to pursue an active research program, to teach both graduat...

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...