[ecrea] City University Research Fellowships

http://www.city.ac.uk/research/research/research-fellowships

University Research Fellowships

Led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Curran, the University has 
embarked on a strategic transformation to strengthen still further its 
position as a leading global University through the investment of up to 
£200M in research-excellent academic staff, information systems and its 
estate.

The University is now inviting applications for five postdoctoral 
Research Fellow positions, one to be appointed in each of the groupings 
indicated below. These posts are full-time, fixed-term for two years and 
aimed at those at an early stage in their academic careers (for example 
those just finishing their PhD (or other equivalent doctorate studies) 
and those within 3 years of finishing their PhD) able to demonstrate 
strong academic potential through publication.

Applications are also welcome from candidates in relevant areas who do 
not have a PhD and/or are newly developing a research career and who can 
demonstrate that they meet the appointment criteria. The Fellowship 
scheme is not designed, however, to support academic staff who are 
eligible to seek other sources of funding for their research or whose 
development can be supported through sabbaticals and other routes.

University Research Fellows will be expected to undertake original work 
and publish their findings. Fellows may also be expected to undertake a 
strictly limited amount of teaching (in line with external Fellowship 
schemes, no more than 6 hours per week on teaching and/or 
teaching-related duties).

Candidates should submit an original research proposal that covers one 
or more of the following areas:

Schools of Arts and Social Sciences

School of Arts: Cultural Policy and Management, Journalism, Music.

General enquiries should be directed to Gail Marsom.

School of Social Sciences: Economics, International Politics, 
Psychology, Sociology.

General enquiries should be directed to Andrea Tinson.

Candidates will be considered against the following criteria:

   Demonstrable excellence or potential for excellence in research, 
particularly through high quality publication;
   The fit of the proposed research with the relevant School's research 
strengths;
   The potential for the research to be continued beyond the period of 
the Fellowship and (where appropriate) to attract research funding.

Application procedure

Applications must be made online. The application must include a brief 
description of the proposed research. This should be no longer than 
1,000 words, must be written by the candidate themselves and should set 
out a clear proposal for the research to be undertaken by the candidate 
during the Fellowship, including a strategy for publication. Candidates 
will not gain any advantage by providing excess documentation.

Candidates must identify the relevant School to host their research when 
submitting their application and are strongly advised to make contact 
informally in advance to establish that their research proposal fits the 
School's research interests.

Salary: £33,884

Closing date for applications: 9th July 2012

Apply online (also via our Current Vacancies page):

   Cass Business School
   Schools of Arts and Social Sciences
   Schools of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences and Informatics
   School of Health Sciences
   The City Law School



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Jo Littler
Media and Cultural Studies
Middlesex University
(j.littler /at/ mdx.ac.uk) <mailto:(j.littler /at/ mdx.ac.uk)>