[ecrea] Reader / Professor of Media Discourse

Reader / Professor of Media Discourse
De Montfort University - Leicester Media School
Location: 	Leicester
Salary: 	£47,801 to £55,389 per annum
Hours: 	Full Time
Contract Type: 	Permanent
Placed on: 	31st August 2016
Closes: 	9th October 2016
Job Ref: 	10137

Grade H: Salary Range for Reader £47,801 - £55,389 per annum
Salary for Professor: To be determined by the Vice Chancellor

The Leicester Media School in the Faculty of Technology, De Montfort 
University, wishes to appoint an experienced academic in order to 
support its plans for the next Research Excellence Framework, help 
mentor early career staff, support and expand its large postgraduate and 
PhD base, and contribute to undergraduate teaching. Based within the 
Media Discourse Group (an interdisciplinary body that draws its research 
staff from a number of fields, including Media Production, Journalism, 
and Media and Communication), the successful candidate will produce high 
quality outputs (building and expanding on the success of the 2014 REF), 
while enhancing research impact and the quality of grant applications.

In accordance with the University's commitment to diversity - and the 
Internationalisation of the curriculum and research environment - the 
Media Discourse Group has in recent years enhanced its UK PhD cohort by 
recruiting doctoral candidates from China, the Lebanon, Nigeria, Iraq, 
Kuwait, and Brazil. In order to consolidate this development, 
applications are invited from academics who are familiar with, and able 
to contribute to fields such as: Gender and Identity; Global Dissent and 
Protest Movements; Media Production; Political Discourse; Transgressive 
Cultures; Ethnography; Social Media Practice and Theory; Cultural 
Sociology; Broadcast and Press Journalism; and Investigative Journalism 
(which is also offered as an MA run in partnership with Channel Four). A 
willingness to support the growth of scholarly activity within 
Disability Studies and/or Social Movement Studies would also be welcome, 
and it is hoped that the successful candidate will strengthen our ties 
with the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity, and LGBT research 
groups operating within the University.

The role includes the production of internationally recognised and 
world-leading research, supporting our Media and Communication Unit of 
Assessment which, in REF 2014, produced the highest quality outputs in 
the country. The post holder will also play an active part in developing 
capacity and capability for external income generation.

The role is one of several new academic posts aligned strategically to 
the Leicester Media School. This particular role is designed to:

-produce high quality research outputs
-supervise our current PhDs and help recruit future PhDs
-develop and enhance links to other research groups within the 
university and with other HEIs in order to develop research bids and 
secure research funds
-reinforce our International reputation for research and enhance our 
International recruitment
-help develop research staff who operate across a broad range of 
disciplines, including Media Production and Journalism

In addition, the appointee may make a contribution to selected 
undergraduate teaching depending on his/her specialisms (see above), 
which may include work in Media Production, Journalism, Media and 
Communication, and Communication Arts, with a particular remit to 
develop an International perspective within these disciplines. This 
will, in turn, help to support the University's programme of global 
engagement, which is underpinned by its ground-breaking 'DMU Global' 
initiative. Experience of mentoring staff, writing funding bids, and 
supervising PhD students in both practice-based and traditional academic 
disciplines will be an advantage.

For an informal discussion concerning this post please contact Professor 
Stuart Price at (sprice /at/ dmu.ac.uk) and Professor Jason Lee at 
(jason.lee /at/ dmu.ac.uk)

Please quote reference: 10137
Interview Date:  To be confirmed


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