Lucy Cavendish College is offering three stipendiary Research Fellowships and one non-stipendiary Research Fellowship for women* who hold the Ph.D. Degree.** The appointments will be for one year in the first instance from 1 October 2006 and will be renewable for a further two years subject to satisfactory progress and annual reports. Successful candidates will be expected to become members of the College, to reside in Cambridge, and to participate fully in College life.
Applicants should hold a doctorate in an Arts subject. The Fellowship is for study in the Arts, especially languages, in a research area that relates scholarship to current issues facing the world.
Applicants should hold a doctorate in an Arts subject. The Fellowship is for study in the Arts in a research area that relates scholarship to current issues facing the world.
Applicants should hold a doctorate in a Science subject. The Fellowship is for research, preferably in Applied Medicine or Biology, that relates scholarship to current issues facing the world.
The Ethel Cruickshank Fellowship is open to applicants who hold a doctorate in a scientific subject and who are in receipt of full funding for research in any area of science.
For all the stipendiary Research Fellowships, the stipend will be in the region of £15,500 a year, depending on funding already available to the candidate. Candidates who wish to work part time will also be considered, in which case the stipend will be pro-rata. There is no stipend for the Ethel Cruickshank Non-stipendiary Research Fellowship.
Both stipendiary and non-stipendiary Research Fellows are entitled to receive free weekday lunches during Full Term, and to a number of Formal and Informal Halls, Governing Body suppers, and special dinners as arranged.
Further particulars and application forms may be obtained from the College website (http://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/College_Information/vacancies/Academic_vacancies.htm) or from the President's Secretary, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, CB3 0BU (tel. 01223 332196, e-mail bjy21@cam.ac.uk). In any communication, candidates should state clearly for which Research Fellowship(s) they wish to apply.
The closing date for receipt of applications and references is noon on 6 February. It is hoped to interview candidates in early March.
* By the Employment Act 1989, the College has exemption from the provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 in relation to gender.
** The successful candidates will hold a doctorate at the time of the start of the appointment in October 2006.