The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.
Any job application submitted with a curriculum vitae should be accompanied by a Cover Sheet for Employment (Form PD18) which can be downloaded from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18/, or may be obtained in hard copy from the advertising Department or Faculty.
Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in the study of modern and/or contemporary China. Preference will be given to candidates whose work has a primary focus on contemporary China with emphasis on the following areas: religion, environment, culture, society, and politics. The successful candidate will be expected to take up appointment on 1 October 2008. Applicants should have an excellent publication record and experience in teaching in higher education. The appointee is to have a Ph.D. Degree in hand at the time of appointment. The ability to read and speak Chinese is essential as is native or near-native fluency in English.
Appointments made at University Lecturer level will be for a probationary period of five years, with appointment to the retiring age thereafter. The pensionable scale of stipends for a University Lecturer is currently £33,779 to £42,791 a year.
Further details and a PD18 form can be found on the Faculty's website at http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/. Applications, including a completed PD18 application form (indicating the names and addresses of two referees) and a curriculum vitae (including a list of publications), should be sent to Ms Anne Tucker, Secretary to the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (tel. 01223 335107, fax 01223 335110); or e-mailed to administrator@ames.cam.ac.uk. The closing date for applications is 15 December 2007. Interviews will be held in February/March 2008.
The Pedagogic Support Co-ordinators Group, Chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, are seeking to secure the services of an Academic Leader, for two years on a full- or part-time secondment to lead the Transkills Project. This opportunity may be suitable for someone who holds a senior academic position.
The main focus of the Project will be to develop tools to assist students in strengthening generic study skills such as essay writing and mathematics. The project seeks to increase the readiness of students coming to Cambridge to participate fully in the University's programme from day one by establishing a sustainable set of tools and practices that can be used prior to arrival and during the first year of study. A significant proportion of HEFCE's TQEF has been allocated to the Project. The Project will run for two years, and, it is anticipated, will incorporate other initiatives already underway.
The Academic Leader will work closely with the Pedagogic Support Co-ordinators Group, and a wide range of Departments and Colleges, but a good deal of autonomy is anticipated. A strong background in university teaching, familiarity with the University, and a strong desire to support the University's widening participation strategy is essential.
The Academic Leader will be expected to: provide leadership to the Transkills project and bring it to a successful and sustainable conclusion; communicate widely across the University to engage a broad constituency of users and to establish mechanisms of continuous improvement; negotiate and implement the Transkills project plan, including financial management within the agreed budget; encourage wide use of the tools developed, put in place mechanisms to monitor their take-up and success, and take on board feedback.
The Academic Leader will also: gain an overview of pedagogic support activities across the University, including provision of learning resources from students with diverse needs; identify possibilities for greater co-ordination and collaboration in pedagogic support provision; and prepare the proposals for sustaining and development of pedagogic support beyond the funded two-year period.
The Project is designed to help the University to fulfil the key aims of its Learning and Teaching Strategy (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/education/strategy/). For further information or an informal talk, please contact Alice Benton, Head of the Education Section (tel. 01223 330127, e-mail amlg1@admin.cam.ac.uk). The closing date for applications is 9 November 2007.