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No 6294

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Vol cxliii No 17

pp. 312–335

Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Vacancies in the University

A full list of current vacancies can be found at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/.

Professorship of Experimental Psychology; tenure: as from 1 September 2013; informal enquiries: Professor Trevor Robbins, Head of the Department of Psychology (email: twr2@cam.ac.uk or telephone (0)1223 333550); closing date: 1 March 2013; further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/; quote reference: ZZ24972

University Lecturers in Mathematics Education (two posts – one in primary, one in secondary) in the Faculty of Education; salary: £37,382–£47,314; closing date: 25 February 2013; further particulars: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/about/jobs; quote reference: JR24622

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The Gates Cambridge Trust: Provost

The Gates Cambridge Trust was founded in 2000 from a generous endowment of $210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The endowment is managed to provide funds in perpetuity for Scholars to be fully-funded for M.Phil. or Ph.D. programmes at Cambridge. To date, the Trust has provided Scholarships to over 1,000 postgraduate Scholars from 95 countries to study at the University since 2001. The original value of the endowment has been preserved and the Trust can look forward to fully-funding Scholars at current levels far into the future. Currently, 90 new Scholars are admitted every year. More information on the Gates Cambridge Trust may be found at http://www.gatescambridge.org.

The Trustees are now seeking to appoint a Provost for the Gates Cambridge Trust to succeed Professor Robert Lethbridge when he steps down from that post on 30 September 2013. The Provost is the senior executive for the Trust. Candidates must be well-respected and experienced members of the University or a College who can provide strategic leadership to the Trust, be an ambassador for its Scholars and alumni, and be able to promote the Trust’s objects to wider society. The post will be remunerated at 50 per cent of point 83 on the University’s pay scales (£100,854, pay award pending) and may be held alongside another University or College office, subject to the necessary permissions. Alternatively, the Trust would be willing to buy-out 50% of the time of the person appointed by compensating her or his Department or College accordingly. The work of the Provost will require flexibility of commitment and a willingness to travel. An appointment will be made for five years.

The Trustees have established an appointment committee for the post, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. The committee expects to recommend an appointment to the meeting of the Trustees on 31 May 2013. Interviews for the post will be held on 26 March 2013.

Those interested in applying are requested to submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae to the Registrary, University Offices, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, by 1 March 2013.

Further written details may be obtained by contacting the Registrary, the Secretary of the Gates Cambridge Trust, by email at Registrary@admin.cam.ac.uk. Potential candidates may also wish to speak to the Vice-Chancellor and/or Professor Lethbridge in confidence before applying.

CRASSH Fellowship Competition, 2013–15

Mellon/Newton Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities) is now inviting applications for two two-year interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. The limit of tenure is two years, as from October 2013, and the closing date for applications is 1 March 2013 at 12 noon. The salary is in the range of £27,578–£35,938. Further particulars are available from http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1020/mellonnewton-fellowships.htm.

Election

The following election has been made.

Dr Beverley Jane Glover, B.Sc., St Andrews, Ph.D., East Anglia, Reader in Evolution and Development, Department of Plant Sciences, elected Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution, with effect from 1 July 2013.