Reporter 8/5/03: University of Oxford

University of Oxford

PROFESSORSHIP OF CLINICAL GERATOLOGY

Applications are invited for this post, tenable from as early a date as may be arranged. The successful candidate will provide academic leadership for the discipline through high calibre research and other academic activities, including teaching and training. The Professor must be medically qualified and a practising clinician, on the specialist register in one of the following: geriatric medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry of old age, or a like specialty. Three fields of research have been identified as especially suitable for this post, and for development by the appointee, in Oxford: the promotion of clinical trials relating to elderly people, stroke medicine (in the elderly), or dementia.

A non-stipendiary Fellowship at Green College is attached to the Professorship.

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD (tel. 01865 270200). The closing date for applications is Monday, 23 June 2003.

PROFESSORSHIP OF STATISTICS

The University seeks to appoint a world-class statistician with proven leadership skills to take up this new Professorship from 1 October 2003 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Professorship will be held in the Department of Statistics, which has recently experienced an exciting period of growth and development, and is now one of the leading UK departments. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a substantial research group in the modern mainstream of the subject, to contribute to its teaching, and to further the academic planning and strategic development of statistics in the University as a whole.

The person appointed will be elected to a professorial Fellowship at Jesus College.

DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF UNIVERSITY LEARNING

The University seeks applications for this permanent post, tenable with immediate effect. The Institute was founded in 2000 and plays a crucial role in the University's learning and teaching and human resources strategies. It is responsible for all aspects of the professional and vocational development of the University's staff, informed by research into learning and teaching. For this senior appointment the University seeks a director with considerable leadership ability, a commitment to teaching and professional development in Higher Education, a record in evidence-based research and the ability to contribute academically to one or more of the Institute's core activities.

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the Secretary of Faculties and Academic Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD (tel. 01865 270013, e-mail secretary.faculties@admin.ox.ac.uk). Potential candidates wishing to discuss the post informally may e-mail director@learning.ox.ac.uk or telephone 01865 286806. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 3 June 2003.

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