The University 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.
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 £24,820 to £38,303 a year.
The Lecturer, to take up post on 1 September 2005, will undertake teaching duties (lecturing and practical classes in veterinary pathology) and will provide a pathology diagnostic service for clients associated with the Department. S/he will participate in the training of Residents and will be expected to develop a research programme in an appropriate area of interest. There are opportunities for research collaboration, in particular in the pathology of neurological damage, and infection and immunity.
This is a full-time appointment, and applicants should have a veterinary degree and experience in teaching and in diagnostic morbid anatomy and histopathology. A Ph.D. Degree in a relevant field and Membership of the European College of Veterinary Pathology is desirable.
An application form and further particulars are available on request from 01223 337600 or can be downloaded at http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news (further particulars) and http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18 (application form). For further information please contact Mr Andrew Jefferies (tel. 01223 337607, e-mail arj10@cam.ac.uk).
A completed application form and a covering letter, including the names and contact details of three referees, should be sent to Miss Heidi Rich, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES (e-mail hemr2@cam.ac.uk). The closing date for applications is 8 April.
Applications are invited for the post of Director of the Rural Business Unit (formerly the Agricultural Economics Unit) in the Department of Land Economy. The appointment is available from 1 June 2005 or as soon as possible thereafter and will be made for a period of five years in the first instance. The current stipend is £44,094 a year.
The Rural Business Unit (RBU) undertakes research into farm businesses, land management, and rural policy within the Environmental Economy and Policy Research Group in the Department of Land Economy. Its work includes the Farm Business Survey undertaken on an annual basis for the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs. The Director will take overall responsibility for the RBU and will seek to draw its work more closely towards the Department's core research, especially in Environmental Economy and Policy.
Candidates may wish to develop any area of research consistent with the general interests of the RBU and the Department. While no specific disciplinary orientation is prescribed, candidates should have an interest in and an appreciation of rural business and policy analysis.
Further information on the RBU and the Department is available at http://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/. Informal inquiries may be made to Dr Ian Hodge (idh3@cam.ac.uk) or Dr Peter Tyler (pt23@cam.ac.uk) in the Department of Land Economy (tel. 01223 337134).
Further particulars and application forms are available from Ms Marie Butcher, Department of Land Economy, 19 Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EP (e-mail mab30@cam.ac.uk), to whom the application form, including a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and a statement of areas of research interest, as well as the names of two referees, should be sent not later than 8 April. Interviews are expected to be held in late April or early May.