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No 6185

Wednesday 21 April 2010

Vol cxl No 26

pp. 685–756

College Notices

Christ’s College

CHARLES DARWIN AND GALAPAGOS ISLANDS FUND

The Fund has been established to promote research and collaborative educational projects between the University of Cambridge and the Galapagos Islands.

Postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students registered for a Master’s Degree or Ph.D. Degree at the University of Cambridge are invited to apply for grants to undertake research on the Galapagos Islands that will be of practical benefit to our understanding of the nature of these unique islands. The programme of research must be undertaken in collaboration with the staff of the Charles Darwin Foundation.

During the first year of the scheme grants of up to a maximum value of £1,000 will be considered and applications are encouraged without reference to a deadline. The Committee will hold its first meeting in July 2010 to evaluate submissions.

For further details of the aims of the scheme together with eligibility requirements and how to apply, please see http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/darwin-fund/ or con­tact masters-assistant@christs.cam.ac.uk.

Clare College

A. G. LEVENTIS SCHOLARSHIP IN HELLENIC STUDIES

The College invites applications for a postgraduate research scholarship in Hellenic Studies. The Scholarship will be awarded for up to a maximum of three years, and will cover University and College fees and maintenance at a level equivalent to that of an AHRC postgraduate award. The closing date is Friday, 4 June 2010. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a 400-word outline of proposed research, and the names of two referees, should be sent to the Graduate Administrator, Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TL. Further particulars can be found on the Clare College website at http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE SCHEME, ACADEMICAL YEAR 2010–11

The College Research Associate Scheme offers short-term Collegiate affiliation to postdoctoral researchers and others in similar posts in Cambridge who would like a College association of some kind but do not have one. Research Associates are expected to be available to assist with the College’s teaching and should not hold similar memberships at other Colleges. Holders are elected for a year at a time.

The criteria for selection to the scheme include both academic excellence and the College’s need for teaching in particular areas. The offer is made in the expectation that the College Research Associate will reciprocate by supervising for the College, if required, for at least three hours a week. Supervision will be paid at the usual rate.

Applications are invited from all fields but are particularly strongly welcomed from individuals who are willing to teach Anatomy, Experimental Psychology, History of Art, Inorganic Chemistry, Philosophy, and Social and Developmental Psychology.

College Research Associates are offered dining rights, access to the College’s sports facilities and gardens, and occasional use of College public rooms.

An application form is available on the College website (http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/). Applications should be sent to Julie Durrant, Fellowship Administrator, Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TL, by Friday, 7 May 2010. Enquiries about the scheme may be made by email to julie.durrant@clare.cam.ac.uk.

Emmanuel College

CAMBRIDGE SEMINARS IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

Rachel Hewitt, Queen Mary, University of London, will give a seminar entitled Map of a nation: the early Ordnance Survey and the politics of British landscape, on Tuesday, 4 May, in the Gardner Room, Emmanuel College. All are welcome.

For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall (email sarah.bendall@emma.cam.ac.uk, tel. 01223 330476). Details can also be found at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/camsem0910.html. Refreshments will be available after the seminar.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

A Memorial Service for Laurance David Hall, M.A., Ph.D. (Bristol), Hon. D.Sc. (Bristol), FRS (Canada), Fellow 1986–2009, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, 1984–2005, born 18 March 1938, died 28 August 2009, will be held in the College Chapel on Saturday, 8 May 2010, at 2 p.m.

Homerton College

LIBRARIAN

Homerton College seeks to appoint a professional Librarian to head the College Library. This is a large undergraduate Library with over 1,000 users and some special collections. The post offers the exciting opportunity to develop plans to meet changes in the role of a College Library in the twenty-first century. The successful applicant will need a good first degree and a postgraduate qualification in Library and Information Studies accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. In addition, the appointee will need to demonstrate experience of library management, computer literacy, and the energy and enthusiasm to support an outstanding academic community of students and scholars. The salary will be up to £36,715 a year (depending on experience).

Information about the post and how to apply is available on the Homerton website (http://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/). Enquiries may be made to Lizzie Madder (tel. 01223 747132, email enm25@cam.ac.uk).

The deadline for applications is noon on 7 May 2010. Interviews will take place on 26 May 2010.

Hughes Hall

KATHLEEN HUGHES MEMORIAL LECTURE

The President and Fellows give notice that the ninth Kathleen Hughes Memorial Lecture on Reform in the twelfth-century Irish church: a revolution of outlook?, will be given by Professor Marie Therese Flanagan, Professor of Medieval History, Queen’s University, Belfast, at 5:45 p.m., on Monday, 26 April 2010 in the Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall. All are welcome.

King’s College

H. E. DURHAM FUND

The Administrators of the H. E. Durham Fund give notice that small grants may be made for the purpose of advancing, improving, or disseminating knowledge of human or animal life in health or in disease.

The Administrators invite applications from individual Cambridge undergraduates for grants to enable them to study or assist in research within the subjects specified above for about eight weeks during the Long Vacation. They do this in the hope that experience of this kind may help undergraduates, as potential research workers, in their choice of subject at a later date.

Applications for expeditions or electives will rarely qualify. Some money may also be available to assist graduates with specific research projects of short duration.

The application form is available from the Senior Tutor’s Assistant at King’s College (email jal29@cam.ac.uk). The closing date for applications is Monday, 10 May 2010. It is hoped to inform successful candidates by the middle of June.

New Hall (Murray Edwards College)

LIBRARIAN

The Librarian is responsible for the Rosemary Murray Library, which serves a student body of 350 undergraduates and 100 graduates, and has a strong commitment to exemplar services. Candidates must have experience of library work in the Higher Education sector and possess a postgraduate qualification in library and information services.

The starting salary will be between £36,715 and £40,119 a year, depending on qualifications and experience.

An application form and job description can be downloaded from http://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/, or contact the College Administrator, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DF (tel. 01223 762789, email skg22@cam.ac.uk). The closing date is 30 April 2010.

Murray Edwards College is an equal opportunities employer.

Murray Edwards College is the operating name of New Hall.

Newnham College

JANE HARRISON MEMORIAL LECTURE

Professor Kathleen Coleman, Professor of Latin in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University, will give this year’s Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture, entitled Fatal ambitions: the hazards of educating the gifted and talented in Ancient Rome, at 5.30 p.m., on Friday, 23 April, in Room LG17 of the Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site. All are welcome.

ASSOCIATE LECTURESHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Newnham College invites applications from men and women for Associate Lectureships, each involving the equivalent of three hours’ teaching a week during Full Term (20 weeks of the year), primarily to Part I students. Associate Lecturers are also expected to participate in the promotion of their subject amongst students of the College.

The person(s) appointed will have interests in teaching and research in any field of the Biological Sciences, but the immediate need is for teaching in Ia Physiology, Ia Evolution and Behaviour, Ib Biochemistry, Ib Animal Behaviour, or Ib Cell and Developmental Biology for the Natural Sciences Tripos. Experience in supervising one or more of these courses is desirable.

The College pays Associate Lecturers at 25 per cent above the usual supervision rates, offers seven meals a week without charge, use of IT equipment and use of a room for conducting teaching. The post will be tenable only in conjunction with another salaried academic or research appointment in the University of Cambridge or local research institution. It will be tenable from 1 October 2010, for one year in the first instance and may be renewed on an annual basis following a review.

Further particulars may be obtained from http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/joining-newnham/academic-posts or from the Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF (email principal@newn.cam.ac.uk), to whom applications (six copies) should be sent.

Prospective candidates are welcome to contact Dr Terri Apter (tea20@cam.ac.uk) or Dr Lisa Saksida (lms42@cam.ac.uk) for additional information or to arrange an informal discussion.

Applications should be submitted with a letter outlining research interests and relevant teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three referees. The closing date for applications is Friday, 21 May 2010. Candidates are asked to request that references be sent direct to the Principal by the closing date.

COLLEGE LECTURESHIP IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Newnham College invites applications from women for a College Lectureship (which will carry a College Fellowship) in the Biological Sciences. The core responsibility will be directing studies (for around fifteen students) and the option of either four or six hours’ supervision (i.e. small group teaching) a week during Full Term (20 weeks of the year). The post is intended for someone with a full-time or substantial post (not necessarily a University Teaching Officer) in the University of Cambridge or a local research institution.

Applications are encouraged from candidates who specialise in any field of the Biological Sciences but candidates must be able to teach one or more courses in Part Ia and/or Part Ib of the undergraduate Natural Sciences Tripos. There is a particularly strong need for a College Lecturer in Cell, Molecular, or Developmental Biology. Experience in supervising one or more courses of the Natural Sciences Tripos or willingness to learn and a demonstrable capacity for small group teaching is essential.

Payment is between £3,000 and £5,000 a year, depending on the number of teaching hours and the number of students for which direction of studies is provided. Payment for directing studies is additional to this stipend or may with the agreement of the Senior Tutor be set against the contractual hours of supervision. College Lecturers are entitled to seven meals in College a week without charge, an office or study in College which may be shared; they have access to research funds, to child care support, and to the College’s standard IT package and the College’s shared equity scheme, and may be eligible to rent residential accommodation at a reduced rate subject to availability.

Further particulars may be obtained from http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/joining-newnham/academic-posts or from the Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF (email principal@newn.cam.ac.uk), to whom applications (six copies) should be sent.

Prospective candidates are welcome to contact Dr Terri Apter (tea20@cam.ac.uk) or Dr Lisa Saksida (lms42@cam.ac.uk) for additional information or to arrange an informal discussion.

Applications should be submitted with a letter outlining research interests and relevant teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three referees. The closing date for applications is Friday, 21 May 2010. Candidates are asked to request that references be sent direct to the Principal by the closing date.

Newnham College was founded in 1871 to promote academic excellence for women, and this is still our goal. This advertisement complies with legislation on sex discrimination, relying on section 43 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Section 5(3) of the Employment Act 1989, and Article 3 of the College Charter.

COLLEGE TEACHING OFFICER IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Newnham College seeks to appoint a half-time College Lecturer in Natural Sciences (Biological) tenable from no later than 1 October 2010 for up to three years. Applications are encouraged from candidates who specialise in any field of the Biological Sciences but candidates must be able to teach one or more courses in Part Ia and/or Part Ib of the undergraduate Natural Sciences Tripos. There is a particularly strong need for a College Lecturer in Cell, Molecular, or Developmental Biology. The salary will be fixed at a point in the range of £14,000 a year according to experience. The post may be held either as the Lecturer’s sole employment or, with the approval of Council, in combination with another part employment. The post will be pensionable and is open to women and men.

Further particulars may be obtained from http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/joining-newnham/academic-posts or from the Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF (email principal@newn.cam.ac.uk), to whom applications (six copies) should be sent. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of current research and teaching experience, and the names and addresses of three referees. The closing date for the receipt of applications is Friday, 21 May 2010. Candidates are asked to request that references be sent direct to the Principal by the closing date.

Peterhouse

MEMORIAL SERVICE

A Memorial Service for Neil Ronald Plevy, M.A., Development Director and Fellow of Peterhouse (2000–10), will be held in Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, on Saturday, 1 May 2010, at 2.30 p.m. All who wish to attend are welcome. The Master and Fellows of Peterhouse extend an invitation to afternoon tea at the College after the service: those wishing to join them for tea are asked to contact Mrs Pat Grassick, College Secretary, Peterhouse, CB2 1RD, or email pat.grassick@pet.cam.ac.uk.

Selwyn College

RAMSAY MURRAY LECTURE 2010

This year’s Ramsay Murray Lecture will be held on Friday, 7 May 2010, at 5.30 p.m. in Room LG19, Faculty of Law, West Road. Professor Richard Carwardine FBA, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and former Rhodes Professor of American History, will be speaking on The ambiguous legacy of Abraham Lincoln. All are welcome. Admission is free.