Senior Lecturer, University Of Ulster

Organisational and Business Communication
School of Communication

Ref         : J08/590/A
Salary      : £46,305 - £53,680
Base        : Jordanstown
Closing date: 8 May 2009

The postholder will be required to make a major contribution to academic leadership within the School. Applicants must have research and teaching experience with evidence of leadership capacity and a track record of publications.

Note: Travel expenses paid from point of entry to UK only.

Our preferred method of issuing application packs is via our website at www.ulster.ac.uk/jobs

T: 028 7032 4072. E: jobs@ulster.ac.uk

The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities. Appointment will be made on merit.

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Head of Advocacy and Communications - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University

Head of Advocacy and Communications
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network

Grade 9: Salary £42,351 - £49,096 p.a.

More than 500 million become severely ill with malaria every year and more than 1 million die from the effects of the disease. The Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will set up a global drug resistance information resource so that more of the right drugs can get to the right people at the right time, and the drugs will last longer. Details can be found at http://www.wwarn.org/.

The Head of Advocacy and Communications is a new role within the new WWARN office in Oxford. The postholder will develop communications, advocacy, and fundraising strategies and implement these across the network. They will lead the drive to advocate WWARN’s activities globally and raise new funds to support these activities.

You will have significant experience of promoting health or science related activities to a broad audience and developing strategies for advocacy and fundraising. Strong diplomatic skills and the ability to communicate with a variety of people from different cultures is essential, as is the availability to travel. You will have creative flair and the ability to motivate others. Fluency in French, Spanish or Portuguese is highly desirable.

The post is available for four years in the first instance.

An application form and a job description are available from the Senior Personnel and Finance Officer at CCVTM, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LJ (tel: 01865 857413; email: bethany.valentine@ndm.ox.ac.uk), or from the website: http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/ndmjr/about/jobvacancies. Please quote reference HB-09-035-CM. The closing date for applications is 8 May 2009.

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Head of Department Engineering Vacancy, Sheffield University

Head of Department - Engineering
Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences

Vacancy reference ACE 599/08
Salary circa £60,000 per annum

Sheffield Hallam University has long had a reputation for innovation and enhancement. This new, strategic role is the result of a new corporate plan and a restructure at departmental level.

The Department of Engineering, which includes the University Mathematics Group, delivers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and has established partnerships with leading organisations such as Network Rail and Rolls Royce. In collaboration with the Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI), staff are engaged in high profile research and knowledge transfer projects.

As an outstanding individual with a strong academic profile, you will provide inspirational and strategic leadership to this successful department in a highly ambitious faculty. Developing and implementing both academic and business strategy, you will improve the quality of academic delivery, build national and international reputation, nurture strong networks and strengthen accountability. Effective people management and influencing skills are essential as is your ability to see your ideas through to implementation.

For an informal conversation about this post, please contact Professor Graham Button on tel: 0114 2253160.

Closing date: 8 May 2009 by 3.00pm

Further information and application forms are available from www.shu.ac.uk/jobs or telephone 0114 225 3950 or email recruitment@shu.ac.uk or by mail:

Human Resources Department
Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus
Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB

Please be aware we only accept completed Sheffield Hallam University application forms. You must complete an application form, but may also submit a CV in support of your application.

Working towards equal opportunities

http://www.shu.ac.uk/

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PhD Scholarship in Engineering and Life sciences, Loughborough University

PhD scholarship
Numerical and Experimental 3-D Study of strain/stress fields in Engineering and Life sciences

PhD scholarship jointly funded by the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, UK, and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Châlons en Champagne, France. The successful candidate will spend 18 months in Châlons en Champagne and 18 months in Loughborough, aiming for a dual doctorate degree.

Up to £12,600 per annum tax free plus tuition fees.

Ref: PDR200409

Loughborough University has a world-leading reputation in the development and application of optical interferometric techniques for measuring strain fields on the surfaces of engineering components. The Mechanics and Manufacturing Laboratory at ENSAM has extensive expertise in the area of inverse identification of material properties from full-field measurements. This project aims to extend novel optical techniques to allow the mapping of strain fields and mechanical properties inside the volume of weakly scattering materials, in a non-contact way and with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution. Specific problems that will be addressed include:

• Inverse problem solution: Extraction of depth-resolved distributions of material properties inside weakly scattering materials by means of Finite Element Updating (FEU) and the Virtual Fields Method (VFM) from experimentally measured displacement fields.
• Medical applications: Evaluation of elastic modulus distributions from displacement measurements through-the-thickness of the human eye cornea to numerically predict corneal behaviour after laser ablation in refractive surgery.
• Engineering applications: Measurement of 3-D displacement fields inside 3-D granular packs under known loads to evaluate contact forces and the resulting stress distribution within the pack.
• The ideal candidate will hold, or be expecting, a 1st class or 2:1 honours degree in mechanical engineering or physical science subject, preferably with proven experience in Finite Element Analysis. Strong theoretical and numerical analysis skills, proven ability to undertake experimental projects and proficiency in MATLAB/C++ computer programming language are also required.

At Châlons en Champagne, a scholarship grant of 13,200 € p.a. will be paid by the Champagne Ardenne Regional Council. At Loughborough University, a scholarship grant of £12,600 p.a. plus PhD student fees will be paid by the Wolfson School for EU applicants; in all other cases the student will be responsible for £4,600 towards the cost of the full overseas rate.

Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact Prof. Fabrice Pierron, ENSAM, at fabrice.pierron@chalons.ensam.fr or Dr. Pablo D. Ruiz, Loughborough University, at P.D.Ruiz@lboro.ac.uk. An application form and further details are available from Ms Jo Mason, Research Administrator (J.R.Mason@lboro.ac.uk). Please quote the reference PDR200409 on your initial enquiry to Ms Mason and on the application form.

The closing date for applications to this post is 15th June­­­­­­­ 2009.

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