Lecturer/Associate Professor in Translation Studies University of Leeds -Arts

Lecturer/Associate Professor in Translation Studies

University of Leeds -Arts

Job Summary

Available from 1 September 2013

We have introduced the title of Associate Professor for our grade 9 academic staff, which is equivalent to Senior Lecturer.
With relevant expertise in Translation Studies, you will be an active researcher able to enhance and extend the School’s considerable strengths across a broad curriculum. We particularly welcome applications from specialists in interpreting, audiovisual translation and digital media localisation, who are able to articulate innovative approaches to researching and teaching collaborative translation/interpreting practice.

You will have a record of regular publication recognised as being of the highest standard nationally and internationally, and will make a significant contribution to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 appropriate to your career stage. You will be an excellent teacher who will contribute to the School’s mission to inspire our students and contribute to a range of teaching and learning across programmes and at all levels, working to ensure the highest quality student experience. You will be expected to innovate and develop research-led teaching.

You will be required to take on appropriate academic administrative responsibilities following further discussion with the Head of School. With excellent interpersonal skills, you should be able to communicate effectively with students in both small and large groups. A completed PhD in Translation Studies or a related field, good organisational and time management skills, along with good IT skills, are also essential. The potential to form research collaborations with other colleagues in the School, the wider University and beyond is desirable.

University Grade 8 (£37,382 - £44,607 p.a.) or University Grade 9 (£45,941 - £53,233 p.a.)

Informal enquiries to Dr. Martin Thomas, Director of Translation Studies, tel +44 (0)113 343 7106, email m.thomas@leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 24 April 2013

Associate Professor in English-Language Literature and Culture

Aalborg University -Department of Culture and Global Studies

Position No. 2013-224-00537
At the Department of Culture and Global Studies, the Faculty of Humanities, a position as associate professor in English-language literature and culture is available from 1 September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Associate professorshipThe position of associate professor is a permanent position with obligation to research and teaching. Additional tasks may to a limited extend be defined by the university.
Applicants for the associate professorship are required to possess research qualifications at a level equivalent to what is achieved by a satisfactorily completed period of employment as assistant professor, researcher or postdoc.This level of qualification may however also have been achieved otherwise. Applicants must have a documented academic production at international level. Moreover, applicants are required to have received supervision and pedagogical upgrading and to have obtained a positive assessment of his or her teaching qualifications.
Applications must include

• CV.
• Complete publication list, including different types of text (monograph, publication with several authors, journals etc.). Please mark the attached publications which you wish to be included in the assessment. A maximum of ten attached publications will be accepted.
• In case the applicant attaches publications elaborated in collaboration with co-authors, a co-author statement must be enclosed, specifying the applicant’s contribution to the joint work. The co-author statement must be signed by at least one of the co-authors.
• Documentation of teaching qualifications.
• Diploma.

All applicants will be assessed by an assessment committee. Applicants may subsequently be summoned to an interview and/or trial lecture.
All applicants regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnicity are encouraged to apply.
Additional information about the academic content of the position is available from the Director of Studies for English, German and Culture Studies, Steen Christiansen, email steen@cgs.aau.dk. Enquiries regarding application procedure may be directed to The Faculty Office, Tel. +45 9940 9598, email: hr-hum@adm.aau.dk.
Workplace Aalborg
AgreementAppointment according to the Ministerial Order no 284 of 25 April 2008 (the Appointments Order) and the Circular concerning the job structure for academic staff at universities of 13 June 2007 from The Ministry of Finance.
Salary in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) on Academics in the State.
Deadline 08/05/2013
To apply, please click the Apply button below.
Aalborg University (AAU) conducts teaching and research to the highest level in the fields of humanities, engineering, and natural, health, and social sciences.

PhD studentship University of Kent

PhD studentship

University of Kent -Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE)

School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
RAD-sequencing and SNP genotyping to examine adaptation in globally invasive parakeets
Supervisors:
Dr Jim Groombridge (DICE), Dr Rob Ogden (WildGenes, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland), Dr Diederik Strubbe (University of Antwerp), Dr Ben Warren (University of Reunion), Dr Robert Prys-Jones (Natural History Museum)
Duration: 3 years                            
Type: PhD studentship
This PhD studentship will be based at the University of Kent and will be fully-funded by a grant from the John Spedan Lewis Foundation, with supervisory support from a research consortium of DICE, RZSS, UA, UR and NHM. Funding is available to cover Home/EU tuition fees, full stipend plus all research costs for the 3-year studentship.
The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent, in collaboration with RZSS, UA, UR and NHM, is offering an exciting PhD studentship and research opportunity for a motivated graduate. This research project aims to apply RAD-Tag sequencing and SNP genotyping techniques to identify genome-wide responses to changes in climate in ringneck parakeets as they have spread from their native range of the African and Indian continents into Europe. The ringneck parakeet is one of the World’s most invasive bird species. The success of their invasion is clear from the large population sizes now established in many of Europe’s major cities, including those in the UK, and their conquering of a substantial temperature gradient en route suggests they have adapted to their invasive range. Consequently, invasive parakeets provide an ideal scientific framework to examine how species evolve in response to environmental change and to identify the potential genetic basis for such adaptability and invasion success. Genetic data for some of the more extensively-sampled invasive populations, such as those in the UK which occur at the northern-most edge of their invasive range, will be combined with analysis of survey data to look for patterns of population expansion and introgression. This project will be based at the DICE conservation genetics laboratory (led by Dr. Jim Groombridge), with extended periods at the RZSS WildGenes laboratory in Edinburgh (led by Dr. Rob Ogden) for RAD library preparation, SNP discovery and population genotyping.
Application deadline: Wednesday 1^st May 2013  
Start Date: October 2013
Academic requirements: Applicants should have a First or Upper Second Class UK honours degree, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline such as bioinformatics, molecular ecology or evolutionary genetics. Knowledge/experience of bioinformatics and/or molecular laboratory techniques would be advantageous.
Funding: Available funding will cover the tuition fees (at the UK/EU rate only), full stipend and all research costs for this 3-year studentship project.
How to apply: Please send a CV (maximum 2-pages), a covering letter (maximum one page) and contact details for two references, by email to Dr Jim Groombridge (J.Groombridge@kent.ac.uk) via the 'Apply' button below on or before the closing date. Interviews will be held in early/mid May 2013, with a view to the successful applicant starting in October 2013.

PhD Studentship School of Computer Science University of Nottingham -ICOS Research Group

PhD Studentship

School of Computer Science

University of Nottingham -ICOS Research Group

Mining the gene networks involved in water-stress response in bambara groundnut: a machine learning approach to translating traits in model species to minor crops.
Underutilised species have the potential to help diversify agriculture and to make food production more robust in the face of future challenges. The ability to use information obtained in one species to guide evaluation of another species is the underlying principle behind the use of model systems.
The translation of data from models and major crop species to underutilised species is essential if underutilised species are to make a major contribution to Global Food Security or other end-uses.
The ability to identify key components of trait networks relies on developing methods to search very large datasets, guided by knowledge from other systems. Machine learning techniques have been shown to be very competent at this task, as they are able to explore vast datasets to identify key genes and their interactions. Moreover, they can easily integrate multiple sources of knowledge and automatically identify the relevant parts of the system being analysed.
This project will focus on the use of machine learning and bioinformatics techniques to study the process of water-related stress in bambara groundnut (an African legume) by contrasting datasets from this species with the known networks of model organisms. This legume grows successfully with varying access to water, cropping from the Namib desert in Africa to the humid tropics in Indonesia.
The student will spend time at the UK and Malaysia campuses of the University of Nottingham. In the UK, the student will be based at the Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex Systems (ICOS) research group(http://icos.cs.nott.ac.uk) at the School of Computer Science. In Malaysia, the student will be co-hosted by Biosciences at UNMC: www.nottingham.edu.my/biosciences/index.aspx and the new Crops for the Future Research Centre currently under construction.
The student will be registered formally at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. The studentship provides full tuition fees and a monthly stipend of 4400MYR (Malaysian Rynggit), for a duration of 3 years.
Supervisor names and contact details :
Festo Massawe, School of Biosciences, UNMC (festo.massawe@nottingham.edu.my)
Jaume Bacardit, School of Computer Science, UoN(jaume.bacardit@nottingham.ac.uk)
Sean Mayes, Plant and Crop Sciences, UoN (sean.mayes@nottingham.ac.uk))
Michael Holdsworth, Plant and Crop Sciences, UoN(michael.holdsworth@nottingham.ac.uk) )
Students must have 2.1 or 1 class honours degree, or a combination of qualifications and/or experience equivalent to that  level and have training in data mining techniques or bioinformatics.  Previous biology experience will be an advantage for Computer Science applicants. The successful candidate should be confident working within and across a range of activities, have excellent organisational abilities, be enthusiastic and have good interpersonal skills.
To apply, students should send cv and all relevant documentation to Dr Jaume Bacardit, via the apply button below. Please quote ref. SCI/1254.
This studentship will remain open until a suitable student is found, thus we recommend applying early.

PhD studentship The differential modification of glycosaminoglycans by VEGFA and VEGFC and consequential effects on GEnC barrier integrity

PhD studentship

The differential modification of glycosaminoglycans by VEGFA and VEGFC and consequential effects on GEnC barrier integrity

University of Bristol -School of Clinical Sciences

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
This is a 3yr non-clinical PhD studentship directly funded by the British Heart Foundation and is open to home/EU students only (unless willing to self fund the difference in fees). An undergraduate degree with a minimum of a 2:1 is required or an MSc with merit or distinction and previous research experience is recommended, especially in the areas highlighted below. A background in animal work would be advantageous, but not necessary.
The stipend starts from £19,919 and covers all consumables with a travel allowance of up to £1000 a year.
The endothelial sugar coating (glycocalyx) that lines all blood vessels (the vascular system) is composed of negatively charged glycoproteins (glycosylated proteins), proteoglycans (core proteins with glycosaminoglycan side-chains) and absorbed plasma proteins. The glycoclayx mediates vessel responses to flow, attenuates inflammatory cell adhesion and regulates vessel leakiness, allowing the free passage of water and small molecules but restricting the passage of larger proteins. Glycocalyx shedding is associated with the progression of inflammatory conditions, ischaemia reperfusion injury, atherosclerosis, and complications of type 1 and type II diabetes. Thus, the glycocalyx is critical for vascular function including permeability.
Albumin loss into the urine (microalbuminuria) reflects damage to the kidney microvascular (the glomerulus) and can be associated with both glomerular endothelial (GEnC) glycocalyx loss and general endothelial dysfunction. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) A regulates vessel permeability and overactivity causes leaky vessels and albuminuria. In cell culture VEGFA increases GEnC protein permeability whereas VEGFC reduces it and they have differential effects on the glycocalyx. This studentship will address how VEGFs modify the GEnC glycocalyx, whether this leads to a direct affect on GEnC barrier function and whether VEGFC can protect against the VEGFA associated glycocalyx changes. It will utilise podocyte-specific inducible VEGFA/C overexpressing mice and our unique human conditionally immortalised (ci)GEnC. Methodology includes sterile tissue culture technique, imaging including fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy, sophisticated disaccharide chromatography analysis, urine and blood biochemical analysis, mRNA (real time PCR) and protein analysis (Western blotting), and functional in vitro assays (labelled albumin passage across monolayers).
Please contact Dr Becky Foster (becky.foster@bristol.ac.uk) for further details or follow link to website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/clinical-sciences/research/renal/
Application process Applications for this position are to be made using the on-line application http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pg-howtoapply. Please select ‘Medicine PhD’ in the Programme Choice section and cite the title of the studentship in the Research Details and Funding sections of the form.
The closing date for this studentship is Friday 3^rd May with interviews to be held within a fortnight of the closing date. The successful candidate may begin from 1^st July 2013 (negotiable).

PhD Studentship Faunal and Human Biogeography and Terminal Ice Age Climate Change

PhD Studentship

Faunal and Human Biogeography and Terminal Ice Age Climate Change

Bournemouth University -School of Applied Sciences

We are seeking a student to build a database of radiocarbon dated mammalian faunas in Europe between 60,000 and 8,000 years ago. This period saw dramatic changes in climate and environmental changes accompanying important human and faunal transitions.
The project data collection will involve an extensive review of the literature documenting dated mammalian faunas in Europe. A database covering 60,000–20,000 years ago already exists although it needs updating and the 20,000-8,000 period already has the archaeological dates and requires associated faunal data to be collected. The database will allow an analysis of faunal change across Europe during the aforementioned time period and this faunal change will be related to corresponding human and climatically driven ecological change.
The successful candidate will have Masters or a good BSc degree in the field of Quaternary Science and/or archaeological science with knowledge of the Palaeolithic. Knowledge of one or more of the following fields is essential: the practise of reconstructing past environments, Quaternary vertebrate palaeontology/zooarchaeology, GIS and statistics. Having additional European languages would be an advantage. It is anticipated that the project will lead to high profile publications putting the eventual student in the best possible position for academic employment going forwards. Enthusiasm for the topic will count above all.
The successful candidate will receive a bursary of £14,000/year to cover their living expenses. Tuition fees will be waived for 36 months and the research costs, including bench fees, field work and conference attendance will also be met.
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates for this fully-funded PhD studentship must demonstrate outstanding qualities and be motivated to complete a PhD in 3 years. All candidates must satisfy the University’s minimum doctoral entry criteria for studentships of an honours degree at Upper Second Class (2.1) and/or an appropriate Masters degree. An IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 minimum is essential for candidates for whom English is not their first language.
In addition to satisfying basic entry criteria, BU will look closely at the qualities, skills and background of each candidate and what they can bring to their chosen research project.
To discuss this opportunity further please contact Dr. J.R. Stewart jstewart@bournemouth.ac.uk
For details on how to apply please visit www.bournemouth.ac.uk/phd2013
Closing Date
The first call for applications will close on 17^th May 2013.

Postgraduate Studentship: Mathematical Modelling of Membrane Operation

University of Oxford

Vacancy Reference:  BK/12/019
Applications are invited for a CASE studentship, funded by EPSRC and the Pall Corporation, to work on “Mathematical Modelling of Membrane Operation” under the supervision of Dr Ian Griffiths and Professor Colin Please. This D.Phil. studentship will start on 1 October 2013, and will be based at the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The studentship includes a standard stipend (currently £13,590 per annum), CASE student enhancement (£3,000 per annum), and College and University fees at the UK/EU rate. This studentship is open to all EU citizens, but those from outside the UK are eligible for a fees-only award. This studentship is attached to Mansfield College.
Filtration and separation using membranes are lucrative industrial businesses, spanning natural, industrial and biological applications, such as water filtration, protein separation for gene therapies, blood fractionation and tissue engineering bioreactors. In order to maximize the capability and efficiency of any membrane filtration process, it is essential to understand and exploit the relationship between the controllable quantities of the system (such as the wall permeability) and the resulting particle separation achieved. Methods for determining cost-effective operating regimes of membrane filtration devices are currently heavily reliant on experimental observations. However, the inherent complexity present in such systems renders the use of experiments by themselves as insufficient to determine the optimal operating strategy. In this project, we will use a combination of mathematical modelling, asymptotic analysis, PDE methods and scientific computation to provide guidance into design criteria of membrane filtration devices and lead to their effective operation.
The student will spend time at the Pall Centres of Excellence in New York, U.S., and Portsmouth., U.K., during which time they will design experiments to validate the theories developed in Oxford. The student will also visit the academic partner, Princeton University's Complex Fluids Group, where they will interact with experimentalists with research expertise in the field of microfluidics and filtration and separation science.
Applications should be made online at www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/postgraduate_courses and should include a CV, covering letter, three references and a transcript of your undergraduate degree. If you are unable to apply online, you can request a paper form from https://uni-of-oxford.custhelp.com/app/ask/.
Applications must arrive by noon on Tuesday 30 April 2013. Please quote the correct reference BK/12/019 in your covering letter. References can also be sent directly to Sandy Patel