Subject: Lectureship in Auditory Perceptual Learning at University of Nottingham, UK From: Chris Plack <c.plack@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:15:31 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-12--51469553 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, Please see attached advert and please forward it to anyone you think =20 might be interested. For more information about Psychology at =20 Nottingham University, please go to these links: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychology/ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychology/about/home-video.php Best wishes, Peter Mitchell Head of Psychology University of Nottingham School of Psychology (In association with the newly established National Biomedical =20 Research Unit in Hearing) Lecturer in Psychology (Perception) Applications are invited for the above post from candidates with an =20 outstanding record or who show exceptional promise as independent =20 researchers in the psychology of perception. The successful =20 candidate, based in the School of Psychology, will form part of an =20 interdisciplinary research team involved in the newly established =20 National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing (NBRUH) funded by the =20 Department of Health National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). =20 Staff of the new Unit will be drawn from the Medical Research Council =20= Institute of Hearing Research, the University of Nottingham =20 (Psychology, Learning Sciences) and Nottingham University Hospitals =20 Trust. The successful candidate will conduct research into the psychology of =20= perception related to hearing impairment and contribute strongly to =20 the emerging field of auditory perceptual learning. Candidates need =20 not necessarily have worked on hearing research previously, but must =20 show willingness and capability to develop a strong research profile =20 in this area. Working closely with leading specialists in hearing =20 research and sensory neuroscience, learning scientists and =20 technologists, and clinical practitioners, the person appointed will =20 be responsible for designing and evaluating a programme of learning =20 interventions for children and adults with various forms of hearing =20 impairment. Other duties will include limited administrative tasks and teaching, =20 restricted mainly to undergraduate and Masters projects=92 supervision. = =20 The opportunity to supervise PhD students is strongly encouraged. The School has thriving research programmes and outstanding facilities =20= in the areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience; =20 behavioural neuroscience; social and health psychology; and =20 developmental psychology. The School has consistently been ranked in =20= the top 10 in the UK by Good University Guides and recently was ranked =20= first place by the Times. Further information about the School=92s =20 research profile and details of our considerable investments in =20 research are available at: http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk. Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent in psychology or a related =20= subject. A proven track record of research publications in leading =20 journals is essential, and experience of interdisciplinary research is =20= desirable. The lecturer will work closely with colleagues across =20 three closely located sites in Nottingham. Salary will be within the range =A330,912 - =A341,545 per annum, = depending =20 on qualifications and experience (salary can progress to =A348,161 per =20= annum, subject to performance). This post is available from 1 =20 September 2008 (or earlier by negotiation). It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced disclosure =20 may be obtained from the Criminal Records Bureau. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor P McGraw, tel: 0115 =20 951 5295, Email: Paul.McGraw@xxxxxxxx or Dr H Fortnum, 0115 =20 823 0503, Email: Heather.Fortnum@xxxxxxxx For more details and/or to apply on-line please access: = http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/CJ27105S=20 . If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human =20 Resources Department, tel: 0115 951 3262 or fax: 0115 951 5205. =20 Please quote ref. CJ/27105S. Closing date: 11 July 2008.= --Apple-Mail-12--51469553 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class=3D"Section1"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dear = Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = ">Please see attached advert and please forward it to anyone you think = might be interested. For more information about Psychology = at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:placename = w:st=3D"on">Nottingham</st1:placename> <st1:placetype = w:st=3D"on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, please go to these = links:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><a = href=3D"http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychology/" = title=3D"blocked::http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychology/" style=3D"color:= blue; text-decoration: underline; = ">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychology/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></di= v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; 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= ">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = ">Peter Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = ">Head of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman'; "><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:placetype w:st=3D"on"><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; ">University</span></font></st1:placetype><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = "> of <st1:placename = w:st=3D"on">Nottingham</st1:placename></span></font></st1:place><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; = "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><!--StartFragment--> <h1><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">School of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">(In association with the newly established National</span><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Ari= al; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> Biomedical Research Unit in = Hearing)</span></h1> <h1><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Lecturer in Psychology (Perception)</span></h1><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Appl= ications are invited for the above post from candidates with an outstanding = record or who show exceptional promise as independent researchers in the = psychology of perception.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The = successful candidate, based in the School of Psychology, will form part of an interdisciplinary research team involved in the newly established = National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing (NBRUH) funded by the Department of = Health National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Staff of the new Unit will be drawn from the Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, the University of = Nottingham (Psychology, Learning Sciences) and Nottingham University Hospitals = Trust.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span= style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The successful candidate will conduct research into the psychology of = perception related to hearing impairment and contribute strongly to the emerging = field of auditory perceptual learning.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Candidates need not necessarily have worked on hearing research previously, but must show willingness and capability to develop a strong research profile in this area. </span><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: = 8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-= GB"><span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Work= ing closely with leading specialists in hearing research and sensory = neuroscience, learning scientists and technologists, and clinical practitioners, the = person appointed will be responsible for designing and evaluating a programme = of learning interventions for children and adults with various forms of = hearing impairment.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Othe= r duties will include limited administrative tasks and teaching, = restricted mainly to undergraduate and Masters projects=92 supervision.<span = style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The opportunity to supervise = PhD students is strongly encouraged.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The School has thriving research programmes and outstanding facilities in = the areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience; behavioural = neuroscience; social and health psychology; and developmental psychology.<span = style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The School has consistently = been ranked in the top 10 in the UK by Good University Guides and recently was = ranked first place by the Times.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </span>Further information about the School=92s research profile and details of our = considerable investments in research are available at: <a = href=3D"http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/"><span = style=3D"font-family:"Times New = Roman"">http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk</span></a>.</span></p>= <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Cand= idates should have a PhD or equivalent in psychology or a related subject. = <span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A proven track record of = research publications in leading journals is essential, and experience of interdisciplinary research is desirable.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> </span>The lecturer will work closely with colleagues across three = closely located sites in Nottingham.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Salary will be within the range =A330,912 - = =A341,545 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience (salary can progress = to =A348,161 per annum, subject to performance).<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">This post </span><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-= bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">is available from 1 September 2008 (or = earlier by negotiation).</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"text-align:justify;mso-outline-level:1"><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-= ansi-language: EN-GB">It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced = disclosure may be obtained from the Criminal Records Bureau.</span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Info= rmal enquiries may be addressed to Professor P McGraw, tel: 0115 951 5295, = Email: <a href=3D"mailto:Paul.McGraw@xxxxxxxx"><span = style=3D"font-family:"Times New = Roman"">Paul.McGraw@xxxxxxxx</span></a> or Dr H Fortnum, 0115 823 0503, Email: <a = href=3D"mailto:Heather.Fortnum@xxxxxxxx"><span = style=3D"font-family:"Times New = Roman"">Heather.Fortnum@xxxxxxxx</span></a>.</span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-= bidi-font-family: Verdana;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For more details and/or to apply = on-line please access: <a = href=3D"http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/CJ27105S">http://jobs.nottingham.ac.u= k/CJ27105S</a>.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you = are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, tel: 0115 951 3262 or = fax: 0115 951 5205.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b = style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Please quote ref. CJ/27105S.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> </span>Closing date: 11 July 2008.</b></span><b = style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b>= </p> <!--EndFragment--> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-12--51469553--