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United Kingdom, Southampton

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position within the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, UK. The work will involve polymer engineering and science aspects such as electrical, thermal and mechanical characterisation of high voltage insulation materials. Material development, such as polymer blends and associated composites will also be involved. The obtained results will be written up as project deliverables such as reports or presentations as well as publications in academic journals and conferences.  This post is part of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme “CableGnosis” programme (Life Cycle Centre for Cable Diagnosis) awarded under the call for proposals: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-15: HVAC, HVDC and High-Power cable systems.

The successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent professional qualification and experience in polymer science and engineering and/or dielectric materials. Applications from candidates who are working towards a PhD will be considered. The candidates must possess detailed knowledge and understanding of polymer sample fabrication and characterisation.

We are looking for a self-starter, able to organise own research activities effectively who is able to plan and justify focus on extensive research that will result in long-term technological benefit. The successful candidate will have an ability to clearly document and communicate research results.

You must be able to work effectively in a team and organize time, tasks and responsibilities with other team members.

Experience in project management will be an advantage.

The post will be held in the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) (http://ecs.soton.ac.uk). Ranked in the top 1% of universities globally and among the UK's top 20 for research, the University of Southampton has an international reputation for its research, teaching and enterprise activities.

Electronics and Computer Science provides a unique, friendly and supportive environment that facilitates use-inspired and multi-disciplinary research, education, training and outreach.

ECS holds an Athena SWAN bronze award in recognition of its’ continued commitment to improving equality for women in science and engineering. We will give due consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and to those who have taken a career break. The University has a generous maternity policy, onsite childcare facilities and employees a childcare vouchers scheme.

ECS provides a unique, friendly and supportive environment. We have a range of staff development programmes and a unique mentoring and wellbeing scheme. To find out more about working at ECS, visit: https://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/workinghere

University of Southampton holds a Silver Athena Swan Award. It has a generous maternity policy, onsite childcare facilities and employees can participate in a childcare vouchers scheme. There is a great range of benefits that includes a contributory pension scheme; generous holiday entitlement; subsidised health and fitness facilities; cycle to work scheme; a range of discounts.

*Applications will be considered from candidates who are working towards or nearing completion of a relevant PhD qualification. The title of Research Fellow will be applied upon completion of PhD. Prior to the qualification being awarded the title of Senior Research Assistant will be given.

Working at the University of Southampton:

Check out the staff benefits and why you should join us at The University of Southampton!


University of Southampton

New Zealand, Auckland


	Join New Zealand's university of opportunity
	Lead the faculty's academic strategy, innovation and staff development
	Play a critical role within the Dean's Faculty Executive team


As one of the world's top 50 young universities and New Zealand's newest, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is a university of opportunity where all students with talent and potential have the chance to succeed. We are a socially-driven university with equity and excellence central to our purpose and actions, and we offer a stimulating teaching and research environment with strong connections to government, business, and industry. AUT has more than 26,000 students and almost 4,000 staff based primarily at our three Auckland teaching campuses.

Our Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences/Te Ara Hauora Pūtaiao (FHES) makes a critical contribution to addressing the health and wellbeing for people and planet. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is at the heart of what we do. The faculty is committed to enhancing student equity of outcomes across our programs and to lead the transformation of health professional education for the benefit of the health system and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is AUT's largest faculty with 6000 EFTS and over 600 (FTE) deeply committed Faculty staff, who are focussed on strengthening and enhancing the student experience and contributing meaningful high-quality knowledge advance and research in Health and Environmental Sciences.  

The opportunity | Te Whiwhinga mahi

The faculty is seeking an innovative and visionary new Associate Dean Academic (ADA) to become a key member of the Faculty's Executive team. Expanding pedagogical practice to better integrate technology enhanced learning and blended and hybrid learning, this role requires a visionary leader with a passion for innovation and advancement. We expect cutting edge approaches that will take us to the next level. The role will also be responsible for ensuring that best practices are disseminated and shared both internally and externally to enhance the reputation of the FHES and AUT. The ADA will support the quality assurance of Faculty teaching and learning and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Key focus areas include:


	Lead with vision and innovation a team of five direct reports and a larger team of indirect reports.
	Lead the development of innovative academic practices that advance personalised learning and the overall quality of our educational offer to students.
	Lead the implementation of advances in learning technologies and digital and multimode practices in teaching and learning.
	Uplift the academic capability and capacity of our academic community. Foster a positive culture of academic excellence by leading academic debate relating to research in teaching and learning and by establishing a program of staff development.
	Work closely with numerous internal and external stakeholders including the Faculty Dean, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning & Teaching, other FHES Associate Deans, Heads of School and relevant professional bodies
	Active contribution to faculty, university and academic-related committees.


You will be recognised as a highly collaborative and influential future-focused leader who listens; whilst enabling innovation and encouraging proactivity to embrace AUT's energy and ideas and make things happen. Visionary and aspirational, you will embody trustworthiness, confidence and kindness- a reflection of AUT's values of tika (integrity), pono (respect) and aroha (compassion).

You will be recognised as culturally capable and you will value diversity, work inclusively, and allow and champion creativity, flexibility, and innovation whilst being humble and principled. You will support the Faculty's next steps in its Te Tiriti o Waitangi journey and display attributes of inclusiveness, empathy, trustworthiness, confidence and kindness. Your ability to listen, connect, collaborate, communicate and influence will be critical. You will also support teaching, learning and assessment that is guided by the university's Te Kete strategy.

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

We welcome applications from ambitious senior learning and teaching leaders.

Along with your academic CV, please submit a) a cover letter explaining why this particular role (and AUT) is of interest, and b) a statement addressing how your experience aligns with the key selection criteria we're seeking below:


	A strong research and scholarship record of sustained excellence and a recognised contribution to the academic field.
	Disciplinary expertise within an existing area of our faculty. PhD or equivalent essential. Please also highlight your experience working successfully across other disciplines.
	Extensive experience in Learning and Teaching preferably including a Learning and Teaching qualification.
	Leadership of strategic developments in innovative student-centred teaching and assessment practices, and the use of teaching technologies in delivery. Please highlight successes with integration of technology-enhanced learning and how they might be adapted as tools in a higher education pedagogical environment.
	Sound practical knowledge in the field of higher education pedagogy. Leadership experience acquired through relevant health or science arenas is desirable.
	Direct staff management experience, with a track record of successful teamwork built around a coaching and consultative approach.
	A champion for equity, with proven ability advancing outcomes for student groups underrepresented in science. Demonstrated experience enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi in another University is highly desirable.
	Applicants are welcome to add further comments they may feel of relevance.


Further Information:


	Start date: As soon as possible (to be agreed with the successful candidate)
	Location: The role will be based at the Akoranga Campus on the North Shore of Auckland.
	Term: The successful candidate will secure a permanent substantive academic appointment. They will be seconded for an initial three-year term to the role of Associate Dean Academic (with the option for renewal, by mutual agreement).
	Salary: Commensurate with relevant experience and skills and aligned with the appropriate step in AUT's academic pay scales (Associate Professor $142, 835 - $165,369; Professor: $156,354 - $201,425). In addition, a special responsibilities payment (pro-rata) will be made for the Associate Dean responsibilities.
	Referees - Applicants should also provide names, contact details and clarification of relationship for at least three potential referees. Referees will not be contacted without the prior consent of the applicant.
	For recruitment enquiries: Contact Alycia Hurley - Alycia.hurley@aut.ac.nz


Closing date for applications: 19 January 2025 at 10pm. Please note the AUT will be closed from 18 December until 7 January. 

Reference: 90698

 At AUT we strive to be a place where people love to work and learn. We are committed to te Tiriti, excellence and inclusivity and aspire to be the University of choice for Māori and Pacific communities. We welcome people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religious and political beliefs, socio-economic situations and accessibility needs.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through the online application process. For further information, please send us an enquiry here or call 921 9499. Please note we are happy to answer your questions but we do not accept applications by email. You will need to apply through the standard registration process.


AUT University - Auckland University of Technology

Ireland, Dublin

Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Sustainable Biosystems Engineering within School of Biosystems and Food Engineering.

The UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering is a dynamic, research-driven school with a clear focus on delivering excellent teaching programmes. The school has an acknowledged international track record of research achievement across major fields including Food and Bioprocess Engineering, Biosystems Analysis and Modelling, Agricultural and Environmental Technologies, Energy and Circular Bioeconomy with Sustainability as a focal point.
The school offers the professionally accredited ME in Biosystems and Food Engineering, the MSc Eng in Food Engineering and a range of Full time and Part time taught programmes in the Circular Bioeconomy, Environmental Sustainability Implementation, Carbon Accounting and Life Cycle Analysis, Sustainable Energy and Green Technologies and Environmental Technology. The school also offers 2 year dual degree MSc Programmes in Sustainability Engineering Leadership and the MSc Food4S through international and Erasmus Mundus partnerships. The school delivers undergraduate programmes in Sustainable systems engineering and Agri -systems technology and as well as a range of life-long learning micro-credentials that can be stacked.

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) salary scale: €62,855 - €99,533 per annum
Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 16th December 2024.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.
UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.
Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below:
https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf


Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/


University College Dublin

Winchester School of Art is proud to be one of the UK’s leading art Schools and part of the world-renowned University of Southampton, a founder member of the Russell   Group of research-intensive universities. Our research-intensive environment and international student body provide a rich ground for interdisciplinary thinking and making at the nexus of art, science, technology, and culture.

Department of Fashion & Textiles

The Department of Fashion & Textiles is the school’s largest department, offering design, leadership & strategy, and marketing education, at undergraduate, taught-postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The department supports one of the largest international student communities in Europe studying fashion leadership, marketing, management, and strategy programmes, whilst sustaining a long-held reputation for the nurturing of high-level design practice and craft-based skills. 

The role 

This role is committed to preserving and enhancing our growing national and international reputation in Textile Design, encompassing both traditional heritage techniques and advanced, specialist design and technical knowledge of contemporary print design in this ever-evolving field. The primary focus of this position is to provide high-quality education that seamlessly aligns with the broader objectives of our school and the university's overall strategy.

About You

You are a highly qualified and passionate individual with a master's degree in Textile Design and knowledge of undergraduate Fashion Design, with a strong academic background and a proven track record of excellence in teaching and undertaking assessment at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. You will play a vital role in shaping the future of Textile Design education and contribute to the development of innovative learning and teaching approaches while working alongside a talented group of educators and researchers.

What we can offer you

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days, public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption, parental leave).

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/hr/services/benefits-explained/index.page

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment.

Committed to supporting our teaching and research community we are open to flexible working.  With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus for teaching duties we are open to a hybrid approach. We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and those who have taken a career break. Proud to be a founding signatory of the Athena Swan gender equality charter we hold an institutional Silver award.

If you wish to discuss the role in more detail, initially please contact the administrative lead for this position, Brigitte Mayne Reed: b.mayne-reed@soton.ac.uk


The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences is seeking an Administrator to join the Faculty Operating Service. Based in the School of Engineering, you will make an important contribution to supporting the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Successful applicants will be experienced, motivated, enthusiastic, and proactive team players who are culturally sensitive and can work effectively in a flexible and collaborative environment.

Ranked in the global top 100 and a founding member of the Russell Group, the University of Southampton is a world-leading, research-intensive university. We are proud of our strong educational offering, our award-winning research, and our global reputation for innovation and enterprise.

The Faculty Operating Service (FOS) works in partnership with the academic community, other professional services and the wider University community to support Faculties across the triple helix of education, research and enterprise and achieve ground-breaking research, and delivery of an outstanding student experience. The FOS team is the integral and embedded professional service directly involved in running and maintaining the Faculty and are key to driving continual improvements and ensuring best practice.

As a member of our busy and engaged administrative team, you will deliver a thoughtful, proactive, and efficient service. To be successful in this role you will:


	Build effective and credible working relationships and liaise confidently with your stakeholders.
	Be adaptable, flexible, proactive and a team player with strong interpersonal skills and a positive and enthusiastic approach.
	Have excellent time management and organisational skills and the ability to manage your own workload effectively to meet business requirements. 
	Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and well as up-to-date knowledge of Microsoft Office.


The University offers a generous holiday allowance and additional University closure days, with pension scheme membership, subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts. Our excellent family leave arrangements include maternity, paternity, adoption and parental. Our flexible working practices include a hybrid working model, by agreement and aligned to local business needs.

For further information about the position, email Sue Jenkins, School of Engineering Operations Manager, at s.jenkins@soton.ac.uk.

Interviews are expected to be held in the week commencing 16th December.


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