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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=lizhl@UNIMELB.EDU.AU href="mailto:lizhl@UNIMELB.EDU.AU">Liz Hamp-Lyons</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
href="mailto:LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU">LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:38 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Postdoc available</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Colleagues<BR>Below please find the text of an announcement
of a postdoc in language assessment at Hong Kong University. The
University is developing a new Centre with a focus in language assessment and is
currently engaged in several major projects in school-based assessment.
You can visit <A href="http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro" eudora="autourl"><FONT
size=3>http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro<BR></A></FONT>to view SBA-related
developments.<BR>Liz Hamp-Lyons<BR>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><B>THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG
KONG<BR></B> <BR></DIV>The University of Hong Kong is at the international
forefront of higher learning and research, with more than 100 teaching
departments and sub-divisions of studies, and more than 60 research institutes
and centres. Current enrolment includes 10,000 undergraduates and 7,000
postgraduates from 48 countries. English is the medium of instruction. The
University is committed to international standards for excellence in scholarship
and research.<BR> <BR><BR></FONT>
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<H2><B>Post-doctoral Fellow in Language Assessment<BR><BR>in the Faculty of
Education</B></H2><FONT size=3><B>(Ref.:
RF-2005/2006-139)<BR> <BR></B></DIV>Applications are invited for
appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF) in Language Assessment in the Faculty
of Education, tenable as soon as possible on or before July 31, 2006. The
appointment will be made for a period of 3 years.<BR> <BR>Language and
Communication has been designated one of the University’s constituent themes for
strategic research. To align with the University’s strategic direction,
the Faculty is launching the Centre for Language in Education and Assessment
Research* (CLEAR). Language assessment will be a major focus of the
Centre. The successful applicant should be a Ph.D. degree holder with
relevant expertise to research and publish in the field of language
assessment. In addition, expertise and/or strong interest in the following
areas would be an advantage: alternative assessment, school-based
assessment, feedback, washback, assessment innovation and change, action
research in schools. The applicant will work closely with researchers at
the Centre, and be involved in research design, data collection, analysis, and
publication as well as grant applications. In addition, he/she will
co-ordinate and liaise with international collaborators on existing and
potential joint research ventures.<BR> <BR>Appointment will be made usually
on the first point of the 4-point salary scale (which is subject to review from
time to time at the entire discretion of the University), HK$29,100, $31,860,
$34,920 and $38,285 per month. Annual leave and medical/dental benefits
will be provided.<BR> <BR>Applicants should submit a completed application
form together with a curriculum vitae, providing details of research experience,
publications, and research proposals, etc.<BR> <BR><B>Further particulars
and application forms </B>(272/302 amended) can be obtained at <A
href="https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/"
eudora="autourl"><U>https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/</A></U>; by <B>fax</B>
(2540 6735 or 2559 2058); <B>e-mail</B> (apptunit@reg.hku.hk); directly from the
Appointments Unit, Room 1001, Knowles Building; or by <B>writing</B> to the
Appointments Unit (Senior), Human Resource Section, Registry, The University of
Hong Kong, enclosing a $1.40 stamped self-addressed envelope.
<B>Interested applicants are recommended to contact Dr. Chris Davison (email:
cdavison@hku.hk) in the first instance and prior to making an application to
obtain further information. Closes <U>October 31, 2005</U></B>.
Candidates who are not contacted within 3 months of the closing date may
consider their applications unsuccessful.<BR>* Provisional title <BR>
<DIV align=center><I>The University is an equal opportunity employer and<BR>is
committed to a No-Smoking Policy<BR><U> <BR></U></I></FONT><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP></P></DIV><FONT face=Sylfaen size=2><B>Liz
Hamp-Lyons<BR><BR>Honorary Professor<BR>HOC 412, Faculty of Education<BR>The
University of Hong Kong<BR>Pokfulam<BR>HKSAR<BR>email:
lizhl@hkucc.hku.hk<BR></B></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>Website for
school-based assessment projects:</FONT><FONT size=3> <A
href="http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro"
eudora="autourl">http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro<BR><BR></A></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen
size=2><B>Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Languages<BR>Associate,
Language Testing Research Centre<BR>The University of Melbourne<BR>VIC
3010<BR>Australia<BR>email: lizhl@unimelb.edu.au <BR><BR>Special Professor
(Applied Linguistics)<BR>School of English Studies<BR>University of
Nottingham<BR>University Park, <BR>Nottingham NG7 2RD<BR>England<BR><BR>Guest
Professor<BR>Division of International Exchange and Cooperation<BR>Shanghai
Jiaotong University <BR>China<BR><BR>Editor with Bill Condon of:
<BR></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen color=#008000 size=2><U>Assessing
Writing</U></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen size=2> <BR></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen
color=#0000ff size=2><U><A href="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asw"
eudora="autourl">http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asw</A></U></FONT> <FONT
face=Sylfaen size=2><BR></B></FONT><FONT size=3>downloads: <A
href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10752935"
eudora="autourl"><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10752935<BR><BR></A></U></FONT><FONT
face=Sylfaen size=2><B>Editor with Ken Hyland of:<BR></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen
color=#008000 size=2><U>The Journal of English for Academic
Purposes</U></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen size=2> <BR></FONT><FONT face=Sylfaen
color=#0000ff size=2><U><A href="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jeap"
eudora="autourl">http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jea</A></U> <A
href="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jeap" eudora="autourl">p</A></B>
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