<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi Hon, This is a possibility for the future... THought you might be interested in the direction this school is going with its assessment. XO LL<BR>
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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 </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><A HREF="http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro">http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro
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Liz Hamp-Lyons<BR>
<B>THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG<BR>
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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>
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<B>Post-doctoral Fellow in Language Assessment<BR>
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in the Faculty of Education</B><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>(Ref.: RF-2005/2006-139)<BR>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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Applicants should submit a completed application form together with a curriculum vitae, providing details of research experience, publications, and research proposals, etc.<BR>
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<B>Further particulars and application forms </B>(272/302 amended) can be obtained at <A HREF="https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/">https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/</A>; 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</B></U>. Candidates who are not contacted within 3 months of the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful.<BR>
* Provisional title <BR>
<I>The University is an equal opportunity employer and<BR>
is committed to a No-Smoking Policy<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Liz Hamp-Lyons<BR>
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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>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B>Website for school-based assessment projects:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <A HREF="http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro">http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro
</A><B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><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>
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Special Professor (Applied Linguistics)<BR>
School of English Studies<BR>
University of Nottingham<BR>
University Park, <BR>
Nottingham NG7 2RD<BR>
England<BR>
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Guest Professor<BR>
Division of International Exchange and Cooperation<BR>
Shanghai Jiaotong University <BR>
China<BR>
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Editor with Bill Condon of: <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><U>Assessing Writing</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></U> <BR>
<A HREF="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asw">http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asw</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B>downloads: <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10752935">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10752935
</A><B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Editor with Ken Hyland of:<BR>
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