<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for any cross postings.</div><div><br></div><div>The job vacancy at The Open University as detailed below may be of interest to some colleagues or someone that you know. The job website is here: <a href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=7385">http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=7385</a> </div>
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<tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p class="" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px"><b>Professor in Languages; Department of Languages, Faculty of Education and Language Studies</b></p>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px"><b>Based in Milton Keynes</b></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px">
<b>From £60,971 (subject to negotiation)</b></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px">circulation date : 21/11/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px">closing date : 19/12/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px">
The Open University is the largest academic institution in the UK, and is consistently ranked among the top universities for the quality of its teaching and research. It is committed to widening participation in higher education and fosters research teams who compete with top-ranked institutions worldwide.<br>
<br>The Department of Languages is seeking to appoint someone with a significant track record of research and teaching in the area of language teaching and learning.<br><br>We take a broad approach to this academic area, with research covering topics such as technology enhanced language learning and teaching, intercultural communication, Open Educational Resources, socio-cultural theories in the context of language learning or plurilingualism.<br>
You will contribute to our research and teaching, and will provide strong academic leadership to a talented team of academic staff.<br><br>You should have an outstanding publications record, demonstrable ability to attract external research funding, evidence of research leadership and the ability to motivate and inspire others.</p>
<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,'sans serif';font-size:0.8em;margin:0px">More details can be found here: <a href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=7385">http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=7385</a> </p>
</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>-----------------------------</div>Dr Prithvi Shrestha<br>
Lecturer in ELT | Department of Languages<br>Faculty of Education and Language Studies | The Open University | Milton Keynes MK7 6AA | United Kingdom<br>Direct line: +44(0) 1908 654265<br>Work details: <a href="http://fels-staff.open.ac.uk/p.n.shrestha" target="_blank">http://fels-staff.open.ac.uk/p.n.shrestha</a> <br>
Projects: English in Action (Bangladesh), TESS-India (India), Formative Assessment (UK)<br>Research: <a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pns52.html" target="_blank">http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pns52.html</a>  <div>
Academia.edu: <a href="http://open.academia.edu/PrithviShrestha" target="_blank">http://open.academia.edu/PrithviShrestha</a> </div><div>Joint Coordinator, IATEFL ESP SIG: <a href="http://espsig.iatefl.org" target="_blank">http://espsig.iatefl.org </a></div>
<div>Editor-in-Chief: Journal of NELTA <a href="http://nepjol.info/index.php/NELTA/index" target="_blank">http://nepjol.info/index.php/NELTA/index</a>  </div></div></div>
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