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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:17.3pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">The Open University is seeking to appoint two highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associates with a passion and aptitude for research and an openness to acquiring new methods.
 The post holders will work on the</span><span style="color:#4D4D4D"> project <a href="https://www.emieurope.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0E56A7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">English as Medium of Instruction in European Higher Education:
 Challenges and Opportunities for Europe and the UK</span></a>, </span><span style="color:black">funded by the</span><span style="color:#4D4D4D"> <a href="http://wels.open.ac.uk/news/new-research-funding-explore-why-european-universities-are-teaching-english" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0E56A7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">UKRI
 Future Leaders Fellowship</span></a> </span><span style="color:black">scheme and led by</span><span style="color:#4D4D4D"> <a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/people/akh235" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0E56A7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Professor
 Anna Kristina Hultgren</span></a>. </span><span style="color:black">The posts offer a unique opportunity for an intellectually curious and driven researcher to apply their existing skills as well as receiving intensive training in the project methods.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Please see the full advert and job description
<a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/about/employment/vacancies/post-doctoral-research-associates-x-2-18464" target="_blank">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kristina<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/people/akh235"><span lang="SV" style="color:#2F5496">Anna
 Kristina Hultgren</span></a></span></b><span lang="SV" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> (DPhil Oxon, MA Copenhagen, Cert LSE, SFHEA)</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Future Leaders Fellow</span></a> | Professor of Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Open University | Stuart Hall Building | Walton Hall | Milton Keynes MK7 6AA | UK<br>
<b>+44 (0) 1908 654 734 | <a href="mailto:kristina.hultgren@open.ac.uk"><span style="color:#2F5496">kristina.hultgren@open.ac.uk</span></a> |
<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk"><span style="color:#2F5496">www.open.ac.uk</span></a></b></span><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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