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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">I tried to CC this message</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">to infochildes yesterday</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">t appears not to have gone through</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">, but my apologies if you have already received it. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">There will soon be an opening for a</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">permanent</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Lectureship</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> in the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">, UK</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Researchers from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> any area of Psychology</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">are welcome to apply</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">but obviously ce</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">rt</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">ain members of the Language and Cognitive Development group (including myself) have a vested interest in attracting a re</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">searcher in language development.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">We have recently refurbished the child development lab</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">and have set up a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">volunteer</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">database of parent</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">of children aged 0-6 years (see</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.plymouthbabylab.org/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://www.plymouthbabylab.org/</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">babylab</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> includes head turn preference</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">infant</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">ERP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">and</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">e</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Prime</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">facilities and we hope to set up a preferential-looking lab soon.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">We have good techn</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">ical support from five technicians, who are experienced in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">working with audio-visual editing and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">programming psycholinguistic experiments.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> The department has also recently been given a large amount of money to re</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">novate</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">and refurbish</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">all the labs</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">. This should take place over</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> the next year.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">The School of Psychology</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">rated</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">as 5</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the last research evaluation</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">(RAE 2001), putting us amongst the best in the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">UK</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">It is a very internation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">al</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> department</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">at least half the academic staff</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> originally from outside the UK (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">e.g.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">USA, Canada, Germany, France, Israel,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Spain, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> etc.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> and international applicants are encouraged to apply</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">We plan to advertise on the web (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.jobs.ac.uk/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">www.jobs.ac.uk</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">), with a closing date of 25</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><SUP></SUP><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> June, and an interview date of July 16</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><SUP></SUP><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> /</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">17</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><SUP></SUP><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Arial">However, t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">he person would have to be contracted to us on 31</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><SUP></SUP><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">st</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> October</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">, so I would encourage those interested to mail me a CV (including publication</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">, presentations and grants), which I can bring to the attention of the Head of Department</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">Kirsten</FONT></SPAN></P>
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