26.4017, Jobs: Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Lecturer, University of Birmingham (UK)

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Subject: 26.4017, Jobs: Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Lecturer, University of Birmingham (UK)

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:22:44
From: Jeannette Littlemore [j.m.littlemore at bham.ac.uk]
Subject: Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Lecturer, University of Birmingham (UK), West Midlands, United Kingdom

 
University or Organization: University of Birmingham (UK) 
Department: English Language and Applied Linguistics
Job Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/index.aspx
Job Title: Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics (Permanent position)
Job Rank: Lecturer; Permanent post, equivalent to Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 


Description:

The University of Birmingham wishes to appoint a permanent Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics with effect from 1st January 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.  We seek someone who will make an outstanding contribution to the research profile of the Department and will be able to teach across a wide range of modules.

As a Lecturer, the post holder will create and disseminate knowledge by initiating and conducting original research, publishing in their area of research expertise, and developing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.  We are particularly interested in recruiting someone working on Construction Grammar using corpus linguistic methods.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required

Essential
- A PhD in a related field
- Excellent publications record demonstrated by existing and forthcoming
publications
- A growing reputation for research in cognitive linguistics
- Experience of teaching in this area of specialism
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent IT skills in Microsoft Office
- Skills in managing, motivating and counselling colleagues and students
- Ability to design, deliver, assess and revise teaching programmes

Desirable

- Ability to attract research funding
- Experience of postgraduate supervision
- Teaching or research-related administrative experience in a university context 

Post Number: 30285 
A full job description can be found here: http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/jd/30285.pdf


Application Deadline: 06-Oct-2015 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://www.bham.ac.uk/jobs 
Contact Information:
	Professor Jeannette Littlemore 
	Email: j.m.littlemore at bham.ac.uk 


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