<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">British Sign Language Corpus Project: Postgraduate/postdoctoral research assistant</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1 year post (Ref. CPRA1a)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Grade 6/7 Range £24,403-£28,289 + £2,572 London weighting. Level and grade appointed is dependent on qualifications, skills and experience as detailed in the person specification. The post will begin in January 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The British Sign Language Corpus Project is a new project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council that aims to create a corpus (i.e., a computerised collection of annotated language recordings) of British Sign Language (BSL), and to conduct corpus-based investigations of aspects of the vocabulary, grammar and sociolinguistics of BSL. The project is led by the Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre at University College London, with co-investigators and collaborators based at Heriot-Watt University (Scotland), Queens University Belfast (Northern Ireland), the University of Bristol (England), Bangor University (Wales) and Macquarie University (Australia). You can see more information about the project at <A href="http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/news/news.html">http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/news/news.html</A> or at <A href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0709/07092101">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0709/07092101</A>.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A well-organised person with a degree in a relevant area and fluency in BSL (or a related sign language) is required to assist the project director in the day-to-day management of the BSL Corpus Project. Duties include working with deaf community fieldworkers in participant recruitment and data collection as well as assisting the project team with the management of the project digital video data and metadata.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For an application form, go to: <A href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/download_forms/job_app.doc">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/download_forms/job_app.doc</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For a copy of the job description and for informal enquiries, please contact Dr Adam Schembri (<A href="mailto:a.schembri@ucl.ac.uk">a.schembri@ucl.ac.uk</A>).</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To apply please send a completed application form, full CV and covering letter to Dr Manjula Patrick, DCAL Research Centre, 49 Gordon Square, University College London,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">London, WC1H 0PD, United Kingdom.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Email: <A href="mailto:m.patrick@ucl.ac.uk">m.patrick@ucl.ac.uk</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The application form contains a section headed 'Statement in support of your application'. In following the instructions for that section, you should ensure the information you give sets out how you satisfy the requirements of the person specification.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Closing date for applications is 31 October 2007. Interviews will be held in November, 2007.</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Adam C Schembri, PhD</DIV><DIV>Senior Research Fellow</DIV><DIV>Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre</DIV><DIV>University College London</DIV><DIV>49 Gordon Square</DIV><DIV>London WC1H 0PD</DIV><DIV>United Kingdom</DIV><DIV>Tel: +44 20 7679 8680</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>