Studentship/Teaching Assistantship

[Mick Perkins]

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

STUDENTSHIP/TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP IN LINGUISTICS

The Department of Human Communication Sciences at Sheffield is one of the
largest UK centres for education and research in communication disorders,
offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. It has ESRC +3 and
CASE recognition for research training in applied linguistics.

A graduate in linguistics, speech and language therapy, or related subjects,
is sought, to pursue research into an area of human communication sciences
for which supervision is available. The department has strong research
interests in instrumental, perceptual and acoustic phonetics; phonological
(including prosodic) development and disorders; clinical pragmatics;
conversation analysis; cognitive neuroscience of speech and language. For
details of staff research interests, see the departmental web page:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/spsu/ or the Human Communication
Sciences Graduate Prospectus, obtainable from the address below.

The successful candidate will register initially for MPhil, with the
possibility of transferring to PhD after one year. In addition, s/he will
undertake tutorial duties up to 6 hours per week during term-time, with
associated preparation and marking. This will involve backing up lectures in
linguistics and phonetics on various degree courses offered in the
department (i.e. the BMedSci Speech and MMedSci in Clinical Communication
Studies leading towards qualification as a speech and language therapist,
and the non-clinical BSc in Human Communication Sciences and MSc/Diploma in
Language and Communication Impairment in Children).

Applicants should have a bachelor's (1st or 2.1) or masters degree in
linguistics, speech and language therapy, or related subjects, with a sound
background in theoretical and descriptive linguistics.

The studentship is for 3 years, subject to an annual progress review. The
stipend, which does not attract UK income tax, is £11,000 p.a. plus
MPhil/PhD fees (home rate).  In addition, monies will be available for the
purchase of equipment relevant to the area of research.

Applicants should submit a c.v. including details of relevant courses taken
in previous degrees; an abstract of any research project(s) already
undertaken; details of any relevant teaching experience; and description of
possible PhD research topic (up to 1 side of A4).

For informal discussion you may contact Professor Bill Wells on
0114-222-2429 or Dr Mick Perkins on 0114-222-2408.

Applications should be sent in duplicate, with the names of three referees,
together with a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form to:

The Staff Recruitment Service
Department of Human Resources - Personnel Services
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
SHEFFIELD
S10 2TN

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 23rd July 2002, with interviews
likely to take place during week commencing 29th July 2002.


Dr Mick Perkins
Reader in Clinical Linguistics
Department of Human Communication Sciences
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
UK

Tel: (+44) (0)114 2222408
Fax: (+44) (0)114 2730547
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/spsu/academics/perkins_mick.html