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[Morgan, Gary]

DCAL CENTRE, UCL, LONDON - 6 RESEARCH POSTS

DCAL (Deaf studies, cognition and language) is a major new research centre
funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK. The Centre comprises
a series of thematically linked research projects on sign language
linguistics, language processing, face-to-face communication, language
development, atypical sign language, and the deaf individual and the
community. The Centre will be launched in January 2006 and over the first
five years of its existence we will establish a team of 15-20 researchers,
research students and support staff. The following positions are available
to start in January 2006 or as soon as possible thereafter. Additional posts
and studentships will be advertised in Spring 2006.

 

Senior Researcher - 5 years initially

Grade and Salary: RA2/3 Point 15 - £34,890 including London Allowance 

This is a key post, with responsibility for the day-to-day management and
oversight of research activities across all five research groups in the
Centre. The Senior Researcher will be a member of the Centre Management
team. The person appointed to this post will come from one of the
contributory disciplines of the Centre, and will have substantial
post-doctoral experience in sign language and deaf studies research. You
will also have opportunities to develop your own lines of research, with
support in applying for research grants; contribute to the research
activities of one or more of the research groups according to your
interests; and supervise research students. Informal enquiries to Prof B
Woll b.woll at ucl.ac.uk (Ref RA12).

 

Post-grad/Post-doc linguist/psycholinguist - 2 year post

Grade and Salary: RA1A Point 7 - £25,582 including London Allowance

The researcher will undertake basic descriptive work on BSL morphology and
syntax, and develop a BSL assessment battery for use with native and
non-native signers. Informal enquiries to Prof B Woll b.woll at ucl.ac.uk (Ref
RA1)

 

Post-doc speech and language therapist/psycholinguist - 2 year post

Grade and Salary: RA1A Point 10 - £28,870 including London weighting

The researcher will work full-time on the development of a speechreading
test for deaf children. Pilot work on this project has already been
completed. The post holder will also contribute to assessment of language
and hearing skills in deaf volunteers. Informal enquiries to Prof R Campbell
r.campbell at ucl.ac.uk (Ref RA3) 

 

Post-doc psychologist/psycholinguist - 4 year post

Grade & Salary: RA1A Point 9 - £27,965 including London weighting

The researcher will carry out behavioural research in the area of language
processing in British Sign Language and English, including recruiting
participants, preparing experimental materials, designing, conducting and
analysing experiments. Informal enquiries to Prof G Vigliocco
g.vigliocco at ucl.ac.uk (Ref RA6)

 

Post-doc psychologist/linguist/psycholinguist - 4 year post

Grade and Salary: RA1A Point 9 - £27,965 including London weighting

The researcher will undertake norming studies, contribute to the design,
conduct and reporting of language processing experiments, and contribute to
work on sign language development and/or atypical signing. The post-holder
must have native or near-native skills in any sign language. Informal
enquiries to Dr G Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk (Ref RA7)

 

Interpreter/Researcher - 5 years initially (50% contract)

Grade and Salary: RA2 Point 12 - £31,229 including London weighting
(pro-rata)

The post of Interpreter-Researcher combines coordination of interpreting
services in DCAL for Deaf and hearing Centre staff, students and visitors,
with opportunities to collaborate with the five research groups in the
centre, developing your own lines of research and applying for research
grants. Where appropriate, you will supervise research students in your
field of interest. Informal enquiries to Prof B Woll b.woll at ucl.ac.uk (Ref
IR)

 

Job and person descriptions for all the posts, together with downloadable
application forms, can be found on
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/HCS/vacancies/DCAL/>

 

 

Bencie Woll, BA, MA, PhD

Chair of Sign Language and Deaf Studies

Department of Human Communication Science

University College London

Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street

London WC1N 1PF

+44 20 7679 4057 (voice)

+44 7713 0861 (fax)

 

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