job: Leadership Chair for 'Language at Leeds', University of Leeds, UK

[Maria Kambanaros]

FYI

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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Cecile De Cat <C.DeCat at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:

> The School of Modern Languages and Cultures is seeking an exceptional
> leader who combines internationally leading research and innovation with an
> outstanding record in student education for the position of Chair for
> 'Language at Leeds', as part of a £23m investment in academic leadership at
> the University of Leeds (see www.universityofleedschairs.**co.uk<http://www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk/>
> )
>
> This new appointment, located in the School of Modern Languages and
> Cultures, will have a subject specialism in the broad field of linguistics
> in order to lead and develop the new Faculty-based strategic Language at
> Leeds initiative (see below) with the aim of building on substantial
> existing successes and making Leeds an international leader in
> language-related research, scholarship and teaching. The structures of this
> initiative will bring together and enhance language studies in the School
> (the largest of its kind in the country), in the Faculty (notably English
> Language) and in the wider University (including Computing and Education).
> Within the School, this will particularly involve staff in Linguistics &
> Phonetics, Translation Studies and the Language Centre.
>
> Most importantly, the successful candidate will bring substantial
> experience in academic leadership and a clear vision for how the potential
> of the Language at Leeds initiative may be realised. The role will
> therefore require outstanding leadership and team skills and the ability to
> encourage and develop interdisciplinary links between colleagues in the
> different academic areas.
>
> The successful candidate will also have an excellent record in research
> and student education at all levels, demonstrating both a broad
> understanding of the fields of linguistics and language study in general,
> and an outstanding research record in a specialism that will complement and
> dovetail with current research within Linguistics & Phonetics and/or
> Translation studies. A strong commitment to interdisciplinarity should also
> be demonstrated. The Chair is expected to enhance existing research into
> language in the School and to foster research collaboration within language
> studies across the University, while also making an innovative contribution
> to teaching on relevant School-level undergraduate and postgraduate
> programmes and supporting cross-School scholarship activities.
>
> Preliminary enquiries about the post should be directed to our retained
> consultancy firm, Perrett Laver on +44 (0)207 340 6200.  To download
> further particulars about the role please visit www.perrettlaver.com,
> quoting reference number 0995/8.  Deadline for receipt of applications:
> 15th June 2012.
>
>
> Language at Leeds
> Language at Leeds is a recently articulated initiative that brings
> together the study of language, both in terms of teaching and research.
> Within this, the Language at Leeds Research Hub aims to link up existing
> research groups from the Faculties of Arts, Engineering, Medicine and
> Health, and Education and provide them with (i) a coherent outward-facing
> identity with the potential to make Leeds an internationally recognised
> centre of excellence for the study of language, (ii) centralised research
> support (within the Faculty of Arts) to better enable the incremental
> growth of expertise, (iii) the infrastructure necessary to enable more and
> better inter-disciplinary research.
>
> The Chair will be expected to develop further the Language at Leeds
> Research Hub within the proposed framework and in conjunction with the team
> that define it (comprising the research directors from Linguistics &
> Phonetics, the Centre for Translation Studies, the language group of the
> School of English, and the Director of the Language, Linguistics &
> Translation research group within the School of Modern Languages and
> Cultures).
>
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