23.2274, Jobs: General Ling; Phonetics: Leadership Chair/Full Professor, U of Leeds

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Subject: 23.2274, Jobs: General Ling; Phonetics: Leadership Chair/Full Professor, U of Leeds

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:13
From: Perrett Laver Consultant [mail at perrettlaver.com]
Subject: General Linguistics; Phonetics: Leadership Chair/Full Professor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: University of Leeds 
Department: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Job Location: Leeds, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/smlc
Job Rank: Full Professor  

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Phonetics; Translation 

Description:

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.

This new appointment will have subject specialism within the broad 
area of linguistics in order to lead and develop the new Faculty-
based strategic Language at Leeds initiative 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 should be directed to our retained consultancy 
firm at the contact information below. To download further particulars 
about the role please visit the application URL below, quoting 
reference number 0995/8. For additional information regarding the 
University's announcement and details regarding the application 
procedure, please visit: http://www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk/mlc-
corpus-linguistics.php.

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 and Phonetics, the Centre for Translation Studies, the 
Language Group of the School of English, and the Director of the 
Language, Linguistics and Translation research group within the 
School of Modern Languages and Cultures).

Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2012 

Email Address for Applications: mail at perrettlaver.com 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.perrettlaver.com 
Contact Information:
	Perrett Laver Consultant 
	Email: mail at perrettlaver.com 
	Phone: +44 (0)207 340 6200 

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