Applications are invited from candidates with a primary research interest and proven research and teaching record in the History of the English Language. An additional interest in bibliography and/or corpus-based historical linguistics would be an advantage. The Department would like to appoint someone who will help to bridge the literature and language interests in the Department, and the successful candidate will be expected to contribute fully to the teaching of literature as well as language.

Appointment will be at an appropriate point of the Lecturer A scale (UCL grade 7, GBP 31,685-£34,624 + GBP 2,714 London Allowance). The appointment will start in October 2008.

The UCL English Department was awarded an ‘Excellent’ grade in the 1994 Teaching Quality Assessment, and a 5*A in the 1996 and 2002 Research Assessment Exercises.

Candidates should send a copy of their c.v., the names and contact details of two referees, a covering letter, and completed equal opportunities form, by e-mail to Kathryn Metzenthin, Department Administrator, k.metzenthin@ucl.ac.uk by the closing date. Applicants should ask their referees to submit references direct to the department by the closing date.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 31 January 2008.

Shortlisting will take place on 8 February 2008. Interviews will be held on Friday 7 March 2008. Those invited to attend for interview will be asked to submit a short piece of written work by 19 February.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/about/vacancies.htm#language

Postdoctoral Researcher

The changing verb phrase in present-day British English.

Applications are invited for the post above which is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and tenable for three years, starting 1 September 2007.

Applicants must have a PhD in (English) Linguistics, preferably with a specialisation in historical linguistics. A knowledge of statistics and corpus linguistic methodology is an advantage.

The salary (to be confirmed) is GBP26,666 + a London Allowance of GBP2,572 Closing date for applications: Tuesday 3 July 2007 Interviews will take place on Thursday 12 July 2007.

You must normally be permitted to work in the UK.

Please send three copies of your application containing a statement in support of your application, a CV and two full references (not names) to the address below. References may be sent under separate cover by referees.

Emailed or faxed applications are not acceptable, unless there are special circumstances.

We regret that we are not able to acknowledge receipt of applications. We will only contact you in case you are shortlisted.

For further details of the project see:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/projects/verb-phrase/index.htm

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