The School of Arts & Humanities is committed to supporting innovation and rewarding excellence. To celebrate the creation of a series of unique interdisciplinary programmes which combine cutting-edge expertise with fresh intellectual perspectives, the School has created a scholarship for each of its new programmes.
•MA Theatre & Performance Studies
•MA Nineteenth Century Studies
•MA Creative Cities
•MA Digital Culture & Society
•MA Ethical Leadership
•MA International Political Economy
Scholarship Application Deadline:15 June 2011

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Study Subject: Various field of Engineering and Technology
Employer: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Level: Undergraduate
Scholarship Description: Scholarships are only available for accredited courses at UK universities. International students who are or who will be studying in the UK are welcome to apply.
-You must supply full, correct details of your selected university (e.g. ‘Manchester Metropolitan’, not ‘MMU’), degree type and course title (e.g. ‘BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering’) and the UCAS code for your course (e.g. H600). If you are not sure of any of these, please check with the university. Applications with incomplete or incorrect course details will not be accepted.
-Date of commencement is the month and year you started or propose to start the degree course (not including foundation years).
-If you are not already at university, please scan and send any documentation from UCAS or your chosen university which confirms registration on your degree course.
-If you do not require a visa to study in the UK, you may apply for an undergraduate scholarship for degree courses starting in 2011. If you have not yet applied to universities and are applying for a scholarship to start in 2011, you must still complete the full details of the degree course for which you intend to apply, in order to enable the Panel to make an in-principle decision.
School/6th form /FE college:
-If your exam results are not available, please insert provisional results onto the form and mark them as provisional.
-Note for international students on UK school qualifications:
-GCSE: usually taken at age 15/16
-‘AS’ Level: usually taken at age 16/17
-‘A’ Level: usually taken in the final year of school at age 17/18, equivalent to US graduation, International Baccalaureate, etc.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 June 2011

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Ref. 16245
School of Chemistry

A 24 month fixed-term post-doctoral position is available from September 2011 in Professor Varinder Aggarwal’s laboratory. You will carry out research in collaboration with the group of Professor Varinder Aggarwal. The primary research responsibilities will be in the development of synthetic methods associated with making epoxides, boronic esters and other organometallic reagents and their applications in synthesis of complex molecules including spiro-acetals. This will require a deep understanding of the processes involved for a successful outcome.

You will have excellent opportunities to develop supervisory, written, teaching and organisational skills and therefore this post provides ideal training for a career in industry or academia. Duties may also include helping with the training and supervision of PhD and final year project students. You will also have the opportunity to carry out other teaching as agreed with the Head of School (Professor T C Gallagher) and the Head of the Organic and Biological Chemistry Section (Professor TJ Simpson). You will be expected to have a PhD in Organic Chemistry or have submitted your thesis by the start date.

If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or a permanent contract depending on the extent of your previous relevant research experience. Further information can be found at www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc

Grade: Level a in Pathway 2
Salary: £29,972

Contact for informal enquiries:
Professor V K Agarwal v.aggarwal@bristol.ac.uk@bristol.ac.uk Tel. 0117 954 6315

Timescale of appointment :
Contract: Fixed Term Contract two years
Anticipated start date: 01 September 2011
Closing date for applications: 9.00 am on 16 May 2011

Further information:

• More information about the job (16245fds.doc)
• The Department
• The University of Bristol
• Benefits of working at the University of Bristol
• Information about the University’s Positive Work Environment

Application process:
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Study Subject: Biological Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry
Employer: The University of Cambridge
Level: Postdoctoral
Scholarship Description: The Department of Chemistry is looking to support individuals of outstanding merit and potential who might wish to apply for one of the following research fellowships to be held in the Department from October 2012:
Royal Society University Research Fellowship
EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship
BBSRC David Philips Fellowship
NERC Advanced Research Fellowship
Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship
The EoI should include a cover letter, indicating which of the Department’s five research themes best encompasses their research field  a CV, publications list, and a one page research statement summarising research plans and resource requirements.  Applicants must also arrange for a letter of support from a member of the Department’s academic staff to be sent independently by the same date.  Late applications will not be considered. We intend to draw up a short-list of around ten applicants covering all fellowship schemes by the end of June 2011.  Those short-listed will be invited to visit the Department on July 20th to give a research seminar and meet members of academic staff.  Applicants will be advised shortly after whether their application will be supported by the Department, and to which fellowship scheme they can apply. Much of this procedure will necessarily take place before calls for proposals have been announced by sponsors, but the timescale is determined by the likelihood of the earliest submission dates being in August and the need to give applicants enough time to prepare their applications and receive feedback.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 May 2011

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Ref. 16233
Department of Aerospace Engineering

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher with an excellent reputation in industrial collaboration to a Chair/Full Professorship in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. The Department, which is well supported with laboratory and computing resources in the Faculty of Engineering and closely linked with Airbus and other industry, enjoys a high international standing in teaching and research and attracts top calibre students.

As the new Chair you will have the vision, enthusiasm and personal skills to lead research and teaching, to champion the aerospace discipline in the University, and to originate, develop and communicate innovative ideas in the integration of aerospace sub-disciplines. In addition to inspired teaching and leadership, the successful candidate will be required to establish a team that will work with Airbus to demonstrate relevant research and technology areas and drive these forward into industrial practice, with an emphasis on high-level wing architecture. The role will incorporate strategic input at Airbus, including contributions to the Airbus Wing Strategy Board.

In this role you will help to shape the future of the Department and Faculty by developing strategy and building effective partnerships with university colleagues and industrial and other stakeholders within the UK and internationally. Preference will be given to candidates whose expertise is aligned with the Faculty of Engineering’s research strategy and is relevant to current and future aircraft wing development, and those who can lead a highly successful strategic relationship with Airbus.

The closing date is likely to be towards mid/end of May 2011, with further timescales to be confirmed but possibly to include interviews in mid/end of July 2011.

Grade: Level e in Pathway 1
Salary: Professorial salary. To be determined on appointment

Contact for informal enquiries:
Dr Mark Lowenberg m.lowenberg@bristol.ac.uk Tel. +44 (0)117 331 5555
Professor Alan Champneys a.r.champneys@bristol.ac.uk Tel. +44 (0) 117 331 5643

Timescale of appointment :
Contract: Permanent
Closing date for applications: 9.00 am on 24 May 2011

Further information:

• More information about the job (16233fds.rtf)
• The Department
• The University of Bristol
• Benefits of working at the University of Bristol
• Information about the University’s Positive Work Environment

Application process:
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Ref. 16269
Department of Aerospace Engineering

Two Postdoctoral Research Assistant Posts:
Optimization for Air Traffic Management

You will be the primary researcher on one of two projects developing optimization methods for use in Air Traffic Management (ATM). The first project is “Supervision of Route Optimizers” (SUPEROPT) and will focus on tailoring trajectory optimization to suit human supervision, developing formulations and interfaces that are intuitive to use and interpret. The other project is “Probabilistic Network Based Operations ATM R&D” (ONBOARD) and will investigate how to include uncertainty in large scale models of air traffic flow, leading to robust optimization and control of that flow.

Both of these projects are part of the Long Term and Innovative Research (WP E) package within the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme. SUPEROPT is led and carried out by the University of Bristol alone. ONBOARD is led by GMV and in collaboration with SkySoft-ATM. Both projects will involve collaboration with EUROCONTROL and SESAR.

You will be based in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bristol, supervised by Dr. Arthur Richards. Bristol is at the heart of the UK’s aerospace industry and the Department performs world-leading research in various relevant topics, including control and dynamics, fluid dynamics and advanced composites. In particular, you will be working in a group researching advanced control and planning methods for aerospace, including autonomy and control for spacecraft, Unmanned Air Vehicles, and air traffic.

You will be educated to PhD level or equivalent, with a strong background in numerical modelling and optimization. Furthermore, you will have practical experience of applying optimization, including strong algorithm development and programming skills. Experience of trajectory optimization or air traffic applications would be an advantage for either project. Familiarity with human-machine interfacing would be beneficial for SUPEROPT, but not essential. In addition to the research itself, you will be expected to contribute to, and sometimes lead, writing research papers, grant proposals, conference presentations and demonstrations.

For more information, see:

• Dr. Richards’ web site at seis.bris.ac.uk/~aeagr
• The SESAR WPE website at www.sesarju.eu/programme/workpackages/wpe

Both posts are fixed-term for 15 months starting June 2011 (SUPEROPT) or September 2011 (ONBOARD).

Grade: Level a in Pathway 2
Salary: £29,972

Contact for informal enquiries:
Dr A G Richards arthur.richards@bristol.ac.uk Tel. 0117 331 5534

Timescale of appointment :
Contract: Fixed Term Contract 15 months
Closing date for applications: 9.00 am on 23 May 2011

Further information:

• More information about the job (16269fds.doc)
• The Department
• The University of Bristol
• Benefits of working at the University of Bristol
• Information about the University’s Positive Work Environment

Application process:
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Job Description
We are now inviting applications for the post of Systems Administration/Software Engineer to join the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) located on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK.

The post holder will be required to maintain the software infrastructure that supports the PDBe Oracle databases, Apache web resources and software installations, as well as to carry out some programming tasks. The successful candidate will work closely with two colleagues in a similar role and provide support to members of our inter-disciplinary and international team of scientists and developers. Specific tasks include:

• Managing weekly production updates via data workflows
• Maintaining Python/Apache web servers
• Maintaining software installations of Python, Perl etc.
• Trouble-shooting infrastructure problems on a day-to-day basis
• Creating and deploying methods to improve PDBe systems and data quality

The Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe; pdbe.org) is a partner in the wwPDB organisation (wwpdb.org) that maintains the single, worldwide archive of biomacromolecular structure data, the Protein Data Bank (PDB). Together with its partner organisations (RCSB, PDBj and BMRB) PDBe accepts and processes depositions of such data. In addition, PDBe provides advanced services, using modern database technology, that build on the data held in the PDB and in the other biological data resources at the EBI.

The EBI, part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), is a world-leading bioinformatics centre providing biological data to the scientific community with expertise in data storage, analysis and representation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a leading bioinformatics centre. The EBI offers competitive salaries and benefits as well as excellent opportunities for further professional and personal development.

For further information please visit www.ebi.ac.uk

Qualifications and Experience
The applicant will hold a degree in Computer Science and have a proven record in software development of more than 2 years. Experience of maintaining software infrastructure, including web-server machines is highly desirable. The ideal candidate will have experience with relational databases (Oracle) and some knowledge of biosciences would be an advantage.

The post holder will have to be able to meet deadlines and to work independently while interacting extensively with other members of the PDBe Team.

Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills as well as excellent knowledge of English are therefore required.

Application Instructions
Please apply online through www.embl.org/jobs

Additional Information
EMBL is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation.

Note that special visa requirements apply to employees from non EU countries working at EMBL-EBI in the UK. The period of work does not qualify for the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme.

Institute of Child Health
University College London
30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH

Job reference: 1184977

This post has been created with the support of a new grant awarded by the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association for a multi-disciplinary study of optimal perimetric testing strategies in children (OPTIC). This project establishes a new collaborative research grouping between the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital. The post provides a good opportunity for post-doctoral training and experience in the area of ophthalmic epidemiology.

To find out more about the post, please contact Prof Jugnoo Rahi, telephone 020 7905 2250 or j.rahi@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Further information about the UCL Institute of Child Health can be found on our website www.ich.ucl.ac.uk

Full UCL terms and conditions for Academic staff visit www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/salary_scales/academic_tcs.php

Further particulars to this post can be found at: atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5041178&ownertype=fair&jcode=1184977

Study Subject: Buildability Problems Diagnosis System
Employer: The University of Central Lancashire
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description: Applications are invited for a full-time scholarship available in the School of Built & Natural Environment. The scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only. UK/EU applicants are not eligible to apply. The scholarship will provide £15000 towards the cost of the International tuition fee over 3 years.
This project is based on the growing interest for reductions rework in construction projects in order to increase efficiency, minimise delays and impact on the environment. The direct costs of rework in construction often accounts to between 5% -15% of the total costs and as 30% of the activities in construction projects and it is recognised that site teams spend disproportionate time and effort making designs work in practice. The occurrence of rework in construction is usually the result of correcting inadequately implemented activities or processes. Buildability is widely considered as one of the main causes of reworks in construction industry. Accurately assessing the buildability of a design can be a significant challenge. The current manual process is time-consuming, prone to error and does not precisely identify the cost implications of buildability issues. This can lead to substantial inefficiencies and errors, going undetected or unnoticed, causing issues in the delivery process and spiralling costs.
The aim of the proposed project is to develop an automated system for diagnosing buildability problems at design stage to solve them before it reaches the site team to avoid rework and delays. To achieve this aim a number of objectives have to be met. These objectives:
- Investigate key buildability problems and their nature (interface problems, assembly problems, compatibility problems etc)
-Developing framework for buildability problems diagnosis.
- Developing bespoke automated buildability diagnosis system.
- Evaluate, using appropriate examples, the effectiveness of the proposed framework and buildability diagnosis system.
The project has four main activities – critical analysis and better understand of buildability problems at the design and construction stages and their impact on rework, the development of a framework for identifying these problems, the development of a bespoke automated system for identifying buildability problems during the design stage, and development of a prototype and system evaluation.
Eligibility: Applicants should have, or expect to receive a qualification equivalent to a high class UK honours degree.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 13 May 2011

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Study Subject: Children as Evaluators of Educational Technology
Employer: The University of Central Lancashire
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description: Applications are invited for a full-time scholarship available in the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences. The scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only. UK/EU applicants are not eligible to apply. The scholarship will provide £15000 towards the cost of the International tuition fee over 3 years. This is an opportunity to complete a PhD with the Child Computer Interaction Group (ChiCI group) at the University of Central Lancashire. Child Computer Interaction is a field within Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and the ChiCI Group at UCLan is an international leader in the design and evaluation of children’s technology.
This is a full time PhD opportunity working within a dynamic and innovative research group. This project aims to investigate whether older children can evaluate educational technology designed for younger children if given appropriate tools. This is broken down into 3 research questions:
-To what extent can older children evaluate educational technology for younger children?
-What methods are suitable to use?
- What constructs can be evaluated by children?

Scholarship Application Deadline: 13 May 2011

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