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JOIN THE OU AS IT BUILDS ON 30 YEARS OF SUCCESS
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Chair, Senior Lectureships/Lectureships in Computing 
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The Open University is making a strategic investment in Computing to create
a focus for academic excellence.  We wish to attract productive and
enthusiastic academics to enhance our research and extend our teaching
provision to create a broader range of courses for our highly motivated
adult students.

This is an exciting opportunity to participate in global distance education
and research in an institution committed to quality and growth.  Our course
Computing: an object-oriented approach was approved by the Design Council
as a Millennium Product.

We offer you:

*	the chance to join an ambitious expanding Department of Computing that
teaches over 8,000 undergraduates and 4,500 postgraduates each year - more
than any other UK university
*	strong encouragement for your research, internal research funding
opportunities and excellent support for external funding bids 
*	the opportunity to collaborate extensively across discipline boundaries
*	extensive technological resources to support your teaching ideas (most  
of
our students are networked)
*	the opportunity to innovate in teaching at all levels
*	good flexible study leave provision

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Chair in Computing
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The Professor of Computing will have an excellent record of research
publication and of teaching at a range of levels, academic leadership
qualities (proven or potential), and a vision for our curriculum
development.  You will:

*	have the opportunity to build up a strong research team in your area and
in other areas of Computing
*	lead the current expansion of our undergraduate and postgraduate
curriculum in Computing
*	inspire colleagues in research and teaching
*	attract external research funding
*	work effectively across discipline boundaries
*	develop links with industry and commerce
*	lead developments in on-line teaching
*	contribute to policy-making at Faculty level
Closing date for applications:  31st March 2000

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Lecturers in Computing/Senior Lecturers
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We are appointing up to four permanent Lecturers (if you have appropriate
qualifications and experience you may be appointed to a Senior Lectureship)
to conduct research and teaching in:
*	software project management
*	software engineering
*	object-oriented technology
*	distributed computing
*	databases
*	multimedia systems
*	software systems, operating systems
or in closely related areas, as appropriate.  We hope that at least one
post will be in the area of project management.

If you are finishing your PhD in these or related areas, we would give you
time to complete your thesis.

Closing date for applications:  7th April 2000

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We are happy to consider joint applications of groups of academics who wish
to work together in these or related areas in Computing, if each individual
meets our person specification.  

For further information on these posts and an application form, please
contact The Recruitment Secretary, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing,
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK (Tel: +44 -
(0)1908-654161; email:  [log in to unmask]); please specify whether
you are enquiring about the chair or the other posts. 

The Professorial salary will be not less than £36,401, according to
experience and qualifications.   The Lecturer salary will be between
£17,238 and £30,065 - or exceptionally up to £33,593.  The Senior Lecturer
salary will be between £31,563 and £35,560.

Disabled applicants whose skills and experience meet the requirements of
the job will be interviewed. Please let us know if you need your copy of
the further particulars in large print, on computer disk, or on
audio-cassette tape. Hearing impaired persons may make enquiries on Milton
Keynes (01908) 654901 (Minicom answerphone).

The University offers a wide range of jobs with excellent training and
career development opportunities.  We actively promote equal opportunities
in education and employment and welcome applications from all sections of
the community. 

Equal Opportunity is University Policy.
http://watt.open.ac.uk/personnel/emp/pr.htm

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