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University of London INSTITUTE OF ROMANCE STUDIES (SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY) THREE RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSTS Each 0.5 fte Salary £ £9,743 + £1,067 London Weighting (Pro-rata of £19,486 + £2,134 ) The three 0.5 fte postholders will be employed from 1 February 2002 for one year, to produce web-based materials for postgraduate research training in the Romance Languages. This project, which forms part of the HEFCE-funded 'Collaboration in Research' programme of the University Council of Modern Languages, is coordinated by the Institute of Romance Studies (School of Advanced Study, University of London), in collaboration with the School of Modern Languages at Queen Mary, University of London and the Joint Research Training Programme in Italian at Royal Holloway, University of London/University College London/University of Reading. One postholder will work on French materials under the supervision of Prof. Michael Moriarty, Queen Mary, University of London; another on Spanish and Portuguese materials under the supervision of Prof. Jo Labanyi, Institute of Romance Studies (project coordinator); the third on Italian materials under the supervision of Dr Guido Bonsaver, Royal Holloway, University of London. All three will collaborate in the production of non-language-specific materials. Applicants should have completed or be about to complete a PhD in the relevant language area(s), and should have good organisational skills and good IT skills, preferably including web-authoring. They will be responsible for: collating information on academic resources in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy; identifying training needs; identifying academic consultants; developing training materials in liaison with academic consultants; testing and evaluating the materials in liaison with appropriate staff and students; liaising with IT consultant on web design, architecture, links and keywords; formatting the materials according to the IT consultant's specifications. For further particulars, please contact the Personnel Office, Room 209, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU - tel: 020 7862 8100 (dedicated 24hr recruitment a/phone) / confidential fax: 020 7862 8080 / e-mail: [log in to unmask], quoting REF IRS-rh/01, or download details from our web site at http://www.intranet.lon.ac.uk/vacancies The deadline for receipt of applications is 12 Noon on Monday 17 December; interviews will be held on Monday 14 January. Pursuing Equal Opportunities and Excellence in Education