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This email is being sent on behalf of the Daphne Jackson Trust. List members may be interested in the following: Applications are invited for a Royal Astronomical Society fully Sponsored Daphne Jackson Fellowship, for study in the subject areas of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science, to be held at any UK university or research establishment. Daphne Jackson fellowships are unique and quite unlike any other academic fellowships. They are intended for those wishing to return to research in a STEM area after a career break of two years or more. Fellowships are normally two years, half time and involve a challenging research project and an individually tailored retraining programme. The Daphne Jackson Trust is the only charitable organisation in the UK solely dedicated to returning scientists, engineers or technologists to their careers following a break. The Trust offers flexible, part-time, paid fellowships to returners who have taken a career break of two or more years for family, caring or health reasons. To be eligible for a Daphne Jackson Fellowship you must meet at least the following criteria: * A career break of at least two years' duration taken for family, caring or health reasons * A good first degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) or related disciplines * At least 3 years in research prior to career break and / or PhD qualification * Resident in the UK with the right to remain in the UK indefinitely * Good command of English (spoken and written) * Computer skills For full details about the Trust, please see the website www.daphnejackson.org<http://www.daphnejackson.org> For further information before submitting an application please ring the Trust office on 01483 689166, or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please submit your CV along with a personal statement explaining your career break and future career plans to the Daphne Jackson Trust office [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Closing date for this opportunity is 27th January 2014 ********************************************************************** Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************