School of Engineering and Informatics
University of Sussex

Start date: January 2016 (Subject to the candidate’s successful progression through the Daphne Jackson Fellowship Award process)

Applications are invited for a University of Sussex Sponsored Daphne Jackson Fellowship to be hosted by the School of Engineering and Informatics. This fellowship is intended for individuals returning to research in the areas covered by the School of Engineering and Informatics.

Priority will be given to those applicants wishing to pursue research projects in the following groups:

Daphne Jackson Fellowships

The Daphne Jackson Trust is dedicated to returning scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians to their careers following a break taken for family, caring or health reasons.

Daphne Jackson Fellowships are unique. They offer STEM professionals wishing to return to a research career after a break of two or more years, the opportunity to balance an individually tailored retraining programme with a challenging research project in a suitably supportive environment.

Fellowships are part-time over two years and consist of a challenging research project and at least 100 hours retraining per year. The unparalleled support offered by the Trust's Fellowship Advisors and administrative staff, coupled with mentoring and retraining provided during the Fellowship, give returners  the confidence and skills they need to successfully return to research.

If selected as the School of Engineering and Informatics’ preferred fellowship candidate you will be expected to successfully progress through the Daphne Jackson Fellowship Award process before taking up your appointment at the University of Sussex.

The award process will involve the development of a proposal for the independent research project that you will undertake during the course of the Fellowship. Throughout the duration of the process you will receive support from a Daphne Jackson Fellowship advisor. In addition you will need to work closely with a supervisor that you identify within the School of Engineering and Informatics at the University of Sussex as you develop your research proposal.

How to apply: For further details about the Trust and the fellowship scheme, please visit www.daphnejackson.org

Further particulars and job description can be found at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs. For further details about the University of Sussex please visit  www.sussex.ac.uk or contact Dr Natalie James ([log in to unmask]) for more details about the Daphne Jackson Fellowship opportunities available at the University of Sussex.

To be considered for this opportunity, please complete the CV and personal details information forms that can be found on the Daphne Jackson Trust website: http://www.daphnejackson.org/fellowships/How%20to%20apply/

Please outline your area of research interest and, if you have identified a department/group within which you would like to work, include the name and contact details of a potential supervisor in that department/group. Please email your submission to the Daphne Jackson Trust office at [log in to unmask] stating clearly University of Sussex Sponsored Fellowship Application.

Closing date for applications is Friday 30th January 2015

The University of Sussex is committed to equality of opportunity

In recognition of its commitment to promoting women in science, The University of Sussex holds a Bronze Athena Swan Award www.sussex.ac.uk/internal/bulletin/staff/2012-13/260413/athenaswan

Posted by Elaine Hunt

Administrator

 

The Daphne Jackson Trust

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We are the UK's leading organisation dedicated to realising the potential of scientists and engineers returning to research following a career break. 

 

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