A reminder that applicants for Reader/Professor in/of Media Discourse within the Media Discourse Group at De Montfort University (Leicester Media School), have until October 9th to submit their documentation - interviews for shortlisted candidates take place on October 27th

This post can be found on the link below, but see below for ease of reference

For an informal discussion concerning this post please contact Professor Stuart Price at [log in to unmask] 

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AOM848/reader-professor-of-media-discourse/

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY Leicester Media School

Reader / Professor of Media Discourse Full Time, Permanent

Grade H: Salary Range for Reader £47,801 - £55,389 per annum 

Salary for Professor: To be determined by the Vice Chancellor

The Leicester Media School in the Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University, wishes to appoint an experienced academic in order to support its plans for the next Research Excellence Framework, help mentor early career staff, support and expand its large postgraduate and PhD base, and contribute to undergraduate teaching. Based within the Media Discourse Group (an interdisciplinary body that draws its research staff from a number of fields, including Media Production, Journalism, and Media and Communication), the successful candidate will produce high quality outputs (building and expanding on the success of the 2014 REF), while enhancing research impact and the quality of grant applications.

In accordance with the University's commitment to diversity - and the Internationalisation of the curriculum and research environment - the Media Discourse Group has in recent years enhanced its UK PhD cohort by recruiting doctoral candidates from China, the Lebanon, Nigeria, Iraq, Kuwait, and Brazil. In order to consolidate this development, applications are invited from academics who are familiar with, and able to contribute to fields such as: Gender and Identity; Global Dissent and Protest Movements; Media Production; Political Discourse; Transgressive Cultures; Ethnography; Social Media Practice and Theory; Cultural Sociology; Broadcast and Press Journalism; and Investigative Journalism (which is also offered as an MA run in partnership with Channel Four). A willingness to support the growth of scholarly activity within Disability Studies and/or Social Movement Studies would also be welcome, and it is hoped that the successful candidate will strengthen our ties with the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity, and LGBT research groups operating within the University.

The role includes the production of internationally recognised and world-leading research, supporting our Media and Communication Unit of Assessment which, in REF 2014, produced the highest quality outputs in the country. The post holder will also play an active part in developing capacity and capability for external income generation.

1. produce high quality research outputs

In addition, the appointee may make a contribution to selected undergraduate teaching depending on his/her specialisms (see above), which may include work in Media Production, Journalism, Media and Communication, and Communication Arts, with a particular remit to develop an International perspective within these disciplines. This will, in turn, help to support the University's programme of global engagement, which is underpinned by its ground-breaking 'DMU Global' initiative. Experience of mentoring staff, writing funding bids, and supervising PhD students in both practice-based and traditional academic disciplines will be an advantage.

For an informal discussion concerning this post please contact Professor Stuart Price at [log in to unmask] 

and Professor Jason Lee at [log in to unmask]

Please quote reference: 10137

Closing Date: 9 October 2016 

Interview Date: 27th October