Dear All, We have just advertised for a Lecturing Job in Petrology and Crustal Processes (Advert is pasted below) in Oxford University Earth Sciences department. Please encourage all budding Metamorphic - Structural - Petrological persons to apply. Best wishes, Mike Searle Job Details Associate Professor of Petrology and Crustal Processes Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford From: £46,336 p.a. pa plus additional benefits. An allowance of £2,700 p.a. would be payable upon award of Full Professor title. We seek to appoint an Associate Professor in Petrology and Crustal Processes from 1 September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will work at the Department of Earth Sciences and will hold a Non-Tutorial Fellowship at St Cross College. The appointment will be initially for 5 years at which point, upon completion of a successful review, the postholder will be eligible for reappointment to the retiring age. We welcome applications from scientists working in all aspects of petrology, but particularly applied to understanding the processes of subduction, orogeny, rifting, crustal fluid systems, and/or natural resources. The successful applicant will have a doctorate in Earth sciences or a related subject. They will also have excellent interpersonal skills necessary for undertaking teaching, a track record of obtaining research grants, experience of supervising research students and evidence of ability to lead an internationally excellent research programme and to attract external funding for it. The main duties of the post are to carry out research at an international level, and to teach, supervise and examine undergraduate and postgraduate students. The appointee will be a Fellow of St Cross College. The application procedure is detailed within the further particulars. Enquiries about the application procedure should be addressed to the Department HR Manager, Emma Smith ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Enquiries about the post should be addressed to the Head of Department, Professor Chris Ballentine ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>). The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on Thursday 5 April 2018. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 9 May 2018 in Oxford. Contact Person : Emma Smith Vacancy ID : 133834 Contact Phone : 01865 272030 Closing Date : 05-Apr-2018 Contact Email : [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> -- ****************************************** Professor Michael P.Searle Dept. Earth Sciences Oxford University, South Parks Road., Oxford, OX1 3AN England Professor of Earth Sciences, and Senior Research Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford. Tel: +44 1865 272022 Fax: +44 1865 272072 Mike Searle's Home Page: http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~mikes NEW BOOK:- "Colliding Continents: A Geological Exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibet" [2013] Oxford University Press, £25.00 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colliding-Continents-geological-exploration-Karakoram/dp/0199653003 *******************************************