Applications are invited for a  Chair (Full Professor) and two other
tenure track academic appointments, one of which may be filled at the
Senior Lecturer or Reader level (Associate Professor) if there is an
appropriately qualified candidate, in this
internationally renowned (Grade 5) department.  We are seeking
applications from candidates with an outstanding record of research and
academic leadership (for a senior post) or proven potential (for a
lectureship).  We are keen to enhance the Department's expertise in the
fields of environmental geoscience, geochemistry (including
biogeochemistry), geophysics, or tectonics (including structural and
regional geology). 

Informal enquiries to B.J.Wood ([log in to unmask]) or D.E.G. Briggs
([log in to unmask]). For further details see
http://www.gly.bristol.ac.uk/ or telephone Bristol (0117) 925 6450 (44
117 925 6450 from outside the U.K.), minicom (0117) 928 8894 or E-Mail
[log in to unmask] (stating postal address ONLY) quoting reference
5345.

The closing date for applications for the Chair is 26th February 1999.
For the two academic appointments the closing date is 12th March 1999.

An equal opportunities employer.
The University of Bristol

FURTHER DETAILS

1. The University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is situated in the centre of the city and
offers a stimulating academic environment with centres of excellence in
all 6 Faculties (Arts, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science and Social
Sciences).  The University has a total of approximately 11,000 students
with an expanding European education commitment and active postgraduate
teaching programmes.  Demand for undergraduate places is very strong; in
the last year, for instance, all places were filled with highly
qualified applicants without the need for Clearing.  There is an
ambitious programme for expansion with a major "Campaign for Resource"
to facilitate future developments, which has brought some 60M of
external investment to the University over the last 7 years.  In the
1996 Research Assessment Exercise the University achieved ratings of 4
or 5 in 36 of the 43 units submitted, making it one of the highest rated
research Universities in the UK. 

2.  The Faculty of Science

Science is the largest Faculty in the University with over 2,500
undergraduates, 600 postgraduates and 400 teaching and research staff.
It consists of the Departments of Agricultural Sciences, Biological
Sciences, Chemistry, Geographical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematics,
Physics and Experimental Psychology, as well as the pre-clinical
Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, and
Pathology and Microbiology.  It also includes the University Research
Centres of Glaciology, Molecular Recognition, Biogeochemistry, Interface
Analysis, Physics and Engineering Research in Medicine, Remote Sensing,
Behavioural Biology, and Environmental and Geophysical Flows.  

In the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise, the Faculty received one of
the highest ratings in the country, with the Science Departments of
Psychology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Earth Sciences
receiving a 5, and Geographical Sciences a 5*. The pre-clinical
Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology were also
rated 5, and the other two were 4.  This provides a very strong
environment for collaborative research, enhanced by the location of the
departments within the University's main precinct.

3.  The Department of Earth Sciences

The Department is situated in the Wills Memorial Building, the historic
centre of the campus.  There are currently 23 academic and related staff
(including 5 professors, 1 reader, 3 senior lecturers, 5 lecturers, and
2 Royal Society University Research Fellows), and 9 technical staff.
The Department runs single honours BSc and MSci degrees in Geology and a
BSc in Environmental Geoscience with a total intake of almost 60
students per year, and takes advantage of strong links with other
departments to run joint degree courses with Biology and Archaeology.
There are about  20 postdoctoral fellows and research assistants.
(http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/)

4.  Teaching and learning

The department currently has over 50 postgraduate students reading for
PhDs and 12 students taking the MSc in Palaeobiology.  At the
undergraduate level it runs single honours BSc and MSci degrees in
Geology and a BSc in Environmental Geoscience with a total intake of 50
to 60 students per year, as well as joint degree courses with Biology
and Archaeology.  

5.  Research

The Department is renowned internationally for its research and has
particular strengths in volcanology, experimental geochemistry,
palaeontology, and biogeochemistry - geomicrobiology.  There are
excellent research and analytical facilities, and the department
accommodates the European Union facility for Anaytical Geochemistry, and
the University Research Centres in Biogeochemistry, and Environmental
and Geophysical Flows.  There are strong links with the School of
Chemistry, particularly the Organic Geochemistry Unit, and the
Department of Mathematics.  The department has recently acquired a
laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS)
through a successful bid to the Joint Research Equipment Initiative
(JREI) of the HEFCE. 


The posts

The successful candidates will be internationally renowned earth
scientists with an outstanding record in research and academic
leadership (in the case of a senior appointment) or proven potential (in
the case of a lectureship).  An important consideration is how the
appointments will extend the breadth of the department's research
profile.  We are seeking individuals with a research interest in
environmental geoscience, geochemistry (including biogeochemistry),
geophysics, or tectonics (including structural and regional geology).  

The appointees will be expected to participate, as appropriate, in the
teaching and examination of undergraduate and of postgraduate students.
They will also be expected to undertake administrative duties as
directed by the Head of Department.

To Apply

A single application, which should include names, addresses, and if
possible, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of three referees,
should be sent to the Personnel Director, University of Bristol, Senate
House, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TH, quoting reference 5345.  The
closing date for applications for the Chair is 26th February 1999.  For
the two other academic appointments the closing date is 12th March 1999.
  

Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Derek Briggs, Head of
Department, on 44 (0) 117 9545423, [log in to unmask] or B.J.
Wood ([log in to unmask]) 



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