[Aqualist] FW: New Lectureship in Quaternary Science at Royal Holloway

[Jessica Reeves]

Dear All



Apologies for cross posting but the newly announced position, below, is very much within the INTIMATE remit and may be of interest to members of the group.



Title: Lecturer in Physical Geography (Quaternary Science)
Reference: 0314-016
Closing Date: Tuesday 22 April 2014
http://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/0314-016​



Lecturer in Physical Geography (Quaternary Science)
Department of Geography
Location:

Egham

Salary:

£39,890 to £47,187 per annum - including London Allowance

Closing Date:

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Interview Date:

Monday 12 May 2014

Reference:

0314-016


Applications are invited for a permanent post at lecturer level in the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.  The successful applicant will join the Department’s Centre for Quaternary Research (CQR). We invite applicants who hold a PhD in Quaternary Science, Physical Geography or related relevant discipline, or equivalent and demonstrate an excellent research profile, with a record or the potential to publish research in top tier academic journals.  The successful applicant will be expected to attract PhD projects and research funding. The successful candidate will also have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

We welcome applicants from the full range of specialisms in Quaternary Science:  applicants with expertise in high-resolution proxy-based climatic and palaeoecological reconstruction, glacial systems and processes, or palaeoclimate modeling are particularly encouraged.  The successful candidate’s work will engage with and extend the work of the CQR.  This research centre, based in the Department of Geography, is one of the most significant clusters of expertise in Quaternary Science in the UK, and has played a leading role in shaping understanding of past climates and environments.  The CQR has a close working relationship with other universities and major research institutions, particularly the Natural History Museum.  The CQR runs a very successful MSc programme in Quaternary Science.  This programme has run for over 20 years, and many major figures in the specialism have been trained at Royal Holloway.  The Department is part of the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, and is also eligible for AHRC funding for PhDs focused on archaeological research.

The successful applicant will join one of the UK’s strongest Geography Departments, with other research specialisms in cultural geography, development, environmental sustainability and geopolitics.  It has performed consistently well in successive UK Research Assessment Exercises and also has some of the best ratings for any discipline from our students for teaching (UK NSS). The Department has a strong community ethos and commitment to engaged teaching, with a wide-ranging programme of fieldwork built into undergraduate and masters level teaching. The Department has excellent laboratory facilities including dedicated facilities for palaeoecology, thin section work, luminescence dating, tephrochronology and microscopy.  It also has digital facilities for GIS and other forms of analysis and visualisation.

The College was ranked 102nd in the Times HE World University Rankings for 2013-14.  This is a full time and permanent post based in Egham, Surrey where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.

Further details of the Department and the Centre for Quaternary Research can be found on the Departmental web pages: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/geography




Simon Blockley
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography
Department of Geography
Royal Holloway
University of London
01784 443405
07888726650