Third Century Research Fellow

4 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Research Field

Arts
Sociology
Ethics in health sciences
Language sciences
Literature
Psychological sciences

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)
First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

United Kingdom

Application Deadline

3 May 2024 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Fellowship Opportunities 

Manchester

As we celebrate our 200th year of Manchester Met, we are delighted to be launching our ‘Third Century Fellowship Scheme’.

The Fellowship Scheme is aimed at exceptional researchers, in the early stages of their post-doctoral career, who aim to make their mark in the field of independent research. You will have extensive experience and a notable track record of research outputs in your area of research.

What are we offering as part of the Third Century Fellowship Scheme ?

By joining our Fellowship Scheme, you’ll play a leading part in our global research offering and join our community, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary and diverse teams with state-of-the-art facilities and work environment.

You will benefit from:

An exceptional research environment and facilities to support YOUR ambitions and research interest A competitive salary, excellent pension and holiday entitlement, enhanced family leave and more A three-year development programme, underpinned by the Leadership Lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework, a well-established sector-wide tool for the career and professional development of research leaders. Mentorship throughout the programme and access to coaching sessions Diverse teams, colleagues and staff networks During the term of the fellowship, you will be publishing internationally excellent and world-leading outputs and will be pursuing external funding opportunities to realise your future research ambitions. You will also have the opportunity, when relevant, to prepare and deliver short courses.

The Scheme begins with an initial appointment to a fixed-term post with the expectation to transition to a permanent Senior Lecturer or as a Reader, after three years, dependant on your performance and potential as assessed through the scheme.

We will be making up to 15 appointments onto the cohort, based on application and assessment performance, and best fit to our preferred areas of research, across our four faculties.

Further details about the fellowship and research areas can be found here

You can explore our research areas here:

Science and Engineering

We are particularly keen to hear from you if your areas of research are:

• Musculoskeletal Health
• Neurodegeneration 
• Surface Engineering
• Advanced Material (including additive manufacturing)
• Cyber-physical Systems 
• Nature Based Solutions

Arts and Humanities

We are particularly keen to hear from you if your areas of research are:

• Design for Heritage and Community 
• Writing and Place
• Materiality, Antiquity and Archaeology
• Linguistics – Language and Social Justice
• Fashion Technologies
• Children’s Wellbeing

Business and Law

We are particularly keen to hear from you if your areas of research are:

• Social Impact of Sport
• Place-based Partnerships
• Sustainable Consumption and Production
• Decent Work and Productivity 

Health and Education

We are particularly keen to hear from you if your areas of research are:

• Relational Processes - Relationality
• Gender and Social Justice
• Learning disability or Autism
• Mental Health 
• Physical Movement
• Psychological Stress

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you.

Further details about the fellowship and research areas can be found by clicking the apply button.

Requirements
Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Country

United Kingdom

City

Manchester

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/368636/third-century-resea…

Contact

City

Manchester

STATUS: EXPIRED