UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Assistant Professorship in behavioural ecology,
animal behaviour or neural network computing
Applications from suitably qualified and experienced scientists are invited for
a lectureship in this enthusiastic and expanding department. Candidates
should have a good honours degree, a doctorate, and a record of research
activity in published papers and research support. Applicants who will
contribute to our research in behavioural ecology or neural network computing
are particularly encouraged. Excellent research facilities and support will be
provided. Salary will be on the Lecturer Grade A/B Scale (to GBP26,430), at a
position determined by qualifications and experience.
The Department of Psychology at Newcastle is broadly-based and rapidly growing.
All undergraduate courses offered by the Department are heavily over-subscribed
and the Department's postgraduate research community is the fastest growing of
any in the university. Staff have research programs in cognitive neuroscience,
behavioural ecology, and health, and applied cognitive psychology. The
Department is also the home of the Neural Systems Group, an interdisciplinary
centre for research in sensory, systems, computational and cognitive
neuroscience, and neural network computing. The members of the Neural
Systems Group are drawn from the Departments of Psychology, Physiological
Sciences and the School of Neurosciences. Further details of the department can
be found on the WWW at
http://york37.ncl.ac.uk/www/psychol.html
No forms of application will be issued. Applications should take the form of a
covering letter and three copies of the applicant's full curriculum vitae,
with details of present salary and the names and addresses of three referees.
Informal enquiries may be made to Prof. Malcolm Young (0191-222-7525,
mpy%crunch at ncl.ac.uk) or Dr John Lazarus (0191-222-6181, j.lazarus at ncl.ac.uk).
Applications should be sent to: the Director of Personnel, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.
