University Lectureships or University Assistant Lectureships

Applications are invited for two positions of University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer, to take up appointment on 1 October 1998 or as soon as possible thereafter. The persons appointed will be required to teach and carry out research in physics. Appointments will be made at the University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer level, depending on the age and experience of the person appointed, and will be for three years, with the possibility, for a University Lecturer, of reappointment to the retiring age or, for a University Assistant Lecturer, of reappointment for two years. The statutory limit of tenure of a University Assistant Lecturer is five years, but all University Assistant Lecturers are considered for possible appointment to the office of University Lecturer during the course of their tenure.

The pensionable scales of stipends are:
University Lecturer: £19,371 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to £29,875. There is no grade of Senior Lecturer.
University Assistant Lecturer: £16,045 a year, rising by six annual increments to £21,016.

Applications (two copies) including a curriculum vitae, list of publications and outline of research plans, together with the names and addresses of three referees, should be sent to:

Secretary of the Appointments Committee
Faculty of Physics and Chemistry
Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0HA
U.K.

so as to reach him not later than 31 March 1998.

Further particulars may be obtained if required from:

Professor M.S. Longair
Cavendish Laboratory
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0HE
U.K.
tel. +44 1223 337429
fax +44 1223 363263