Birmingham Fellows

To create and disseminate knowledge through initiating and conducting original, high-quality research, through publication, through supervision of doctoral researchers, and through delivery of undergraduate, postgraduate and/or CPD programmes, as appropriate to the disciplinary area. The successful applicant will have experience of conducting outstanding research combining Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. They will have published in leading journals in both Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. They will have proven ability to plan and conduct research into the interrelationship between group and individual progression and between different language competencies. They will have experience of using advanced statistical resources including but not limited to: topic modelling, Multi-Dimensional Analysis, mixed-effects modelling and generalized additive modelling. They will have a proven ability to develop innovative applications of such techniques in the areas of Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, contributing to novel theories of discourse and of language acquisition as well as new methodologies. In addition they will demonstrate the ability to support and contribute to the research of colleagues in quantitative data analysis, cognitive linguistics, and the automatic retrieval of linguistic patterns.

Candidates should be on a trajectory to become principal investigators and research leaders in their field of expertise, demonstrating:

Skills and Experience

• Awarded a PhD or equivalent terminal degree at the point of application
• Extensive and successful research experience and scholarship within subject specialism.
• Proven ability to devise, advise on, and manage research.

Research

• Experience and achievement reflected in a growing reputation within their discipline
• A publication record must be such that there is already clear evidence of outputs that are at least internationally excellent (REF 3* quality), if not world-leading(REF 4* quality), in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
• Experience and demonstrated success in planning, undertaking and project managing research to deliver high quality results.
• Extensive experience of applying and/or developing and devising successful models, techniques and methods.

Teaching

Ability to

• Design, deliver, assess and revise teaching programmes.
• Develop learning and teaching approaches, including approaches to mentoring
• Develop programme proposals and decide what contributions to make to the design of teaching programmes
• Advise, supervise and examine PhD students

Citizenship

• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
• Understanding of, and ability to contribute to, broader management/administration processes at School/Departmental level