Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
- Research Field
- ArtsSociologyEthics in health sciencesLanguage sciencesLiteraturePsychological sciences
- Researcher Profile
- Leading Researcher (R4)First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Application Deadline
- 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:
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
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
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
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 researchfellowships@mmu.ac.uk
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
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- City
- Manchester