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PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN UNION AND RUSSIAN STUDIES
Structural unit: UT, Institute of Government and Politics
Duties and responsibilities: Professorship in European Union-Russian Studies is a part of the university's strategic goal to develop a strong international profile by establishing world-class research groups and by developing international degree programmes. Duties and responsibilities include:
- developing research groups and seeking of research grants;
- enhancing existing curricula (MA and Ph.D. programmes in the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences; Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and at EuroCollege);
- delivering lectures and seminars;
- supervising MA and PhD thesis;
- building and maintaining international collaboration. See also Job Description - Professor.
Work load: 1.0 (40 hours a week), incl 128 hours of classroom teaching a year.
Term of contract: 30.08.2010 - 29.08.2015
Current position holder: Vacancy to be filled by international competition
Salary: 60000 EEK per month. The professorship is co-financed by the European Social Fund programme DoRa.
Required qualifications: Requirements for the position include a Ph.D. or other equivalent academic degree, preferably in the field of International Relations, Public Administration or International Economics. Candidates from all other disciplines are also encouraged to apply. See also: requirements for the position of Professor
Required experience: A successful candidate will be a distinguished expert in the field of political/administrative/economic/social etc aspects of European Union and Russian Studies. Within the last five years he/she must have completed internationally recognised research equivalent to more than one doctoral thesis. The candidate should have worked as a professor, assistant professor or associate professor for at least five years and is expected to be successful in securing research grants and performing the research required under those grants. The candidate should have good experience in university teaching and in supervising PhD students.
Required language skills: Fluent in English, preferably good language skills in Russian.
For further information, contact: kristiina.tonnisson@ut.ee
Closing date for submission of documents: 24 May 2010.
Application documents and notification of results
PROFESSOR IN CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING
Duties and responsibilities: Research work: The aim is to formulate the research area of expertise in content and language integrated learning. The professor should form, develop and lead a research group of educational sciences focusing on the education of Masters and doctoral students in the field. The work involves planning, preparation and execution of research and developmental work and supervision of Masters and doctoral students in the field. The candidate should have an ability to generate research funding. Development of the field: The professor is expected to contribute to the developing of teacher education curricula for improving the preparation of students in research area to deal with the inadequacies on the grass-root level and not with the consequences later on. In addition, the professor should give lectures, hold seminars and deliver practical classes on educational methodology, content and language integrated learning and give consultations on educational research and publishing scientific papers. The professor�s responsibilities also include the promotion of CLIL, involvement in development of the newly formed CLIL-network and establishing CLIL traditions (for example conference-seminar series). In addition we expect building and maintaining collaborations with universities, research institutions and public sector (esp. schools) in Estonia and abroad. See also: Job Description - Professor.
Work load: Full-time, 40 hours per week. Classroom teaching 128 academic hours/year (4 academic hours per week).
Term of contract: 01.09.2010 � 31.08.2015
Current position holder: This is a new position.
Salary: Up to 90 000 EEK (approx. 5750 EUR) per month (including 21% of local taxes). The professorship is co-financed by the European Social Fund programme DoRa.
Required qualifications: The candidate must hold a PhD or another academic degree of an equivalent level in the field of Educational Sciences. See also: requirements for the position of Professor
Required experience: A successful candidate has at least 15 international peer-reviewed research publications in the journals with a high impact factor in the field of educational sciences (preferably indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge database). Within the last five years they must have completed internationally recognised research equivalent to more than one doctoral thesis. The candidate should have worked as a professor, assistant professor or associate professor for at least five years and is expected to be successful in securing research grants and performing the research required under those grants. The candidate should also have successful experiences in the management of academic staff and in the organisation of research activities. The candidate must have supervised in the field at least three doctoral theses that have been defended successfully. Informedness and awareness of the actual school reality and problems resulting from the experience of working as teacher educator or school teacher is an advantage to standing for this position. In addition, good skills of collaboration and socialising with colleagues are considered as one of award criteria for the selection procedures.
Required language skills: Fluency in English is needed. ussian language skills are an advantage, but not required. It is encouraged to learn Estonian during the work in Estonia because it helps better understand national context that plays an important role in research and developmental work. Possibilities to study Estonian language are provided by the University of Tartu.
For further information, contact: Further information can be asked from Narva College of the University of Tartu Estonia. Director: Katri Raik, PhD (Katri.Raik@ut.ee).
Closing date for submission of documents: 24 May 2010.
Application documents and notification of results
The general guidelines for evaluating candidates to positions of University of Tartu teaching and research staff can be downloaded from the university`s web-site http://www.ut.ee/en/ under the section of Employment and sub-section of Personnel Regulations and Documents.
Application documents and notification of results
In order to be considered for the position, the candidate must submit to the Personnel Office of the University of Tartu (personal@ut.ee; postal address: 4, Jakobi St, Tartu 51014) the following documents:
- a letter of application to the Rector (in English),
- a curriculum vitae in the required format (in English),
- a list of research publications in the format required by UT (if necessary, enclosing copies or offprints of more important publications),
- a copy of the document certifying the candidate's educational qualifications and academic degree,
- other materials considered relevant by the candidate (a list of such materials must be included in the application or annexed to it).
Number of copies: 1
Notification of results: The candidate will be notified of election results within two weeks following the election. The assessments drawn up in respect of the candidate and the documents specified in paragraph 5 of the list of documents will be returned to the candidate. Unsuccessful candidates can also request the return of documents specified in paragraphs 2 -4 of the list.
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