A
significant number of new chairs are to be
established to mark the University centenary
in 2004. Twenty-one positions in areas as
diverse as world cinema, transport analysis
and diabetes have already been advertised.
Further chairs will be announced, some to
be supported through internal funding and
some through sponsorship or fundraising.
University
Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Wilson said: “In
its first hundred years, Leeds has secured
an international reputation for the quality
and breadth of its research. The centenary
chairs will build on this success by placing
Leeds at the forefront of new and emerging
interdisciplinary areas of investigation,
while maintaining our excellence in established
core subjects.”
Twelve new interdisciplinary centres have
had their academic cases approved by ADC and
are now going through the final stages of
the approval process: advanced molecular biophysics;
sustainability of agriculture, food and the
environment; pharmacy and medicines; media
arts, sciences and technologies; earth and
biosphere; social sciences; bionanoscience;
manufacturing nanotechnology; health sciences;
earth, resources, energy and the environment;
humanities and aviation.
University research will be further strengthened
with the nomination of 13 academic fellows
under a new government initiative following
recommendations made by the Roberts review
into science, technology, engineering and
mathematics. The scheme, which, if approved,
will be formally launched in February 2004,
aims to help the transition from PhD to academic
lectureships.
The
University’s nominations would be for
two fellows in the faculties of mathematics
and physical sciences, biological sciences,
engineering and medicine, dentistry, psychology
and health, and one in each of the remaining
faculties. Under current proposals, the first
fellows would take up their posts in October
2004.
For
further information, see the jobs
website
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