University of Birmingham
Through efforts to high things
The University of Birmingham has been challenging and developing great minds for more than a century. Characterised by a tradition of innovation, research at the University has broken new ground, pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge and made an impact on people’s lives. We continue this tradition today and have ambitions for a future that will embed our work and recognition of the Birmingham name on the international stage.
The University of Birmingham was established to unlock the global potential of a progressive city, we remain committed to ensuring our national and global influence while remaining at the heart of the city’s renaissance.
GLOBAL REACH
We bring together the people and resources to tackle the major challenges of our time. We draw on and give back to the region through our research, our education and our global reach and reputation.
PURPOSEFUL APPROACH
As an institution dedicated to learning, we contribute to the growth and spread of knowledge and ideas which will help to transform the world; working with partners to take on the big questions, find and implement solutions and make a difference locally, nationally and globally. This purposeful, pragmatic and pioneering approach, focused on the common good, has enabled us to redefine the civic university, becoming the standard against which others are measured.
OUR VALUES
Excellence: We have the highest standards, knowing we can always be better
Leadership: We shape our own future and support others’ success
Pioneering spirit: We are the first to do things and we take calculated risks
Purposefulness: We know our strengths, focus on our goals and persist in adversity
Pragmatism: We are well-grounded and practical, tackling and solving problems
This Strategic Framework 2015-20 charts a course that will allow the University of Birmingham to succeed. The quality of our students, and the creativity and leadership of our people, alongside our willingness to make bold and sometimes tough choices, will enable us to realise our goals. Through this sustained original thinking, our success will be seen in the continued growth of our impact and reputation, and that of the region.
WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH
By investing in, and cultivating, intellectual talent and ideas, and delivering world-class research and education, we will unlock value, make important things happen, and continue to thrive. The University of Birmingham remains committed to bringing the cream of the world’s academic minds to our beautiful Edgbaston campus, to develop their careers in a progressive, cutting-edge environment. To date we have appointed more than 60 outstanding, high potential, early career researchers as part of our sector-leading Birmingham Fellowship programme.
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS
We offer the Birmingham Fellows five years of protected time for high-quality research, allowing these outstanding, high potential, early-career researchers of all ages to establish themselves as rounded academics who will go on to make a full and excellent contribution to research, teaching and academic citizenship. We want our Birmingham Fellows to enhance the University’s existing academic strengths and contribute to the growing culture of collaboration and interdisciplinarity that exists here.
RESEARCH LEADERS
Professor Tim Softley, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer, said: ‘Through the Birmingham Fellows Scheme we seek to attract the research leaders of the future into Birmingham’s vibrant and creative intellectual atmosphere, providing an outstanding opportunity and support to accelerate their academic career development and to fulfil their potential.’
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BRIDGE Fellows
The “Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement and Education” (BRIDGE) was signed in a ceremony in March 2014 by the University of Birmingham’s (UoB) Vice Chancellor and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) Chancellor. The BRIDGE agreement establishes a framework for creative knowledge exchange across disciplines through frequent, purposeful, face-to-face meetings among faculty, staff and students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. What makes the BRIDGE partnership so distinctive is that it is genuinely multi-disciplinary, with over 55 cross-faculty links spanning Biosciences, Computer Science, Economic and Physical Geography, Psychology, Neuroscience, Environmental Genomics, Railway Engineering, Maths, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, American & Canadian Studies, Classics, History of Art, African Studies, Cultural Heritage and Education.
BRIDGE is launching an exciting new fellowship initiative, the BRIDGE Fellowship programme, to recruit top postdoctoral researchers in four identified areas that span the interests of UoB and UIUC researchers. The BRIDGE Fellows programme is modelled on the highly successful Birmingham Fellows programme, which has successfully recruited a variety of scholars to the University, and the IGB Fellows program, which has awarded fellowships for nearly 10 years.
Following the conclusion of a successful BRIDGE Fellowship, Fellows will be appointed to a permanent academic post at the University of Birmingham, normally at Lecturer grade (entry level academic career grade); although in exceptional cases appointments may be made at a higher grade. Fellows will be expected to spend time at both UoB and UIUC under the direction of academic leads from both institutions.
BRIDGE Fellows will have 3 years with protected time for high-quality research before subsuming a normal academic post at UoB. This will allow outstanding, high potential, early-career researchers of any age to establish themselves as rounded academics who will go on to make a full and excellent contribution to research, teaching and academic citizenship. BRIDGE Fellows will also develop their teaching experience, including PhD supervision, although these responsibilities will be limited to protect research time. Fellows will not be expected to contribute substantively to academic administration during the term of their Fellowship, although they will be expected to engage as part of the academic community.
Fellows will receive a start-up package to support the development of their research, an academic mentor, and development support in both research and teaching. Fellows will be part of the BRIDGE Fellows cohort, which will provide them a University-wide network and an additional source of support and mentoring.
It is intended that BRIDGE Fellows will enhance both University’s existing academic strengths and contribute to the growing culture of collaboration and interdisciplinarity that exists at both sites. We have identified one of the priority areas, ‘Cognition and Ageing’, as representing a cluster of existing excellence at UoB and UIUC and we welcome applications from candidates who feel their research fits within this area.
Applications are welcome from the USA, UK and other countries. Candidates must have been awarded a PhD (or equivalent terminal degree) by the time they subsume their post. Candidates should be on a trajectory to become principal investigators and research leaders. Their publication record must be such that there is already clear evidence of accomplishments that are internationally excellent, if not world-leading, in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Applications from candidates who have won funded external fellowships which they would bring to the BRIDGE partnership are particularly welcome. Such candidates will be fast-tracked for interview. If offered a BRIDGE Fellowship, they would be eligible for the full package of support during the term of their fellowship. Candidates who believe they might be eligible for fast-track consideration should contact us directly at m.myers@bham.ac.uk so we can assess their suitability for this process.
Candidates will be asked 1) to complete our online application form, 2) upload a CV, highlighting their top 5 publications. 3) provide evidence to support their application.
Applications must be received by midnight on 7th November 2016. Start dates will be subject to negotiation but in principle could be at any date subsequent from interview.
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