Call for Applications for ASAUK Teaching Fellowship Scheme, 2014
The ASAUK is offering up to
£9,000 to support a teaching fellowship in the Social Sciences or Humanities
for a UK-based academic to work in an African university. We are looking for
applications from early career academics who have finished doctoral degrees on
African topics in British universities since 2009. The award is open to
applicants of any nationality who have graduated from British universities. The
award is designed to cover 3-4 months’ subsistence with additional travel
expenses provided for one international airfare.
The ASAUK has a flexible
approach to the award and would be keen to support co-funding or exchange
arrangements to sustain a longer placement period. In addition to their agreed
teaching duties, the successful candidate will be encouraged to propose a
writing workshop (see http://www.asauk.net/writing.shtml). If such a workshop
is accepted for funding by the ASAUK, fellows will be paid an additional sum to
cover their time and administrative work.
In applying for a teaching
fellowship, the applicant should:
- demonstrate a
pre-existing working relationship with the department where they wish to
be attached (for example, the applicant should have previously studied
there, been attached there, or worked there, etc).
- demonstrate an
appropriate match between the applicant’s discipline/area of study and the
selected department and courses the applicant proposes to teach;
- outline the
purpose/aims/objectives of their period in the department;
- include a
detailed Action Plan clearly articulating what perceived need the visit
will fill, how that need was identified and the projected outcomes of the
visit;
- provide a letter
of invitation from the host institution and a letter of support from a
supervisor or other referee in the UK.
For a description of the
Teaching Fellowship scheme and a report on a recent fellowship, please visit
http://www.asauk.net/teaching.shtml
Applicants should send the
above materials by email to Prof. S. Newell (s.newell@sussex.ac.uk)
by 31st March 2014. Applicants will be notified of the decision by 31st May
with an anticipated start date between September and December 2014.
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