A new round of Birmingham Fellowships has just opened. Details can be found  at http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/excellence/fellows/index.aspx. These are exceptional opportunities for outstanding early-career researchers (for instance, they are permanent, and the terms of eligibility are quite widely drawn).

The sidebar on the main page offers sections ‘about’, ‘apply’ (including a very useful FAQ), and ‘priority areas’ (of which the one most likely to be of interest will probably be ‘Language, Text and Performance’).

Please do read the details, and, if you think this is an opportunity you’d like to look into,  just click on the relevant contact email for your chosen priority area (or, if none of the areas seems to fit, use the email that’s given for people outside the priority areas).

Leadership Chair for 'Language at Leeds', University of Leeds, UK

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures is seeking an exceptional leader who combines internationally leading research and innovation with an outstanding record in student education for the position of Chair for 'Language at Leeds', as part of a £23m investment in academic leadership at the University of Leeds (see www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk )

This new appointment, located in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, will have a subject specialism in the broad field of linguistics in order to lead and develop the new Faculty-based strategic Language at Leeds initiative (see below) with the aim of building on substantial existing successes and making Leeds an international leader in language-related research, scholarship and teaching. The structures of this initiative will bring together and enhance language studies in the School (the largest of its kind in the country), in the Faculty (notably English Language) and in the wider University (including Computing and Education). Within the School, this will particularly involve staff in Linguistics & Phonetics, Translation Studies and the Language Centre.