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UNIVERSITY VACANCIES THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND WHEAT INDUSTRY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS Applications are invited for two new Research Fellowships in the Faculty of Agricultural Economics established under grants received from the Wheat Industry Research Council. RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE ECO NOMICS OF WHEAT STORAGE AND TRANSPORT The successful applicant will undertake research to de termine optimal amount, type and location of storage in rela tion to local and overseas sup ply trends and conditions of international trade and will investigate the integration of storage, transport and handling facilities. The programme will be carried out under the super vision of Professor Takashi Takayama. RESEARCH FELLOW LN THE ECONOMICS OF WHEATGROWING The successful applicant will undertake a series of related studies on economic adjust ments, farm organisation and management problems of the wheat industry under the sup ervision of Professor J. L. Dillon. CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT Salary will be within the range £2400 to £3170, with com mencing salary determined according to qualifications and experience. Provision is made for travel and removal expenses Incurred in taking up an appointment. Both appointments will be tenable for a three-year-period. The research programmes proposed afford excellent opportunities to work towards a higher degree. Further information may be obtained from the undersigned with whom applications (two copies, together with a recent photograph and the names of three referees) close on August 31, 1965. T. C. LAMBLE, Registrar. Armidale, N.S.W., Australia. 3171 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA LECTURESHIP IN PSYCHOLOGY Applications are invited for appointment to a position of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology. The salary range for the position is £A2400/110/ EA3170 p.a. with superannuation similar to F.S.S.U. Intending applicants are requested to obtain details of the procedure to be followed in applying for the post and a copy of the conditions of appoint ment before submitting their applications. This information is available from the under signed with whom applications close on September 25, 1965. A. J. WILLIAMS. Registrar.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY FORESTRY COMMISSION RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP OR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN MARSUPIAL ECOLOGY. WITH the support of the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, the University proposes to make one of the above appointments for a programme of basic research into the ecology of Trichosurus spp. (and possibly other forest marsupials) causing damage to pine plantations in north-eastern N.S.W. An initial distribution survey will be fol lowed by detailed studies on wild and enclosed populations in natural habitats and in pine plantations (probably mainly in the Dorrigo district), with emphasis on food, behaviour, communication, reproduction, dis persal and mortality. It is hoped that knowledge gained may assist in devising meas ures to reduce the damage to plantations caused by these animals. A four-wheel-drive vehicle and field assistance will be provided. The successful applicant will work in and under the direction of the Zoology Department of the University of New England, and if suitably qualified may work for a higher degree He will spend about two weeks per month in the field. The duration of the appointment will be from three to five years (subject to satisfactory service, determined by periodic review). Salary for a Research Scholar will be in the range £lO6O x £BO —£l4oo p.a., and for a Junior Research Fellow tn the range £l5OO x 100—£1900 p.a. Initial salary will be determined according to qualifications and experience. Special interest and experience in field ecology or mamalogy will be an advantage but is not indispensible. Applications for the Research Scholarship may be considered from recent Science graduates with Zoology as a major subject, and from prospective graduates who hope to enrol for honours or M.Sc. preliminary examinations in Zoology in 1966 For the Junior Research Fellow ship, candidates should possess at least a good honours degree in Zoology. Applications (three copies giving full details of the applicant's career and qualifications, and including the names of at least two referees, should reach the Registrar. University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W not later than September 15, 1965. T. C. LAMBLE, Registrar. Armidale, N.S.W. 3159 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA SENIOR LECTURESHIP IN ORAL MEDICINE AND ORAL SURGERY APPLICATIONS are invited for appointment to the abovenamed posiiton in the Faculty of Dental Science. Applicants must hold a degree in Dental Science which is registrable by the Dental Board of Western Australia. They should possess a senior academic qualification and preference will be given to those eligible for registration in the specialty of Oral Surgery Some teaching experience in the subjects of Oral Medicine, Ooral Surgery and Oral Pathology is also desirable but not mandatory. The salary range for the post tion is £A3250/110/3806 p.a. with superannuation similar t<« F.S.S.U Intending applicants are re quested to obtain details of the procedure to be followed in applying for the post and a copy of the condition of appointment before submitting their applications. This information is available from the undersigned with whom applications close on September 4, 1965.

A. J. WILLIAMS. Registrar. 2965 THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE WAITE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE NUFFIELD POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN BIOCHEMISTRY A Post doctoral Fellow with experience in metabolic aspects of cell metabolism is required to assist in a programme of work on the blochemis-try of nitrogen fixation in bacteria in the Department of Agricultural Biochemistry at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute. A s-ound training in physical and organic chemistry or in biophysics, in addition to biochemistry, would be an advantage. The appointment will be for two years with a salary in the range £AI6OO-£A2OOO. Applications in duplicate, nominating three referees, should be sent to the Registrar, The University of Adelaide, by September 17, 1965. 2966