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UNIVERSITY VACANCIES MASSEY UNIVERSITY PALMERSTON NORTH NEW ZEALAND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION'S are invited tor a Post-Doctoral Fellowship tenable in any department in the University. The academic activities of the University are grouped under the following faculties: Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Food Science and Biotechnology, Humanities, Science, Social Sciences Veterinary Science. Information concerning the research activities of the departments associated with these faculties is given in the University Calendar. The Fellowship will be tenable for one year, with possible extensions, and carry an .emolument of $4OOO. Travelling expenses up to $lOOO may be provided. Further details of the position and of the University, together with conditions of appointment. may be obtained from the Secretary-General Association of Commonwealth Universities, 36 Gordon Square London. W.C.I, or from the undersigned with whom applications close on May 15, 1970. A. J. WEIR. Registrar. MASSEY UNIVERSITY, PALMERSTON NORTH ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MASSEY UNIVERSITY invites applications for the position of a male Administrative Assistant on the Registrar’s staff. Initially the appointee will assist with the administration relating to extra-mural students with a view to assuming responsibility for certain aspects of the work. The appointee will receive a sound training in ail aspects of university administration. With the rapid expansion of the University there are good prospects tor advancement for a man of proven ability. This appointment should appeal to a university graduate or near graduate, who is interested in making a career in university administration. The salary payable will be at a point on the University scale 'commensurate with experience and qualifications The initial salary will be in the range $2707-3058-3249-3497. Apply in writing addressed to the undersigned, stating age. qualifications and experience and when available to commence duties A. J WEIR. Registrar. THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES THE RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES DIRECTOR: Professor Sir Ernest Titterton. C.M.G., F.A.A. CHAIR OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS APPLICATIONS are invited for appointment as the Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Solid State Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences. The new Department of Solid State Physics will join the six presently existing Departments (Astronomy, Engineering Physics, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Mathematics, Nuclear Physics. Theoretical Physics) and two Units (Diffusion Research Unit and Electron and lon .Diffusion Unit) within the Research School of Physical Sciences. An eighth Department —Applied Mathematics—will be established in the course of the next year. The School of General Studies has Departments of Physics and Theoretical Physics, with some work in solid state physics. The new Department will be developed during the next 2 or 3 years to an ultimate size of about 11 staff (including seven academics) with 10 to 12 students to support its work. The Head of the Department will be responsible for recruiting staff and developing a research programme. The Schoo! already possesses a good deal of capital equipment of value for solid state physics research: in addition to liquid nitrogen and helium, 3 high field magnets will be available. Two exist—a 70 kilogauss d.c. system and a 165 kiiogauss pulsed (60 seconds of field) system. A magnet, designed in the Department of Engineering Physics for 300 Kg+, is now approaching test and will be capable of holding its peak field for some 15 seconds. It is expected that, in collaboration with the Department of Engineering Physics, a considerable fraction of the work of the new Department will be associated with the magnet facilities. The normal salary for a Head of Department is $13,000 per annum and there is entitlement to one year’s study leave on full pay. plus a grant of not more than $3200 towards expenses, in every four years. Salaries are currently under review and improvements are expected. Superannuation is on the F.S.S.U. pattern, with supplementary benefits. Reasonable travel and appointment expenses will be paid and assistance provided with housing. Further information about the position and a summary of conditions of appointment of academic staff may bfc obtained from the undersigned, with whom applications close on April SO, 1970. C. G. PLOWMAN. Academic Registrar. P.O. Box 4, Canberra, ACT, 2600. 3636

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND SENIOR LECTURER IN ARCHITECTURE (Two Positions) SENIOR LECTURER IN REGIONAL AND TOWN PLANNING LECTURER IN REGIONAL AND TOWN PLANNING Under the recently appointed Head of the Department of Architecture, Professor Gareth Roberts, the courses in Architecture are being reviewed, changed and developed. Senior Lecturers with experience in modern architectural teaching methods are being sought to participate in the organisation of, and to teach in the course leading to the B.Arch. Degree. One of the persons appointed will be responsible for the teaching of Structures and should be appropriately experienced in this field. The teaching of Regional and Town Planning in the University is also being extended and developed under Professor Lewis Keeble. Last year a course leading to the Degree of Master of Urban Studies was introduced and other courses are contemplated. Applicants should be qualified and experienced in the field of physical planning and be prepared to play a full part in the framing and development of teaching courses. The salary for a Senior Lecturer is at present within the range $7500-$8750 a year and for a Lecturer 55400.57300, but geademic salaries are actively under review. The University provides superannuation similar to F.S.S.U., housing assistance, study leave and travel grants for a permanent appointee of Lecturer status and above. Additional information and application forms will be supplied upon request to the undersigned with whom applications close on April 30. S. A. RAYNER, Registrar. 354«