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University Vacancies THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP/ SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP LN THE DEPARTMENT OF , NUCLEAR PHYSICS [APPLICATIONS are invited for [the post of Research Fellow/ [Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Nuclear Physics of the Research School of Physical Sciences. Institute of Advanced Studies. The Department, which has an [academic staff of 18 headed by [Professor J. O Newton, carries [out work in nuclear structure [physics. At present, main research activities are in the broad [areas of heavy-ion interactions, [direct inter-actions and nuclear Ispectroscopy. The principal accelerator is an EN(6MV) Tandem which is pro'vided with a negative ion injector cyclotron (26 MeV protons and 13 MeV deuterons) and a polarized ion source, in addition to the regular gas and lithium exchange source. A 14UD tandem accelerator (14MV terminal) will be installed in December, 1972, and should be operational by mid 1973 The salary range for a Research Fellow is 56804-59324 per annum (5 x 504) and for a Senior Research Fellow $10,026-811.964 per annum (6 x 323), Australian currency. Initial level of appointment and salary depends on qualifications and experience. Appointment is for three years in the first instance with a possible extension to a maximum of five years. Superannuation is on the F.S.S.U. pattern with supplementary benefits. Reasonable travel and removal expenses are paid and assistance with housing is provided for an appointee from outside Canberra. Further information regarding the appointment is available from the undersigned with whom applications close on December 15, 1972. C. G. PLOWMAN, Academic Registrar. P.O. Box 4, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia. _ 3297 THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Applications are invited for THE CHAIR IN BIOCHEMISTRY Carrying with it the headship of the department.

Conditions of appointment and method of application are available from New Zealand and Australian universities, or from the undersigned. Applications will be accepted at any time up to December 11, 1972. The successful applicant will be required to take up his duties during 1973. Salary: Non-medical professorial salaries are at present established within the range $NZ11,689-$NZ14,947 per annum, having regard to the qualifications of the candidates concerned. . . Until recently this chair was held by Professor G. T. Mills, who has now taken up a position in the United Kingdom. The department of biochemistry was established and newly equipped in 1968. Academically the department operates in the Faculty of Science. It is at present sited in a new science block in the main university complex, but in four to five years a second area of accommodation for biochemistry will become available at the Medical School site, approximately half a mile distant from the science building. The future relationship of the department of biochemistry to biological sciences and to medical sciences will be the subject of discussions with the new head of department. ... , The professor will be expected to encourage, supervise and engage in research and undertake such administrative duties as pertain to a head of department, including responsibility for expenditure in his department He will also be expected to advise the council on the appointment of academic and technical staff in his department. He will be responsible for courses for the B.Sc. degree and for post-gradu-ate studies. In conjunction with staff of other departments, he will also be responsible for the course in human biology, which is taken by medical students in their second and third years of St Nucleic acid biochemistry is taught in the department of cell biology and the chemistry of natural plant products in the department of chemistry. D. W. PULLAR, Registrar. University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand.

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DIRECTOR THE University proposes to establish a Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies and invites inquiries from persons interested m appointment as its Director. It is hoped that the Director can take up duty in 1973 so that he can play a full part in the detailed discussions on its development. The Centre is designed to advance research in environmental and resource studies, to provide postgraduate training and to seek solutions to the problems of natural resource management. When fully developed, the Centre is expected to have approximately twenty-five academic staff (of whom about one-third will have tenure) drawn from the natural and social sciences including ecology, economics, engineering, systems analysis. The Director will lead and coordinate interdisciplinary research studies within the Centre and the University and. with the assistance of an Advisory Committee, develop collaboration with other research institutions. His professional background may be in any field appropriate to the Centre, but he will have a broad interest in and understanding of resource and environmental studies. The Director will also hold a Chair in the University. His term of office as Director will be a matter for agreement with the University, but his appointment as professor will be until retiring age. normally sixty-five years. Anyone interested in being considered for this appointment is asked to write in confidence, before November 30, 1972, to the undersigned, from whom further information may be obtained. C. G. PLOWMAN, Academic Registrar. P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600. AUSTRALIA. 3302

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO HISTORY LECTURER APPLICATIONS are invited for an appointment as Lecturer in History. The University is particularly interested at this time In developing its work in New Zealand history and In contemporary European history but will consider applications from suitably qualified persons with special teaching and research interests in other fields. The appointment is available from mid 1973. The appointment will be made at a suitable point within the following salary scales, approved for New Zealand universities: $5589 rising to $7149 per annum by six annual increments. Details of the application procedure and conditions of appointment are available from the Registrar. University of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z., with whom applications close on November 30, 1972. N. W. KINGSBURY, Registrar. 3699