[PLing] WG: Search for Head of Department of English

Mon Sep 7 13:23:03 CEST 2020

Für alle, die Lust haben in der derzeitigen Situation nach Hong Kong zu
gehen

Viele Grüße

Helmut Gruber 

______________________________________________________

Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der

Universität Wien

Sensengasse 3A

1090 Wien, Österreich

tel.: +43/1/4277-41722

fax: +43/1/4277-9417

URL: http://www.univie.ac.at/linguistics/personal/helmut/

Von: Search Head-ENGL [HRO] <search.head-engl at polyu.edu.hk> 
Gesendet: Montag, 7. September 2020 12:20
Betreff: Search for Head of Department of English

Dear Fellow Academics and Friends

Search for Head of Department of English

It is with the greatest pleasure that we draw to your attention the opening
of Headship of Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University.  Details of the post are set out in the attached post
specification, which are also available at
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/postspec/20081201.pdf. 

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a government-funded tertiary
institution in Hong Kong.  The University was ranked 75th according to the
QS World University Rankings 2021.  It offers programmes at various levels
including Doctorate, Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees.  It has a full-time
staff strength of around 5,300 including 1,200 academic staff.  The total
annual consolidated expenditure budget of the University is in excess of
HK$7.4 billion.  Committed to academic excellence, PolyU aspires to become a
leading university that excels in professional education, world-class
research and partnership for the betterment of Hong Kong, the nation and the
world.  For further details about the University, please visit PolyU’s
website at http://www.polyu.edu.hk.

The Department of English within the Faculty of Humanities at The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University has a long history of conducting cutting-edge
research in language and communication and producing high quality graduates
for the professional workplace.  A central mission of the Department is to
provide first class English language education with a focus on the skills
and expertise needed to succeed in the global and the local workplace.  With
a team of 25 full-time academic staff, the Department is actively engaged in
research in the five key areas: (1) Language and Professional Communication
(including health communication); (2) Language Teaching and Learning; (3)
Linguistics, English Language, and Systemic Functional Linguistics; (4)
Media and Communication; and (5) Area Studies and Intercultural
Communication.  The Department of English is part of the linguistics
discipline at PolyU that is ranked in the top 50 in the QS World University
Ranking by Subject 2020.  Please visit the website at
http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk for more information about the Department.

Should this opportunity be of interest to you, please send us at email
<mailto:hrscengl at polyu.edu.hk> hrscengl at polyu.edu.hk your application or
else we would much appreciate any nominations you make by early October
2020.  To make a nomination, kindly let us have information about the
nominee such as his/her affiliated institution and curriculum vitae, if
available.  We would also be grateful for your assistance in forwarding this
message to esteemed scholars with whom you are acquainted, or spreading the
news to your peers.

We look forward to hearing from you.  Thank you.

Yours sincerely

Ir Professor Ping-kong Alexander Wai

Deputy President and Provost &

Chairman of Search Committee for the recruitment of

Head of Department of English

Encl. Post Specification

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