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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-AT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Für alle, die Lust haben in der derzeitigen Situation nach Hong Kong zu gehen…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Viele Grüße<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Helmut Gruber <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Universität Wien<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sensengasse 3A<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1090 Wien, Österreich<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tel.: +43/1/4277-41722<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>fax: +43/1/4277-9417<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>URL: http://www.univie.ac.at/linguistics/personal/helmut/<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE> Search Head-ENGL [HRO] <search.head-engl@polyu.edu.hk> <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 7. September 2020 12:20<br><b>Betreff:</b> Search for Head of Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=xxxxxmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><img width=449 height=68 style='width:4.675in;height:.7083in' id="x_x_x_x_x_Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D67BD9.0D841D10"><img width=278 height=60 style='width:2.8916in;height:.625in' id="x_x_x_x_x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D67BD9.0D841D10"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Dear Fellow Academics and Friends</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal align=center style='text-align:center;layout-grid-mode:char'><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Search for Head of Department of English</span></u></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>It is with the greatest pleasure that we draw to your attention the opening of Headship<span style='color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>of Department of English </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>at <span style='color:black'>The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Details of the post are set out in the attached post specification, which are also available at </span><a href="https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/postspec/20081201.pdf">https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/postspec/20081201.pdf</a><span style='color:black'>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a government-funded tertiary institution in Hong Kong. The University was ranked 75<sup>th</sup> 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 <a href="http://www.polyu.edu.hk">http://www.polyu.edu.hk</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>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 <a href="http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk">http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk</a> for more information about the Department.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonospacing style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxxmsonospacing style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Should this opportunity be of interest to you, please send us at email </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:hrscengl@polyu.edu.hk"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>hrscengl@polyu.edu.hk</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> your application or else we would much appreciate any nominations you make <b>by <span style='color:black'>early October 2020</span></b>. 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.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonospacing style='margin-right:28.25pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonospacing style='margin-right:28.25pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Yours sincerely</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Ir Professor Ping-kong Alexander Wai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Deputy President and Provost &<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chairman of Search Committee for the recruitment of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Head of Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxxxmsonormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Encl. 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