>Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 07:34:20 +0200 >From: Kleanthes Grohmann <[log in to unmask]> ===================== The Language Center is looking for a full-time Director The University of Cyprus is looking to fill the position of Director of the Language Center. The contract will be made initially for a one-year Visiting post, but the University of Cyprus is currently investigating the possibility of hiring the successful applicant on the full post straight away. The full post of Director of the Language Center will be made out to the academic rank and salary level of Associate Professor or Full Professor on the basis of a renewable three-year contract. Minimum qualifications for an appointment as Associate Professor are seven years employment and work experience in a relevant area after the doctoral degree has been conferred (a PhD in a relevant area is required). Candidates who already hold a full professorship would be hired at the rank of Full Professor. The position is available immediately, with a preferred starting date as soon as possible or September 1, 2005. Among the expected tasks of the Director is setting up the Language Center in a dynamic environment: the University of Cyprus, the only public university in the Republic of Cyprus, was founded in 1989 and admitted its first students in 1992. The Language Center has only recently been established as an autonomous institution within the newly found Faculty of Humanities (alongside the Departments of English Studies, French Studies and Modern Languages, and Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies). The working language is mainly English, knowledge of Greek will be an asset. Further tasks of more immediate need and relevance include: - course management and scheduling within the University of Cyprus; - expanding the Language Center to offer language courses to the public; - training and managing language teachers (incl. hiring, promoting, training); - teaching one academic course per semester (in one of the three departments of the Faculty of Humanities). General information The new homepage (partially under construction) of the entire Faculty of Humanities can be found at: <www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/index.php> (information on these pages supersedes the official UCY homepage at <www.ucy.ac.cy>). The homepage of the Language Center, also under ongoing construction, can be found at: <www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/LGC/index.php>. The University of Cyprus is also currently building a new campus which will eventually house the entire institution. One of the future facilities will be a state-of-the-art Learning Center where the Computer Center, the Library, and the Language Center will find a home. Another prime task of the Visiting Director will thus be to supervise and engage in the preparations for construction, incl. technical and instructional infrastructure. Actual situation The languages currently taught at the University of Cyprus alongside Greek (which is independent of the Language Center) are Turkish, English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, with Russian starting next academic year. Please submit a CV in electronic form to Dr. Kleanthes Grohmann, the Interim Director of the Language Center. For submission of applications and further inquiries, please send an email to <[log in to unmask]>. Dr. Kleanthes K. Grohmann Assistant Professor, Department of English Studies Interim Director of the Language Center University of Cyprus 75 Kallipoleos P.O. Box 20537 1678 Nicosia Cyprus Phone: +357 2289 2106 Fax: +357 2275 0310 Email: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************