Umeå universitet, Lärarhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

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Description

In collaboration with the Postgraduate School in the Educational Sciences at Umeå University, we are looking for a PhD student in educational work or subject matter education in science or technology. The position is located at NMD, see http://bit.ly/2ETrgtu which carries out training in primarily teacher education, as well as research and development in educational sciences. The subject competence of the department's employees is mainly within mathematics education, science education, technology education, assessment for learning and outdoor education. Collaboration with the Postgraduate School means, among other things, that the PhD student participates in joint internships, courses and other activities. Application deadline is 2018-04-03.

The doctoral student will be a part of the research environment UmSER, see http://bit.ly/2FsFylR.   More information about orientations and possible projects can be found here, http://bit.ly/2FstqRG. Applicants are welcome to write their research plan outline in any of the areas or a combination of these but other approaches are also possible.

Qualifications

To be admitted to education at the postgraduate level, the applicant must have basic qualifications through a degree at advanced level, or completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits are at advanced level, or equivalent foreign education or other equivalent qualifications.

PhD students can be admitted to postgraduate studies in science or technology education via two different syllabuses: educational work or subject matter education, both with a focus on science or technology. In addition to the basic qualifications, special qualifications are required that are different for the two postgraduate syllabuses.

In order to meet the requirement of special qualifications to be accepted in the postgraduate program of educational work with a focus on science or technoogy requires, besides the basic qualifications, the applicant needs to have a teacher's degree or pre-school teacher's degree and at least two years of professional experience. The degree must include a degree project.

For subject matter education, teacher training and teaching experience are advantageous.

For both of these postgraduate syllabuses, students who have acquired equivalent knowledge, such as subject-relevant occupational activities, may also be admitted to postgraduate studies after assessment. For more information, see:

General Syllabus for Educational Work, http://bit.ly/2HIux0l

General Syllabus for Subject Matter Education, http://bit.ly/2oomLkm

In order to be accepted, the applicant also needs to have such other skills as necessary to take advantage of the given education as well as good proficiency in English, both verbally and in writing.

Conditions of employment

A PhD student will mainly devote them self to their own education at the postgraduate level. Employment as a PhD student is given for the time necessary for the completion of research studies in normal study time, which corresponds to a full-time postgraduate education for four years. At the first stage, the employment lasts for one year, and it is then renewed for a maximum of two years at a time, provided that the individual study plan is followed. A PhD student can to a limited extent work with teaching and administrative work equivalent to no more than twenty percent of full working hours. As a consequence, the term of employment can be extended to a maximum of five years. All PhD students enrolled are required to participate in The Postgraduate School in the Educational Sciences, which is coordinated with regular postgraduate education at the department. The workplace is Umeå University. Postgraduate education is a campus-based education and cannot be organized as distance education. The PhD student is also expected to participate actively in the department’s research environment. The salary follows Umeå University's doctorate ladder. According to the Higher Education Ordinance (Chapter 12, Section 2), the decision on employment cannot be appealed.

Application

The application must be made via the university's e-recruitment system by 2018-04-03. In the system, the following documents must be uploaded,

1. Research plan outline (max 2 pages)

2. Personal letter (max 1 page)

3. Curriculum vitae

4. Certificate of degrees

5. Essays / other publications (attached as full text in pdf)

6. Other qualifications relevant to the employment

7. Contact information to two reference persons

Observe that incomplete applications will not be processed. If you are applying for several positions with different reference numbers, you must submit a complete application for each position.

Additional information

Information about the Department of Science and Mathematics Education is given by the head of department Helena Näs, +46 90 786 9558, helena.nas@umu.se or study director for postgraduate education Madelen Bodin, +46 90 786 9618, madelen.bodin@umu.se

Information about the postgraduate studies is provided by Christina Ottander,. +46 90-786 7124, christina.ottander@umu.se

Type of employment: Fixed-term employment beyond 6 months

Application: Full-time

Low-form: monthly salary

Position starts: 2018-09-03 or according to agreement

Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment 2018-09-03 or according to agreement
Salary Monthly salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100 %
City Umeå
County Västerbottens län
Country Sweden
Reference number AN 2.2.1-322-18
Contact
  • Helena Näs, prefekt, 090-786 95 58
  • Madelen Bodin, studierektor för forskarutbildning, 090-786 96 18
Union representative
  • SACO, 090-786 53 65
  • SEKO, 090-786 52 96
  • ST, 090-786 54 31
Published 26.Feb.2018
Last application date 03.Apr.2018 11:59 PM CEST

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