Higher Education Studies Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2023 at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO:

• Conduct innovative research in the following areas: academic identities and digital identities, academic leadership in Higher Education; curriculum, teaching and learning in Higher Education.
• Author/co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of DHET– accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books.
• Initiate research projects and seek funding for them.
• The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
• Do limited teaching in the Programmes for Higher Education Studies and/or teacher education, where appropriate.
• Provide limited supervision and/or co-supervision at PgDip, Honours, Master’s and/or Doctoral level, where appropriate.
• Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the Centre for Graduate Studies and the Directorate of Research Development.
• The successful candidate will be required to conduct innovative research and obtain evidence- based empirical data on current developments in Higher Education within the South African context and internationally.
   

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State.
• Graduated with a relevant PhD degree, with a focus on Higher Education, within the last five years.
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS Bloemfontein Campus.