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Professorship of
Mathematics
Department of Pure Mathematics and
Mathematical Statistics
Closing date: 31 December 2021
Job Reference: LF28548
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Examining
The Professor will be required to undertake
such university examining as may be required
by the relevant Faculty Board or comparable
body.
Supervision
The Professor will be required to act as the
supervisor of graduate students as and when
requested.
Administration
Administrative duties are shared equitably
among the teaching members of the
Department. The Professors are expected to
play significant roles from time to time on the
Faculty Board and Faculty and Departmental
Committees dealing with such matters as
academic and other appointments, admission
of graduate students, research and teaching
assessments, the libraries and computing
arrangements. They are also encouraged to
accept appointment to University Committees.
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Person specification
Candidates will be considered for the Professorship on the basis of the following selection
criteria, which you should address in your application.
Criteria Essential
The ability to manage and interact effectively with staff and students at all levels.
The Department
The Department of Pure Mathematics and
Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) is one of the two
Mathematics Departments in Cambridge, the other
being the Department of Applied Mathematics &
Theoretical Physics. The Statistical Laboratory is
a sub-department of DPMMS. Together with the
Isaac Newton Institute, the two departments
occupy the Centre for Mathematical Sciences generally held in the centre of Cambridge, a short
(CMS). The CMS is a beautiful development west distance from the CMS, while third-year lectures
of the city centre and close to other Science are held in the CMS.
Departments. The accommodation is of the
highest quality and was designed by Each student is admitted to the University and also
mathematicians and architects to facilitate the to one of the Colleges (of the University).
study of mathematics. It comprises offices, Undergraduates generally reside in their College,
meeting rooms, seminar/lecture rooms, and and are taught there by subject supervisors.
common rooms, and is equipped with an excellent Undergraduate teaching takes place during three
computer network. 8/9-week terms; in the final term of the academic
year, lecturing occupies the first 4 weeks, and
DPMMS comprises at present about 40 tenured examining the remainder. The teaching of
staff, more than 50 post-doctoral members of the undergraduates in small groups is an essential
Department and more than 90 PhD students. It element of the success of mathematics education
gained an excellent quality profile in the 2014 in Cambridge and is a College responsibility.
Research Excellence Framework.
The fourth-year Masters (also known as Part III of
The research environment in DPMMS is very the Mathematical Tripos course) attracts a
lively. Many regular seminar series meet weekly substantial number of strong students from all
during term, and there is a steady stream of short- parts of the world. Approximately 280 students
and long-term visitors from around the world. The enrol each year, the majority of whom come from
proximity of the Isaac Newton Institute is a major outside the United Kingdom. A very wide range of
advantage for mathematics in Cambridge. graduate level courses are given; in excess of 75
DPMMS is responsible with DAMTP for teaching this academic year ranging across the whole of
the undergraduate and Masters courses in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and
mathematics. Theoretical Physics.
The student body is quite remarkable in size and The Faculty holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award
quality, and is a privilege to teach. We admit in for promoting women in Science, Technology,
excess of 230 new mathematics undergraduates Engineering and Medicine and supports the aims
each year, leading to graduation after three or four of the Charter Scheme and the LMS Good Practice
years of study. First and second year lectures are Scheme in seeking to advance women's careers in
the mathematical sciences. New staff are
mentored and all staff are offered advice on career
and promotion opportunities.
Further Information
Further information about the Department may be
found via the Departmental website at
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/; Information about
mathematics in Cambridge is also available at
www.maths.cam.ac.uk/.
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The School
The School of the Physical
Sciences is one of six Schools
making up the academic work of
the University. It covers
Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth
Science, Geography, Materials
Science and Metallurgy,
Mathematics and Physics.
The School’s aim is to contribute
to our understanding of the
physical world through
excellence in observational,
theoretical and experimental
science and to extend
quantitative, qualitative and
combined methodologies to address problems The School is responsible for allocating core
funds to departments and provides broad
in the fields of biology, technology, medicine,
strategic focus across its constituent
social science and the humanities. In pursuit of
these goals, the School coordinates objectivesdepartments in a number of areas including;
in research, teaching, and infrastructure. research activity, undergraduate and graduate
education, estate needs, fundraising and
About the School human resources. As part of the University’s
annual planning cycle, the School prepares a
The School of the Physical Sciences comprises financial and academic plan which sets out
the following Departments: strategic objectives, determines budgets, as
well as the flow of resources to departments.
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical The School manages a wide range of
Physics (DAMTP) administrative activities and projects across its
Chemistry departments and works alongside other
Schools to further interdisciplinary research.
Earth Sciences
The School has over 1500 members of staff,
Geography (including the Scott Polar over 3000 students and an annual budget of
Research Institute) over £100 million.
Institute of Astronomy
Issac Newton Institute of Mathematical
Sciences
Materials Science and Metallurgy
Physics (Cavendish Laboratory)
Pure Mathematics and Mathematical
Statistics (DPMMS)
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Terms of appointment
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and Ordinances of the University. pdfs/2020/ordinance11.pdf
Terms of appointment
Professorial Fellowships Equality and Diversity
The great majority of Professors at Cambridge hold
We particularly encourage women and /or
a professorial fellowship of a college. Although
candidates from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
election to a fellowship is a matter for an individual
background to apply for this vacancy as they are
college, the University takes active steps to draw
currently under-represented at this level within our
the attention of Heads of House to the names of
University.
those Professors eligible for election. The Scheme
for newly-appointed University Officers seeking a Information if you have a disability
College Fellowship is set out at: https:// The University welcomes applications from
www.ois.cam.ac.uk/system/files/documents/ individuals with disabilities. We are committed to
guidance-for-applicants.pdf ensuring fair treatment throughout the recruitment
process. We will make adjustments to enable
General information applicants to compete to the best of their ability
wherever it is reasonable to do so and, if
Pre-employment checks successful, to assist them during their employment.
Right to work in the UK - We have a legal Information for disabled applicants is available at:
responsibility to ensure that you have the right to https://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/policies-
work in the UK before you can start working for us. procedures/disabled-applicants-and-members-staff
Accordingly, shortlisted candidates, whatever their
We encourage you to declare any disability that you
nationality, will be asked to provide such evidence
may have, and any reasonable adjustments that
at an appropriate stage in the recruitment
you may require, in the section provided for this
procedure. If you do not have the right to work in the
purpose in the application form. This will enable us
UK already, any offer of employment we make will
to accommodate your needs throughout the process
be conditional upon you gaining it.
as required. However, applicants and employees
may declare a disability at any time.
Health Declaration - Offers of appointment made
to prospective University officers whose work will
Applicants wishing to discuss with or inform the
fall within certain categories are conditional on the
University of any special arrangements connected
completion of a medical questionnaire and, if
with their disability can, at any point in the
necessary, on a satisfactory health check by the
recruitment process, contact Dr Gosia Wloszycka,
Occupational Health Service. Only the person
who is responsible for the administration of the
elected will be asked to complete the questionnaire,
recruitment process for this position, by email on:
at the time of election.
mw425@admin.cam.ac.uk
References – References will be requested prior to
the final meeting of the Board of Electors.
Please note: references are not required from your
current employer.
Equal Opportunities
The University of Cambridge appoints solely on
merit. No applicant for an appointment in the
University, or member of staff once appointed, will
be treated less favourably than another on the
grounds of sex (including gender reassignment),
marital or parental status, race, ethnic or national
origin, colour, disability (including HIV status),
sexual orientation, religion, age or socio-economic
factors.
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The University
The University of Cambridge is one of Our capital investment projects include the
the world’s oldest and most successful West Cambridge site, the North West
universities. We are a renowned centre Cambridge development and the growth of
for research, education, and scholarship the Biomedical Campus in the south of the
that makes a significant contribution to city. The North West Cambridge
society. The University is consistently development includes the opening of a
ranked amongst the top universities in primary school – the first in the UK to be
the world. Our affiliates have won more managed by a University. So we are deeply
Nobel Prizes than any other University. embedded in, and committed to serving, our
local community. These are all conspicuous
Our sustained pursuit of academic signs of a University that is not only
excellence is built on a long history of first- adapting to new needs, but also anticipating
class teaching and research within a the future.
distinctive collegiate system. For eight
centuries our ideas and innovations have
shaped the world. Our principal goal is to
remain one of the world’s leading
universities in an increasingly competitive
global higher education sector. Today the
University of Cambridge is at the centre of a Our mission is to contribute to society through
cluster of over 4,300 businesses employing
the pursuit of education, learning, and research
58,000 people.
at the highest international levels of excellence.
Our core values are:
About us
The University is one of the world's leading The University awards degrees and its faculties
academic centres. It comprises 150 faculties and departments provide lectures and seminars
and departments, together with a central for students and determine the syllabi for
administration and other institutions. Our teaching and conducting research.
institutions, museums and collections
are a world-class resource for researchers, Our instinct for seeking out excellence and
students and members of the public setting up enduring and mutually beneficial
representing one of the country’s highest collaborations has led us to establish strategic
concentrations of internationally important partnerships across the globe. Whether it is the
collections. successful Cambridge-Africa Programme
involving universities in Ghana, Uganda and
The University has an annual income of £2
elsewhere on the African continent; or the close
billion. Research income, won competitively
association with the government of India to
from the UK Research Councils, the European
pursue new research in crop science; or the
Union (EU), major charities and industry,
creation, with Germany’s Max Planck Institutes,
exceeds £500 million per annum and continues
of a Cambridge-based centre for the study of
to grow.
ethics, human economy and social change –
international partnerships are now an
The Colleges and the University remain
inextricable part of the University’s make-up.
committed to admitting the best students
regardless of their background and to investing
considerable resources both in widening
access and financial support. The 31 Colleges
are self-governing, separate legal entities “Cambridge graduates and researchers have
made – and continue to make – a colossal
which appoint their own staff. Many academic
contribution to human knowledge and the
staff are invited to join a College as a Teaching
understanding of the world around us. Their
Fellow, which provides a further social and
work touches on the lives and livelihoods of
intellectual dimension. The Colleges admit
everyone from patients diagnosed with life-
students, provide student accommodation and threatening diseases, to residents of areas
deliver small group teaching. critically affected by climate change, to
children growing up in conflict zones. It has a
lasting impact on our society, our economy
and our culture: the world is truly a better
place thanks to their efforts.”
Living in Cambridge
Cambridge is rich in cultural diversity. Relocation Support
From beautiful University and College
The University recognises the importance of
buildings, museums and art galleries,
helping individuals to move and settle into a
quaint gardens and punts on the River
new area. We provide support and guidance
Cam, to a vibrant restaurant and café
to those relocating internationally or
scene, our employees are surrounded by
domestically to take up a post at the University
the wonderful features of this unique city.
of Cambridge, liaising with other University
You can find a wide-range of high street shops offices and selected partners to ensure
and 3 shopping centres, with independent comprehensive relocation support is available.
alternatives at the historic market and nestled This includes: accommodation, childcare,
within the passageways in the city centre. You schools, banking, immigration and transport. If
will find a cinema, bowling alley, a nightclub you would like further information, please visit
and various live performances At the https://www.accommodation.cam.ac.uk/. The
Cambridge Leisure Park, with further Shared Equity Scheme and the
entertainment options at the Corn Exchange, Reimbursement of Relocation Expenses
Arts Theatre and the ADC Theatre. Further Scheme provide financial assistance to
information can be found on the Visit qualifying new members of staff with the costs
Cambridge website. of relocating to Cambridge.
College Membership
The University, the Faculties and Departments, Membership of a College adds an important
and the Colleges are linked in a complicated social and intellectual dimension which many of
historical relationship that is mutually beneficial
the University's academic community find
but not simple. Students (both graduate and attractive. Most colleges expect their fellows to
undergraduate) are admitted by one of the 31 take part in undergraduate supervision and
Colleges, although in the case of graduate College administration. Appointment to a College
students the Faculties and Departments fellowship is a separate matter from a University
determine admissions before the Colleges are appointment, for which the College provides
involved. Almost all undergraduates, and many modest remuneration additional to University
graduate students, live in a College. salary. It is not compulsory for academic staff to
The teaching of undergraduate students is shared be a member of a College.
between the Colleges and the Faculties and Further advice can be obtained from The Chair of
Departments, with the Colleges arranging small the Faculty/Head of Department or senior
group teaching (“supervision”) and the colleagues.
Departments providing lecturing, laboratory The Scheme for newly-appointed University
classes, and advanced supervisions. Most Officers seeking a College Fellowship is set out
academic staff will also be invited to join a at: https://www.ois.cam.ac.uk/utoscheme/
College as a teaching or professorial fellow. guidance-for-applicants/view
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How to Apply
Applications, consisting of a letter of Appointment Procedure
application together with a statement of The appointment will be made by a Board of
current and future research plans, a Electors, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor or
curriculum vitae and a publications list, Deputy, with a membership which includes
should be made online no later than 31 members of the Department, members of
December 2021. cognate Departments and external experts.
Applications should be submitted online via the All applications will be acknowledged. The Board
University of Cambridge jobs page of Electors will decide how they wish to proceed
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk by clicking “Apply online” in towards making an election, which may include
the job advert. You will need an email address to interviews and/or presentations. Short-listed
register for our online system. candidates may be invited to visit the Department
Conversations about flexible working are to give a seminar on their work and meet
encouraged at the University of Cambridge. prospective colleagues in the course of the
Please feel free to discuss flexibility prior to process.
applying (using the contact information below) or Candidates will be informed of the progress of
at interview if your application is successful. their applications as agreed by the Electors.
If you have any queries regarding the application It is anticipated that the successful candidate will
process please contact: Dr Gosia Wloszycka at: take up the appointment on 1 September 2022 or
professorships@admin.cam.ac.uk and/or as soon as possible thereafter.
mw425@admin.cam.ac.uk
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