Developing ourresearch excellence.

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Dean’s foreword

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In this recruitment pack The University in numbers 12

Medicine 14

Role of Senior Clinical Academic 18 in Primary Care

The University and region 20

1. Delivering research excellenceStrengthening the academic heart of the University. Page 4

2. Transforming educationDelivering improvements in the student experience.Page 6

3. Leadership in enterprise and innovationBuilding on our track record as a partner to business and the public sector. Page 8

4. Making an impact on society and the economyEducation and research improve lives. Page 10

5. Reward and benefitsExplore Reward and benefitsPage 16

Thank you for your interest in joining the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Medicine.

This is an exciting time to join the University of Southampton. We have recently launched an aspirational Strategy, setting out our ambitions over the next five years1. The Strategy involves securing a top 10 place in the UK for research by investing in the highest quality staff and facilities. In addition, we are transforming our education programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate students across the University, providing greater flexibility and modular courses.

In conjunction with the new Strategy, the University has undergone a wide-reaching restructure into eight academic faculties. The creation of the new Faculty of Medicine2 has enabled us to build further upon strong foundations of basic research and clinical translation. Working with colleagues across the University and in the local NHS we have established our place as a renowned centre for translational research, leading innovative learning and discovery for better health across the lifecourse.

This document describes the strategic priorities that we believe will support our ambition as a leading global university: the transformation of our educational offer, a step-change in research performance, leadership in enterprise and innovation, and positive societal impact. In this context, we are looking to appoint an outstanding senior academic in Primary Care at Professorial, Reader or Senior Lecturer level to develop and lead a major programme of funded clinical research.

If you believe you have the skills, experience and drive to join us at the University of Southampton, we would welcome your application.

Professor Iain Cameron Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

1 To view the University Strategy, visit www.southampton.ac.uk/strategy2 For more information see www.som.southampton.ac.uk

Professors Nigel Shadbolt and Sir Tim Berners-Lee have transformed public access to UK government data through data.gov.uk, an innovative new website. The University is also the hub of the Web Science Trust Network (WSTNet), a global network of university research institutes dedicated to advancing web science.

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Delivering research excellence

We aspire to be a world-leading research university, clearly ranked top 10 in the UK by:

• Developing our existing world-class research• Supporting innovative research across disciplines

to address global challenges• Increasing income from research grants• Attracting, developing and retaining

high-achieving staff• Supporting and increasing our early career

researchers and postgraduate research students

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“The vision is that citizens, consumers and government can create, reuse and distribute public information in ways that add value, support transparency, facilitate new services and increase efficiency.”

Professor Richard Oreffo and his team are pioneering new techniques for hip replacement surgery that involve growing new bone from patients’ own stem cells instead of donor bone. In a collaborative project with the University of Nottingham, the research team will use adult stem cells from bone marrow in combination with an innovative impaction process and polymer scaffolds to grow new bone that can be introduced into the hip joint during bone grafting. This new approach could lead to improved outcomes for hip revision surgery.

Professor Nigel Shadbolt

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“For me, the main benefits have been seeing my project driven at an industrial pace and to have gained recognition from industrial peers. I can already see the results of my research applied to the real world.”

Dr Faith Hill has received a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy in recognition for her teaching excellence. Faith is University Director of Education, Director of the Division of Medical Education and Director of the Medical Education Development Unit in the Faculty of Medicine. An outstanding leader and innovator in medical education, she works to improve healthcare through enhancing the learning experience and inspiring the next generation of clinicians.

Transforming education

We will attract the most talented students, irrespective of background, and prepare them to be confident citizens and potential leaders in an increasingly globalised work environment by:

• Ensuring that our education is shaped by our culture of research and enterprise

• Providing a more flexible, personalised educational experience

• Improving the learning spaces and support facilities we provide to our students

• Transforming and growing our postgraduate and advanced education for professional development

• Achieving a sustainable increase in the size and diversity of the student population

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The University has three Doctoral Training Centres: Complex Systems Simulation, Transport and the Environment and Web Science. These provide a revolutionary learning environment for postgraduates, enabling them to address some of society’s biggest challenges, from climate change to hi-tech crime.

Kevin Briggs EngD student from the Transport and the Environment Industrial DTC

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“The economic downturn means that the development of this product has been even more business critical. We estimate that we have saved 30 per cent of the product development costs through this knowledge transfer partnership with Southampton.”

Drug discovery company Synairgen spun out from the University in 2004 and was floated London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market at a value of £28.2m. Synairgen is currently conducting a clinical trial on inhaled interferon beta as a therapy for asthma and chromic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Leadership in enterprise and innovation

We will deliver distinctive economic impact and achieve international leadership in enterprise and innovation by:

• Further developing our enterprise and innovation• Strengthening and developing strategic

relationships with leading national and international organisations

• Developing collaborative research with industry and business

• Growing our applied research and consultancy

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Every year thousands of people need a hip resurfacing operation to improve their mobility or reduce joint pain caused by arthritis. As part of a knowledge transfer partnership with Finsbury Orthopaedics, Southampton researchers have developed a new ceramic implant that is far more hard-wearing than the metal devices currently used.

Andy Taylor Managing Director, Finsbury Orthopaedics

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“Our aim is to enable people in the villages to become partners in the project. This is crucial so that the energy supply remains sustainable and profitable for villages in the long term.”

Making an impact on society and the economy

Recognising our social responsibility, and the capacity of our education and research to improve the lives of individuals and society, we will strengthen the positive impact we have on our local community, region and country by:

• Influencing key decision makers in every part of public life

• Strengthening our partnerships with regional leaders and national bodies

• Developing mutually beneficial lifelong relationships with our alumni and supporters

The largest study of women’s health and lifestyle ever carried out in the UK is taking place in Southampton. The Southampton Women’s Survey aims to learn more about how diet and lifestyle influences the health of women and their children.

Providing an energy supply to rural villages across Africa would create life-changing benefits, such as pumped water and refrigeration of vaccines. Professor AbuBakr Bahaj is leading an international, multidisciplinary project to develop a model for introducing a sustainable electricity supply to rural communities in Africa.

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj Leader of the project

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The University in numbers

Research Assessment Exercise ratings

The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) measures the quality of research in UK universities and colleges. The ratings are used to determine how public funds will be distributed for research. The results of the most recent RAE (2008) were presented as overall ‘quality profiles’. These show the percentage of research activity that was judged to be world leading (4*), internationally excellent (3*), recognised internationally (2*), recognised nationally (1*) and unclassified (U). The grade point average (GPA) is the overall quality profile converted into one figure. Using the standard weighting adopted at the University of Southampton, the highest achievable is a GPA of 4, although the highest score achieved nationally across all disciplines was 3.55.

• We have an annual turnover of well in excess of £400m.

• In 2009/10, we received 96.3m in research grants and contracts.

• Our annual report can be viewed at www.southampton.ac.uk/finance/central/FA2010.pdf

• We are ranked 14th in the UK for research income.

• We reward academic excellence with scholarships and offer bursaries to those in the most financial need. The University has more than £4m in bursary funding available for 2009/10.

Key investment figures

• We have invested over £100m in the new Mountbatten Building, fully equipped with clean-room facilities for groundbreaking nanotechnology and optoelectronics research.

• We have established an Institute for Life Sciences with its hub in a new £47m purpose-built Life Sciences Building.

• In recent years we have invested £50m in our academic facilities at Southampton General Hospital.

Staff and students

• There are over 22,000 students at the University of Southampton, including over 17,000 undergraduates and more than 5,700 postgraduates.

• We have over 1,400 students from the EU and more than 3,400 international students from over 130 different countries outside the EU.

• We have an alumni community of over 175,000 individuals in 147 countries.

• In 2009/10 we received a total of 58,711 applications for study: 36,184 for undergraduate courses, 18,636 for postgraduate taught courses, and 3,891 for postgraduate research courses.

• We have over 5,000 staff, making the University the second largest employer in the Southampton region.

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The Faculty’s research and education are delivered through five academic units:

• Primary Care and Population Sciences• Cancer Sciences• Clinical and Experimental Sciences• Human Development and Health• Medical Education

Our main research programmes are primary care, respiratory medicine, developmental sciences, cancer sciences, and bone and joint disease. In the most recent (2008) RAE, our research was ranked in the top 10 in the UK based on grade point average (with primary care ranked 3rd in its Unit of Assessment).

We work closely with a number of local NHS providers in acute and community settings. Our main NHS provider, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, provides key infrastructure for translational and clinical research delivered through the Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research. Our research brings together the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, the Clinical Trials Unit, two NIHR Biomedical Research Units (Respiratory, and Nutrition and Lifestyle), shadow Biomedical Research Units in Cardiovascular, and Bone and Joint Disease, and the Cancer Research UK Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre.

Responsible for the Southampton Women’s Survey, the largest study of women’s health and lifestyle in the UK, we collaborate closely with the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, and host the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC).

The Faculty comprises about 500 academic staff and 1,250 medical undergraduate, 100 taught postgraduate and 150 research postgraduate students. Our annual budget exceeds £75 million, a substantial proportion of which is from research and commercialisation activity. Our academic activity is located primarily at Southampton General Hospital (SGH), 15 minutes from the main Highfield Campus. The Primary Care group is based at Aldermoor Health Centre, a short walk from SGH.

For more information please go to: www.southampton.ac.uk/aboutus/faculties/faculty_medicine.html

Medicine

More than 1.6 million people die every year from meningitis, blood poisoning (sepsis) and pneumonia caused by the bacterium pneumococcus. A team from the University, led by Dr Stuart Clarke, is researching vaccines for these conditions.

In 2009, Dr Clarke was awarded ‘best emerging medical researcher in the UK’ by the Bupa Foundation for world-class research on the pneumococcus and how it is carried in the nose and throat. He emphasises how working at Southampton has given him a unique opportunity to work across teams.

The Faculty of Medicine has a strong track record in basic research, clinical translation and applied health. Working with colleagues across the University and in the local NHS we have strengthened our position as a renowned centre for translational research, leading innovative learning and discovery for better health across the lifecourse. There is a clear research strategy to investigate the biomedical basis of common human diseases and to translate this into clinical practice.

“There are very few other places – if any – that could provide all the links needed for clinical research on microbiology relating to vaccines and epidemiology in the community.”

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Reward and benefits“The University of Southampton has proven itself to be truly world class in its research into leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Our scientists here are consistently helping to improve treatment and diagnosis for patients in Southampton and across the UK – it really is a Centre of Excellence.”

New research led by Professor Graham Packham has revealed that a plant compound in watercress may have the ability to suppress breast cancer cell development by ‘turning off’ a signal in the body, thereby starving a growing tumour of essential blood and oxygen.

The University of Southampton is a member of the prestigious Russell Group committed to attracting and supporting exceptional staff to deliver at the highest levels in all activities. In return the University can offer an excellent package for senior staff on the basis of recognition of knowledge, experience and performance.

In addition to a competitive salary, the University offers a highly attractive pension scheme, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), which is one of the largest pension schemes in the country. USS is a Defined Benefit scheme, with employee and employer contribution. The University also offers a generous holiday allowance of 30 days annual leave, plus 6 University closure days and 8 bank holidays.

Senior staff are entitled to membership of the Corporate Healthcare Scheme for the duration of their employment, and family members can be included at the employees cost.

We are a family friendly employer offering a number of services and benefits to support our staff and their families including an on-campus Early Years Centre offering high quality childcare and pre school education for children aged four months to five years, a childcare voucher scheme available via salary sacrifice, flexible working policies, and generous maternity and adoption pay, as well as provision for other types of leave such as sabbaticals.

We consider the personal and professional development to be an important part of the package which can include mentoring, individual learning and conference attendance in addition to research and course based learning. And as we like to celebrate success and exceptional contribution we have a staff award scheme in place to recognise individuals and teams.

If the appointment necessitates relocation to the Southampton area, the University can offer assistance with relocation expenses, as well as support and advice from a professional relocation firm to enable you and your family to settle into Southampton with ease.

Southampton is a prime location on the south coast. The city and surrounding areas offer a variety of living environments as well as supporting a diverse range of interests. For more information see pages 20 and 21.

The University has been named as a Centre of Excellence by the national blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, recognising our world-class research into the main blood cancers: leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. The charity has over £7m currently invested in research projects at the Centre.

Our groundbreaking cancer research includes creating ‘DNA vaccines’ that manipulate the immune system to fight leukaemia and myeloma. These could be the basis of new treatments for blood cancer in the future.

Cathy Gilman Chief Executive of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

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Internal and external relationships The Postholder will be an active member of the academic unit of Primary Care and Population Sciences and line managed by the Head of Unit Professor Paul Roderick. They will be expected to undertake general practice sessions in a local general practice to maintain clinical expertise.

Teaching, management, administration and other duties will be assigned by the Head of Unit after discussion and under the advice of the Dean of Faculty and members of the PCPS Senior Management team.

Person specificationQualifications, Knowledge and Experience• A Primary medical qualification and full

registration with the GMC• Inclusion on GMC Specialist Register, or CCT

awarded or expected within 6 months• Clinical training and experience in General

Practice equivalent to that required for a UK CCST• Possesses MRCGP or equivalent recognised

qualification• PhD, MD or equivalent experience• Specialist interest and expertise in relevant

subspecialty

Planning and OrganisingFor Level 7 post (Chair)• Track record of attracting major grant funding and

proven ability to run complex research programmes• Excellent organisational skills• Ability to work independently and develop projects

For Level 6 post (Reader/Senior Lecturer)• Track record or capability to attract grant funding

and to run a research programme• Excellent organisational skills• Ability to work independently and develop projects

Problem Solving and InitiativeFor Level 7 post (Chair)• Evidence of substantial and high quality

publication record• Evidence of capability of independence (thought

and action, papers, grants and educational activities) and innovation

For Level 6 post (Reader / Senior Lecturer)• Evidence of strong publication record• Evidence of capability of independence (thought

and action, papers, grants and educational activities) and innovation

Management and Teamwork • Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team• Ability to work co-operatively with medical and

non-medical staff• Ability to supervise junior research staff

In addition (for Level 7 post)• Ability to lead multidisciplinary team

Communicating and Influencing• Ability to communicate effectively with staff

and students • Ability to motivate others• Presentation skills• Ability to work in a team• Fluency in spoken and written English

Special Requirements• Willing to participate in undergraduate and

postgraduate education and training

Role of Senior Clinical Academic in Primary CareWe are seeking a senior clinical academic in Primary Care at Professorial, Reader or Senior Lecturer level to join the Primary Care group at Aldermoor Health Centre.

The successful candidate will have a strong record of research and publication, and will be expected to develop his/her own programme of research with support from clinical and non–clinical colleagues, winning support from major national funding bodies, such as NIHR, EU and MRC. We are flexible about candidates’ specialist interests, which could be complementary to our existing interests or bring a new dimension to our research profile. It is anticipated that the appointee will contribute to the academic leadership within the Faculty and academic unit and enhance the quality of our research and teaching. We have very good relationships with local general practices through which the successful candidate should be able to obtain an appropriate clinical post.

The new Primary Care and Population Sciences academic unit consists of over 70 staff with a unified management and research strategy. Primary care research is led by Professor Paul Little, an NIHR senior scientist with an international reputation, notably in the management of common infections. Following the success of Primary Care in RAE 2008 the group was admitted to the National School of Primary Care, a partnership of the eight, top-rated university departments. The National School has been awarded more than £32 million over five years by the Department of Health, dedicated to investigating the care of common disorders in general practice in order to develop better primary care services.

Along with other senior primary care colleagues (Professor George Lewith, Dr Michael Moore (Reader), Dr Ian Williamson (Senior Lecturer) and Dr Gerry Leydon (Principal Research Fellow) the academic unit delivers an active and broad research programme including: management of common infections; self management of common non -infectious chronic conditions (e.g. IBS, eczema); behaviour change for adverse lifestyles (e.g. obesity) using web based interventions; and complementary medicine. The University hosts the East Hub of the South West Primary Care Research Network leading to close working relationships with the top performing network in England. There are extensive health

collaborations within the UK through the School of Primary Care notably with the departments in Oxford, Birmingham and Bristol, and through EU collaborations with Primary Care in 16 centres in 12 countries.

Primary Care and Populations Sciences has a thriving group of postdoctoral staff (clinical and non clinical) and 20 postgraduate students. Researchers receive support in qualitative methods, statistics, epidemiology, health psychology and health economics from within the academic unit and across the Faculty and University.

Job Purpose To undertake high quality internationally leading research in line with the research strategy of the Primary Care and Population Sciences academic unit, obtaining research funding and supervising research staff and students.

To contribute to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level and to participate in Faculty administration as required.

Primary responsibilities/activities • Develop the research activities of the Primary Care

and Population Sciences academic unit by sustaining a personal research plan and developing innovative research proposals and funding bids; managing and undertaking research activities; publishing in international peer reviewed journals; reviewing manuscripts and grant applications when appropriate. Interact and collaborate with other Faculty and University research teams

• Provide advice and, where required, leadership for clinical and non-clinical colleagues undertaking research in Primary Care and Population Sciences academic unit

• Supervise PhD /MD students and 4th year medical students undertaking projects within PMC as appropriate

• Contribute to efficient management and administration of academic unit and Faculty, as required by Head of Academic Unit and Dean

• Participate in continuing medical education, as well as continuing professional development

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Professor Paul Little (Professor in Primary Care Research), e-mail p.little@soton.ac.uk or Professor Paul Roderick (Professor of Public Health and Head of Primary Care and Population Sciences Academic Group), email pjr@soton.ac.uk

Interviews will take place on 16 December 2011.

Please apply online through www.jobs.southampton.ac.uk

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The University and region The University campuses

The University has five lively and diverse campuses: four in Southampton and one in nearby Winchester.

Our main Highfield Campus is home to three of the UK’s leading arts venues, the John Hansard Gallery, the Nuffield Theatre and the Turner Sims Concert Hall. It also houses our state-of-the-art £8.5m sports complex, our main Hartley Library, the Students’ Union and Staff Social Centre.

Close to Highfield, the Avenue Campus houses most of the Humanities disciplines and the Centre for Language Study. It also has a purpose-built £3m Archaeology building with state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research.

Three miles west of Highfield, Southampton General Hospital is the base for the University’s Faculty of Medicine. The campus offers modern laboratories, computer suites, refurbished lecture theatres and a specialist Health Services Library.

Highfield, Avenue and Southampton General Hospital campuses are all next to Southampton Common, a protected Site of Special Scientific Interest with extensive areas of public open space and managed woodland.

Situated on the city’s waterfront, the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) is one of the world’s leading research centres for the study of ocean and earth sciences.

Close to Winchester city centre, 12 miles north of Southampton, our internationally renowned Winchester School of Art provides studios and workshops, an extensive specialist library and a well-stocked art supplies shop. The Winchester Gallery is based on campus.

Southampton

Southampton is a thriving modern city, steeped in history and culture, while less than an hour away the New Forest National Park offers vast open heathland and beautiful forest.

A lively city

The city offers a vibrant mix of recreation, culture and entertainment – from restaurants, cafés, bars and nightclubs to cinemas, sports facilities and internationally acclaimed arts venues. Close to the city centre, the University forms an integral part of this dynamic, multicultural city.

A historic city

Southampton has a fascinating history. It was from Southampton in 1415 that Henry V set sail for Agincourt. The Pilgrim Fathers first set sail from here in 1620 on their historic journey to the New World, and the ill-fated Titanic sailed from Southampton in 1912. Southampton has a rich aviation heritage, with the Spitfire, the fighter aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, developed in the region in the 1930s.

A coastal location

Southampton has one of the biggest commercial ports in Europe, and the city is known across the world as the home of the giant cruise liners, Queen Elizabeth, Queen

Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. With a coastal location, there is a vast range of opportunities for sport and leisure, with a major focus on watersports, sailing and ocean racing.

A gateway to the world

Just over an hour from central London, Southampton has excellent transport links with the rest of the UK and internationally, by road, rail, sea and air. Our award-winning uni-link bus service connects all Southampton campuses and halls of residence, the city centre, the airport and railway stations.

Winchester

The historic city of Winchester has a rich cultural heritage, complemented by a lively atmosphere and a wide variety of pubs and restaurants, museums, theatres and galleries.

To see our for yourself what the University and surrounding area has to offer, view our virtual tours www.southampton.ac.uk/about/virtualtours

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