Position at Victoria and Albert Museum

Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester, UK and
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Research Fellow/ Assistant
UKP17,626 to UKP19,681 pa

A postdoctoral fellow or postgraduate with equivalent professional
experience is required for a one year Arts and Humanities Research
Board funded project, commencing in September, 2002.

In an innovative collaborative venture, the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, and the Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester, are
seeking to develop sustainable solutions to the care and
conservation of modern textiles as they enter our cultural heritage.
Research will involve non-destructive identification and
characterisation of the deterioration mechanisms of contemporary
smart and techno-fibres, including, for example, responsive
composites and thermochromic polymers.

The post offers a unique opportunity to work with a team of museum
curators, textile conservators and conservation scientists; regular
travel between the two institutions will be necessary. Applicants
should have a background in science and materials analysis (scanning
electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry,
mechanical testing, etc.), and have complementary interests in new
fibres and artefact conservation.

Further particulars may be obtained from the

    Personnel Department (A)
    University of Southampton
    Highfield
    Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
    +44 23 8059 2750
    recruit [at] soton__ac__uk
    minicom: 023 8059 5595

Please send a curriculum vitae together with the names of three
referees to the Personnel Department at the above address, quoting
reference number 01A601. The deadline for completed applications is
Friday, 31st May, 2002.

For an informal discussion of the post, please contact

    Dr Paul Wyeth
    Textile Conservation Centre
    University of Southampton
    Winchester Campus, SO23 8DL, UK
    +44 023 8059 7122
    pw [at] soton__ac__uk

Working for Equal Opportunities.

Paul Wyeth

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