Please watch the videos below to gain an insight into what work and life has been like for successful candidates from earlier recruitment campaigns.
Before taking up post as a John Anderson Research Lecturer in In Vivo Biology, Dr Hilary Carswell carried out post-doctoral work at the University of Glasgow. She studied for her undergraduate degree in Pharmacy at Strathclyde, and returned to the University's Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences in 2007, where she is researching new strategies to help the brain recover after stroke.
"What attracted me back to Strathclyde were the people. When I did my undergraduate degree here, the people who taught me and lectured me were very enthusiastic and committed, and had great drive for their work."
"I very much enjoy my job and I feel lucky to be so well placed within an institute. There are lots of opportunities for lecturers. I'm very enthusiastic about Strathclyde, its vision and ambitions."
"If you want to do research, I'd absolutely recommend the JARL programme."
Dr Steven Webb held post-doctoral positions across the UK and in America before taking up his current position at Strathclyde as a John Anderson Research Lecturer in Mathematics, Applied Medicine and Biology. He is originally from the West Midlands in England.
"When I came to Strathclyde for an interview, I was immediately bowled over by the people in the Department - how friendly they were, how focused they were on their research - and I knew this is where I wanted to work.
"My work ranges from research into infectious disease modeling - trying to track how quickly an infection like swine flu would spread in the population; to cancer modeling - trying to model new gene therapies to see how effective they are.
"Glasgow is a great city. When you get here and when you meet people, it's very hard not to fall in love with the place."
Dr Yonghao Zhang worked as a computational scientist at Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington before joining Strathclyde as a John Anderson Research Lecturer in 2007. Now a Senior Lecturer, his work focuses on the understanding of fluid flow on the micro and nano scales, a research area which has diverse applications in fields including medicine and space science.
"Before I came to the University, I had collaborated with people from Strathclyde and I knew there was a lot of research expertise here relating to my research area. I did my PhD at a Scottish university, so I knew Strathclyde engineering was the best in Scotland!
"People at Strathclyde are very friendly, especially the staff in my Department. They were very supportive when I first arrived, and I got a lot of advice from senior staff on how to develop research opportunities and manage research teams.
"The University is pushing for cross-departmental and cross-faculty collaborations. My feeling is that people at Strathclyde are genuinely interested in working together."
Dr Alex Dickson is a John Anderson Research Lecturer in Economics, and his research interests are in microeconomic theory and game theory. Prior to coming to Strathclyde, he held a lectureship at Keele University and a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Manchester.
"The thing that attracted me to Strathclyde was first of all the extremely attractive job. In addition, the Business School is very strong and is ranked very highly in the world.
"The benefit of a John Anderson lectureship and the package you get with it is that you get a reduced teaching load for the first three years, which gives you time to think and develop your ideas.
"Glasgow is a wonderful city to live in. It's culturally very rich - there's lots of music, lots of museums to go to, lots of theatre. There are also some wonderful places to live in Glasgow. And of course, the mountains are just up the road, which is a real bonus when you want to get out at the weekend."
Dr Christopher Carman is a John Anderson Research Lecturer in Policy Change. Originally from Texas, he taught at the Universities of Pittsburgh and Glasgow before taking up his current position at Strathclyde's Department of Government in 2007.
"I was attracted to Strathclyde by the reputation of the Department of Government within the field of public opinion and quantitative analysis. The key theme of my own work is representation, and how public opinion is translated into policy.
"I think the freedom a JARL lectureship gives you to concentrate on your research is almost unprecedented in the UK. The ability to spend less time on administration really frees you up to throw yourself into your chosen field.
"Every JARL is different, but for me, what's really nice about this post is that as well as focusing on my research, I've also been able to build my own course for honours students. So I'm able to teach some very good students, and make sure their teaching is directly informed by relevant research.
"As JARL, I was Co-Convenor of the major Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference held here at Strathclyde last year. I found the people I worked with in the University very helpful and they were keen to ensure that events like this one run smoothly.
"I also co-direct the new Centre for Elections and Representation Studies with my colleague Professor John Curtice. The Centre was launched last year, and we've already been able to disseminate research findings to a wide audience. It's satisfying to see research having an impact and helping to inform policy."
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