Well the big news is that Brian has been offered an amazing professorship position! And the not so big news is that we will not have to move – his new job is right here in Oxford!
Brian has accepted a tenured-track assistant professorship (at Oxford it’s actually called an University Lecturer) in the University of Oxford’s physics department. He also undertakes a concurrent role called College Tutor, in which he tutors and mentors a handful of Oxford undergraduate physics students at one of Oxford’s 39 colleges – Keble College. So Brian officially now becomes a real faculty member of the University and a Fellow of Keble College. (Whereas before, he was not an official employee of the University. He was a postdoctoral researcher and visiting scientist being funded by external sources; the Royal Society the first 2 years, and now the National University of Singapore.)
This obviously means that we will be making a more permanent home in Oxford for the foreseeable future. We love our cozy flat close to the city centre, but are now interested in finding a house (although it will be small in this country!) with hopefully a garden (yard) in back and space for a car. One of my new goals this year is to learn to drive a stick shift and on the left side of the road! And yep, this means we plan to start a family over here – and I wonder how much of the British accent our future kids will pick up!
We’ll continue to update everyone as we learn more about what this new role for Brian means, and how we’ll be settling (again, but in the same place!). Continue to keep an eye on our blog, via email and Facebook.
I know Brian would love to hear from you as he embarks on this next stage of his career. I’m a very proud wife and continue to be amazed at what a smarty-pants I married!
Please continue to stay in touch; we love hearing from you while living across the pond – we miss you!
Love, Kelly and Brian
No comments:
Post a Comment