International Noticeboard

The global answer to your recruitment advertising needs

The Association of Commonwealth Universities offers an innovative International Noticeboard which ensures that all those seeking academic posts, whichever country they live or work in, can see your advertisement. While making full use of the latest Internet technology we do not exclude those without these facilities; the range of coverage in print and on screen means that all eligible applicants have easy access to the full details of your vacancy by whichever means suits them best.

What is the International Noticeboard?

The service comprises the following:

Websites

jobs.ac.uk is used by all UK universities; and independent surveys show that the site is viewed by more than 60% of those actively seeking academic jobs in the UK.  The site carries more than 1,500 vacancies at any one time and is accessed more than 500,000 times per month (25% of the response is from the USA and 15% from Europe outside the UK). The site also offers free hypertext links to universities’ own homepages and has a jobs by email service which automatically forwards suitable vacancies to subscribers as soon as they are posted.

ACU’s own website carries details of vacancies from all round the Commonwealth, provides links to all websites of ACU members and is accessed more than 100,000 times a month. It also offers a jobs by email service. See our current vacancieshere.

We are now able to offer as part of the International Noticeboard service Guardian Jobs, one of the UK's top ten most popular destinations for internet jobhunters, with over a million potential candidates using the site a month. Jobs advertised on the site also reach passive candidates amongst the 6 million monthly users on Guardian Unlimited. The full text of your advertisement will appear under the ACU’s listings.

Press Coverage

You will receive an entry in the ACU listing of international vacancies, which appears in Guardian Weekly, the well-established and highly-regarded title with a world-wide readership of over 170,000 in 180 countries (in addition to the 367,000+ readership in South African Mail & Guardian). Surveys show that 89% of the journal's readers are graduates, 43% have a doctorate or other higher degree and 36% are already working in education. Over two thirds of readers would re-locate for work, 86% have worked out of their country of origin with two thirds of jobseekers looking at Lecturer and Professor positions.  The full text of your advertisement will be faxed, emailed or airmailed to enquirers without access to the websites.

Vacancies Bulletin

ACU’s vacancies bulletin is issued twice a month (see attached schedule) and sent to all UK universities, to individual subscribers and to enquirers who contact us about university posts. It is sent by email wherever possible to ensure instant receipt but a printed version is also available for those who prefer it.

How do we place an advertisement?

Simply send the text of your advertisement to the Association of Commonwealth Universities (Advertising), Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HF, UK and we will do the rest. Text can be faxed (+44 (0)20 7387 2655) or emailed (adverts@acu.ac.uk) – please include the text in the body of the message or as a Word or PDF attachment, and specify the service you require (see below). You will be invoiced at the end of the month in which the advertisement appears; please specify an order number if you would like this quoted on the invoice.

What does it cost?

We offer a range of International Noticeboard options to enable you to make use of the service even with limited budgets and tight deadlines. From 1 August 2009 the costs are:

International Noticeboard plus

For a single fee of just £395 your post will be publicised by all the following means:

• jobs.ac.uk website
• ACU website
• Guardian Jobs website
• Guardian Weekly composite advertisement
• ACU vacancies bulletin

International Noticeboard

For a single fee of just £295 your post will be publicised by the following means:

• jobs.ac.uk website
• ACU website
• ACU vacancies bulletin

and either

• Guardian Jobs website

or

• Guardian Weekly composite advertisement

International Noticeboard Websites Only

For a single fee of just £265 your post will be publicised by the following means:

• jobs.ac.uk website
• ACU website
• Guardian Jobs website

This option is particularly recommended for vacancies where there is a tight closing date since details may be loaded on all three websites within two working days of receipt.

International Noticeboard (UK)

For a single fee of just £175 your post will be publicised by the following means:

• ACU website
• ACU vacancies bulletin
• Guardian Weekly composite advertisement

This option is particularly recommended for UK universities who will normally have their own arrangements with jobs.ac.uk and/or Guardian Jobs, but it is also available on request to institutions outside the UK.

jobs.ac.uk only

We have an agreement with jobs.ac.uk that all advertisements from universities within the Commonwealth (outside the UK) will be placed on their site by ACU. The fee per post is £120 (a £5 saving on the standard charge of £125). 

Please note that all fees quoted above are exclusive of VAT, which will be charged where applicable, and are for single posts. Composite advertisements or those which include more than one vacancy may incur additional costs; we will be happy to advise before confirming any order.

Who are ACU/jobs.ac.uk?

The Association of Commonwealth Universities represents the interests of around 485 higher education institutions in 36 Commonwealth countries or regions. If you are in a university in a Commonwealth country, you are almost certainly a member. 

jobs.ac.uk was established by a consortium of 37 UK universities and is based at the University of Warwick. Created by the academic community for the academic community, it provides a targeted and cost-effective alternative to expensive newspaper advertising and protects the sector from exploitation by commercial Internet recruitment websites. 

What are the deadlines?

Vacancies can be posted on the three websites at any time, normally within two working days of receipt or of any queries being resolved.

Copy deadlines for the ACU Vacancies Bulletin and Guardian Weekly from January 2009 are:

International Noticeboard Deadlines 2009