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Research Fellows/Senior Research Fellow

University of Southampton - Population, Health & Wellbeing (PHeW)

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £36,636 to £58,225 per annum

Closes 18 Mar

Research Associate (Emote VR Voicer Virtual Reality)

Manchester Metropolitan University - Arts & Humanities

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £35,608 pro rata. Grade 7.

Closes 19 Mar

Research Associate or Senior Research Associate (Imaging and Airflow Modelling in Early COPD)

Imperial College London - National Heart & Lung Institute

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £49,017 to £59,904

Closes 11 Mar

Research Associate (Emote VR Voicer AI)

Manchester Metropolitan University - Arts & Humanities

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £35,608 pro rata. Grade 7.

Closes 19 Mar

Principal Engineer (Composites Team Lead) (790437)

University of Strathclyde - Faculty of Engineering

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £59,966 to £67,468 per annum

Closes 04 Mar

Policy Engagement Manager

University of Bath - Institute for Policy Research

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: Starting from £38,784, rising to £46,049 (Grade 7)

Closes 04 Mar

Peter Cullum Associate Professor / Professor of Entrepreneurship

City St George’s, University of London - Management

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 15 Mar

Research Associate in Deep Learning for Infectious Disease Modelling

Imperial College London - School of Public Health

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472

Closes 18 Mar

Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor - Computer Science & AI

Kingston University - School of Computer Science and Mathematics

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £50,160 to £70,239 per annum

Closes 31 Mar

Tenure Track Position as Assistant Professor in Practical Theology and Contemporary Christianity

Aarhus University - Department of Theology

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 18 Mar

Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

UCL - Global Business School for Health (GBSH)

Placed on: 19/02/2026 Salary: £54,931 to £64,644

Closes 13 Mar

Lecturer (Below the Bar) in Marketing

University College Cork - Department of Management & Marketing - Cork University Business School

Placed on: 18/02/2026 Salary: €42,102 - €72,452 (Scale B) / €44,169 - €68,942 (Scale A).

Closes 31 Mar

Lecturer (Above the Bar) in Law & French

University College Cork - School of Law

Placed on: 18/02/2026 Salary: €79,185 - €102,549 (Scale B) / €75,338 - €97,420 (Scale A)

Closes 31 Mar

Clinical Consultant Senior Lecturer to Professor in Biological Psychiatry (E&R)

University of Exeter - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Placed on: 18/02/2026 Salary: Clinical Consultant salary scale on the University's Clinical Academic salaries, reflecting qualifications and experience.

Closes 20 Apr

Postdoctoral Researcher in Livestock Systems

University of Reading - School of Agriculture Policy & Development

Placed on: 18/02/2026 Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 08 Mar

Senior Asset Manager

University of Liverpool - Directorate of People and Services - Facilities, Residential and Commercial Services - Estates Management Department

Placed on: 18/02/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £59,966 per annum (Grade 8)

Closes 11 Mar

PhD Studentship - An interdisciplinary Investigation of Multidimensional Food Insecurity and Nutrition in Community-dwelling Older People in Sheffield

University of Sheffield

Placed on: 18/02/2026 Salary: Full tuition fees - An annual stipend at the UKRI rate (currently £20,780) - A Research and Training Support Grant will also be provided.

Closes 13 Mar

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Law

The Open University - Centre for Protecting Women Online

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: £38,784 to £46,049

Closes 02 Mar

Research Group Leader Tenure Track - Structural Studies - LMB 2775

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: £67,979 to £76,868 per annum

Closes 16 Mar

Grantham Institute Assistant Professor / Associate Professor (two positions)

Imperial College London - The Grantham Institute for Climate Change

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 12 Apr

University of Bristol - Catered Halls Cluster

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: £26,093 to £28,778 per annum, Grade: E

Closes 02 Mar

Low-Carbon and Advanced Building Materials Researcher - KTP Associate

Aston University - School of Infrastructure & Built Environment

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: £40,000 per annum

Closes 15 Mar

Chair of the Remuneration & People Sub‑Committee

University of Cambridge - St Edmund’s College

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: Voluntary position (reasonable expenses reimbursed)

Closes 18 Apr

PhD Studentship: Blurred Jurisdictions: Investigating the Professional Boundaries in Eye-Care in the UK

King's College London - King’s Business School, Public Services Management & Organisation & College of Optometrists

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: Funding details: Stipend - £23,805 (for 2025-26) Tuition fees - Full Home and International fees for 2025-26) Research training & support grant - £1,000 per year

Closes 31 Mar

Postdoctoral Scientist - PNAC - Dr Patrycja Kozik - LMB 2780

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Placed on: 17/02/2026 Salary: £42,694 per annum

Closes 16 Mar

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