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Research Assistant, Mitchell Group, ECI

University of Cambridge - Department of Surgery

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £35,608

Closes 11 Aug

Assistant or Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) - Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 30 Oct

Assistant Professor in Computer Science (Research and Education)

University of Birmingham - School of Computer Science

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 with potential progression once in post to £63,606. Grade: 8

Closes 31 Aug

Timely Research Associate (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Psychiatry

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: £37,694 to £46,049

Closes 16 Aug

Research Assistant

University of Leicester - Cardiovascular Sciences

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £37,694 per annum, pro-rata if part-time: Grade 6

Closes 13 Aug

Research and Innovation Associate

University of Oxford - Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £42,794 per annum: Grade 7

Closes 13 Aug

Research Assistant (Fixed Term), Renal Organoids, Cambridge-GSK Translational Immunology Collaboration (CG-TIC)

University of Cambridge - Department of Medicine

Placed on: 16/07/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £35,608

Closes 16 Aug

Research Fellow

Queen's University Belfast - School of Law

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £49,628 per annum

Closes 03 Aug

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of York - Archaeology

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £37,694 to £42,254 per annum

Closes 12 Aug

Research Fellow (111858-0726)

University of Warwick - Physics

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 11 Aug

Faculty Position in Medical Physics (Open Rank)

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - School of Mathematics and Physics

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: Competitive

Expires 14 Sep

Clinical Research Fellow

University of Oxford - Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £38,831 to £73,992 per annum (pro rata). Research Grade E63. This is inclusive of a pensionable Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 per year (pro rata).

Closes 12 Aug

Cybersecurity Officer

Abertay University - IT Services

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: Grade 5 (£26,706 – £30,378) progressing to Grade 6 (£32,079 – £37,694) upon successful completion of your development programme.

Closes 08 Aug

Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Engineering

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £37,770.89 to £90,095.21 per annum

Closes 07 Sep

Stipendiary Lectureship in Computer Science (Fixed-term, six-hour)

Jesus College, Oxford

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £16,905 to £18,669 per annum (2025-26 rates, reviewed annually),

Closes 18 Aug

Research Assistant/Research Associate - Practical Quantum Error Correction on Trapped Ion Hardware (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £46,049

Closes 13 Aug

Research Associate in Osteoarthritis Biostatistics

Imperial College London - Department of Immunology and Inflammation

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472 per annum

Closes 11 Aug

Assistant Professor in Radiation Therapy

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - Discipline of Radiation Therapy

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £38,148.37 to £90,996.32

Closes 28 Aug

Research Assistant (In-vivo Scientist) (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £35,608

Closes 16 Aug

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Circular Product Engineering

University of Oxford - Department of Engineering Science

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £47,779 per annum

Closes 19 Aug

Next Generation Fellow (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 for appointments in 2027. Grade 7

Closes 31 Jan

Senior Conservation Scientist (0.5 FTE)

RSPB - PeacePlus Nature

Placed on: 15/07/2026 Salary: £45,644 to £48,732 pro rata

Closes 09 Aug

Assistant / Associate Professor of Psychology

British University of Bahrain

Placed on: 14/07/2026 Salary: Not specified.

Expires 12 Sep

Assistant/Associate Professor in Computing Science: Cyber Security

British University of Bahrain - Engineering & Technology College

Placed on: 14/07/2026 Salary: Grade: T3/T4/T5 dependent upon qualifications and experience

Expires 12 Sep

Assistant Professor (Fixed-Term)

University of Nottingham - Law

Placed on: 14/07/2026 Salary: £42,254 to £58,225 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Closes 07 Aug

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