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Research Assistant

Cardiff University - School of Psychology

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £33,951 to £36,636 per annum (Grade 5).

Closes 19 Feb

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy - Temporary (0.6FTE)

University College Dublin - Health and Medical

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £48,619.46 to £76,990.88

Closes 19 Feb

AWE Research Fellow in Materials Ageing

University of Surrey - Mechanical Engineering Sciences

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 18 Feb

Research Assistant

Cardiff University - School of Psychology

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £33,951 to £36,636 per annum, pro-rata (Grade 5).

Closes 19 Feb

Research Associate in Solar Mini-grid Integration for Sub-Saharan Africa

Imperial College London - Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472 per annum

Closes 11 Feb

Research Assistant in Infection and Immunity

University of Oxford - Department of Biochemistry

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £35,681 to £41,636 per annum

Closes 23 Feb

Assistant Professor in International Migration

London School of Economics and Political Science - European Institute

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: From £68,087 per annum and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website

Closes 24 Feb

Postdoctoral Research Associate in next gen multimodal bioimaging file formats

King's College London - Randall Cell & Molecular Biophysics

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £45,031 to £52,514 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Closes 12 Feb

Research Assistant

University of Westminster - School of Life Sciences

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £32,185 per annum (Incl. LWA)

Closes 19 Feb

Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry for Novel Antimicrobials

University of Oxford - Centre for Medicines Discovery

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £47,779 with a discretionary range to £53,483 p.a. (pro rata) - Research Grade 7. This is inclusive of a pensionable Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 per year (pro rata).

Closes 12 Feb

Research Assistant/ Research Associate

University of Cambridge - Department of Oncology

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 15 Feb

Research Assistant

University of Glasgow - College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences - School of Health & Wellbeing

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £33,951 to £37,694 per annum (Grade 6)

Closes 19 Feb

Research Assistant

University of Glasgow - College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences - School of Health & Wellbeing

Placed on: 22/01/2026 Salary: £33,951 to £37,694 per annum (Grade 6)

Closes 19 Feb

Assistant Professor in Public Policy

University of Cambridge - Department of Public Policy (Bennett School of Public Policy)

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £59,966

Closes 22 Feb

Research Assistant [Evaluation Officer]

King's College London - Policy Institute at King's

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £39,076 to £43,909 per annum including London Weighing Allowance

Closes 16 Feb

Research Assistant/Research Fellow - 16734

Brunel University London - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £36,640 to £44,179 inclusive of London Weighting with potential to progress to £47,921 per annum inclusive of London Weighting through sustained exceptional contribution. (Pro-rata for Part-time)

Closes 11 Feb

Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Aviation Non-CO2)

University of Reading - Department of Meteorology

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 13 Feb

Lecturer (Below the Bar) in Archaeology (Western European Prehistory)

University College Cork - School of the Human Environment

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: €42,102 - €72,452 (Scale B) / €44,169 - €68,942 (Scale A).

Closes 24 Feb

Postdoctoral Research Assistant - UOD2127

University of Dundee - School of Life Sciences

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £37,174 to £49,559 per annum

Closes 18 Feb

Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Oncology (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Oncology

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £37,694 to £46,049

Closes 28 Feb

Research Support Services Officer X2

City St George’s, University of London - Research and Enterprise

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £43,482 to £44,746

Closes 15 Feb

PhD Studentship in Computer Science: Trustworthy Computational Stewardship in Industry-Grade Data Protection Assistants

Newcastle University

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £20,780 - please see advert

Closes 15 Feb

Administration Assistant

University of Oxford - NPEU (Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health)

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £28,437 to £32,108 per annum :Grade 4 (with a discretionary range of up to £34,732 per annum)

Closes 16 Feb

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Active Soft Matter

The Open University - School of Mathematics & Statistics

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: £38,784 to £46,049

Closes 18 Feb

PhD in Engineering Polymers and Composites

University of Warwick - WMG

Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: Standard UKRI Stipend

Closes 07 Sep

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