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PhD Studentship: Identifying and understanding inequalities in breast cancer treatment: a multi-methods studentship
Health Sciences
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Home fees, UKRI Standard Stipend (£20,780 for 2025/26 academic year) and Research Training Support Grant - available for 3 years
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 29 Dec
Programme Tutors in Wales
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
The Open University
Location: Wales, Remote/On-site
Salary: £38,784 pro rata
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 05 Dec
Associate Lecturer in Wales
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
The Open University
Location: Wales, Remote/On-site
Salary: £38,784 pro rata
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 05 Dec
Seven PhD opportunities across the Departments of Sociology and Criminology, International Politics, and Economics
School of Policy & Global Affairs (SPGA)
City St George’s, University of London
Location: London
Salary: Annual stipend (currently £21,237; will rise in line with UKRI guidelines) for three years full-time (pro-rata for part-time study), inc. of London weighting, a full UK tuition fee waiver, & £1,500 in research expenses/consumables over the course of the a
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 28 Feb
Research Fellow
Health Services Research & Policy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Location: London
Salary: £45,728 to £51,872 per annum pro rata inclusive
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 11 Dec
Research Fellow (Qualitative and Wider Engagement)
School of Nursing and Midwifery
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth, Hybrid
Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 Grade 7, per annum, pro-rata
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 08 Dec
Lecturer in Disability Studies (Teaching and Research)
School of Sociology & Social Policy
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £51,753 to £59,966 per annum
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 05 Jan
Research Trainee Social Care Research and Development_SENSITISE
School of Healthcare
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £33,951 to £39,906 per annum
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 25 Dec
Senior Research Associate (PROSPER Programme)
Blavatnik School of Government,
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: £39,424 to £43,984 per annum, depending on experience. Grade 7 Researcher
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 19 Jan
Research Associate in Participatory Urban Analytics
School of Social & Political Sciences
University of Glasgow
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 per annum Grade 7
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 05 Jan
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Department of Public Policy (Bennett School of Public Policy)
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £34,610 to £35,608
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 05 Jan
Research Assistant/Associate in Principles of Justice for Sustainability Transformations
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology.
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £33,002 to £37,694 per annum. See advert text for details.
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 11 Jan
UM Postdoctoral Fellow in Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Macau
Location: Macao
Salary: £34,356.33 A taxable annual remuneration
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 30 Jan
Child Health Research PhD Studentships in UCL GOS ICH 2026-27
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOS ICH)
UCL
Location: London
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 23 Dec
Lecturer in Public Health
Health Sciences & Wellbeing - School of Medicine
University of Sunderland
Location: Sunderland
Salary: £38,786 to £46,049 per annum
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 07 Dec
Research Associate
College of Social Sciences - School of Social & Political Sciences
University of Glasgow
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 per annum (Grade 7)
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 05 Jan
Lecturer (Teaching) in Health Data Science or Health Care Artificial Intelligence (Maternity cover)
Institute of Health Informatics (IHI) / Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL
Location: London, Hybrid
Salary: £54,931 to £64,644 pro rata if applicable
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 10 Dec
Inkfish Principal Statistician and Methodological Lead in Digital Trials
Department of AI in Preventive Medicine
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 18 Jan
PhD Studentship in Global Sustainable Development: Lived experiences and perceptions of heat of children in Accra
Global Sustainable Development, School for Cross-faculty Studies
University of Warwick
Location: University of Warwick
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 12 Dec
Research Assistant (WCPP)
Cardiff Business School
Cardiff University
Location: Cardiff
Salary: £33,951 to £36,636 per annum (Grade 5)
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 04 Jan
Three Doctoral Students – Centre for Legal History of India
Department for European and Comparative Legal History
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Location: Frankfurt am Main
Salary: £2,695.45 per month gross
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 06 Jan
Research Fellow
Policy Institute at King's
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: £53,947 to £63,350 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 08 Dec
Researcher (Fixed Term Contract)
Policy Team
King's Fund
Location: London, Hybrid
Salary: £39,768 to £47,479 per annum (salary range will increase in January)
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 04 Jan
Specialist Policy Officer (Faculty of Medicine)
University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Salary: £36,636 to £44,746 pro rata per annum
Date Placed: 26 Nov
Closes 10 Dec
Research Associate (Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Europe (RaRiE))
School of Social & Political Sciences
University of Glasgow
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 per annum, grade 7
Date Placed: 26 Nov
Closes 16 Dec

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