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Associate Director of STEAMhouse Services

Birmingham City University - Growth, Engagement and Enterprise

Placed on: 26/10/2026 Salary: £70,564 to £79,840 per annum

Closes 26 Nov

Director of Growth, Enterprise and Engagement

Birmingham City University - Growth, Engagement and Enterprise

Placed on: 26/10/2026 Salary: £92,593 to £104,762 per annum

Closes 26 Nov

PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship (starting in September 2027)

University of Bristol - Department of History

Placed on: 15/10/2026 Salary: Tuition Fees and stipend of £22,804 per annum (rising in alignment with UKRI), an annual Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) and generous relocation support if moving from overseas.

Closes 27 Nov

University Secretary & Registrar

Leeds Trinity University

Placed on: 22/10/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 27 Nov

Assistant or Associate Professor

Imperial College London - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Placed on: 26/08/2026 Salary: Internationally Competitive

Closes 29 Nov

Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Materials

Imperial College London

Placed on: 20/10/2026 Salary: £73,194 to £82,954

Closes 29 Nov

Director of Communications, Marketing & Public Affairs - AD2924

University of St Andrews - Directorate of Corporate Communications

Placed on: 07/10/2026 Salary: Grade 9/Competitive.

Closes 30 Nov

Professor of Finance

University of Surrey - Finance & Accounting

Placed on: 23/10/2026 Salary: £77,430 to £126,257

Closes 30 Nov

Research Group Leaders

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Placed on: 23/10/2026 Salary: £67,979 to £89,511 per annum

Closes 30 Nov

Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Entrepreneurship

Northwestern University - Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Placed on: 06/10/2026 Salary: £52,686.46

Closes 01 Dec

Professor of Global Value Chains for Green Technologies

Technical University of Denmark - Department of Wind and Energy Systems

Placed on: 07/10/2026 Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations

Closes 01 Dec

Lecturer (Above the Bar) In Integrated Childrens’ and General Nursing

University College Cork - School of Nursing & Midwifery

Placed on: 26/10/2026 Salary: £66,845.56 to £90,989.36 Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.

Closes 01 Dec

REVALUE-BUILD: AI-Enabled Digital Twins for Circular Retrofit of Public Buildings

The University of Manchester

Placed on: 13/10/2026 Salary: Not specified.

Closes 04 Dec

Group Leader - Food-Microbiome Modelling and Host-Microbe Interactions

Quadram Institute Bioscience

Placed on: 23/10/2026 Salary: Competitive salary and benefits packages

Closes 06 Dec

PhD Studentship: Responsible innovation in metamaterials for circular economy and sustainability: building the evidence base for inclusive and sustainable applications

University of Exeter - Management

Placed on: 27/10/2026 Salary: £21,805 The studentship will provide funding of fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.

Closes 08 Dec

PhD Studentship: SCALE-Decode: Unlocking Growth Workflows in UK SMEs

University of Exeter - Management

Placed on: 27/10/2026 Salary: £21,805 The studentship will provide funding of fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.

Closes 08 Dec

PhD Studentship: From climate information to climate action: Evaluating how climate information use shapes local adaptation decision making in English Local Authorities and opportunities for improvement

University of East Anglia - School of Environmental Sciences

Placed on: 22/10/2026 Salary: £21,805

Closes 16 Dec

Faculty of Data Science

VinUniversity - College of Engineering and Computer Science

Placed on: 15/10/2026 Salary: Negotiable

Closes 28 Dec

Lecturer (Below the Bar) in Music Composition (Experimental Music & Sound Art)

University College Cork - Department of Music, School of Film Music and Theatre

Placed on: 27/10/2026 Salary: €43,028 - €73,909 (Scale B) / €45,116 - €70,327 (Scale A)

Closes 12 Jan

Economic and Social Science Research Council PhD Studentships

South West Doctoral Training Partnership

Placed on: 01/10/2026 Salary: Fully-funded studentships

Closes 12 Jan

Faculty Position in Information Systems – Practice Track (Open Rank)

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - International Business School Suzhou (IBSS)

Placed on: 19/10/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 31 Jan

Associate Dean for Executive Education and Enterprise, International Business School Suzhou

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - International Business School Suzhou (IBSS)

Placed on: 03/09/2026 Salary: Competitive

Expires 02 Nov

Assistant, Associate, Senior Associate, or Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - College of Industry

Placed on: 03/09/2026 Salary: Not specified.

Expires 03 Nov

Associate Dean for Research

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - HeXie Management Research Centre

Placed on: 27/09/2026 Salary: Not specified.

Expires 26 Nov

Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering

University of Wollongong in Dubai - School of Engineering

Placed on: 15/10/2026 Salary: Expatriate package, tax-free salary

Expires 14 Dec

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