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Professorial Opportunities

Manchester Metropolitan University - Law School

Placed on: 09/04/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 09 May

Technician for Aquarium and Research

University of the West of Scotland - School of Health & Life Sciences

Placed on: 09/04/2026 Salary: £28,031 to £33,002 per annum (Grade 4)

Closes 10 May

Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Teacher Education (Permanent)

Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth - Department of Education

Placed on: 09/04/2026 Salary: £37,052.44 to £90,079.55 - please see advert

Closes 10 May

Research Associate in Space & Planetary Physics

Imperial College London - Faculty of Natural Sciences - Department of Physics

Placed on: 13/04/2026 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472

Closes 10 May

Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Birkbeck, University of London - Birkbeck Centre for Counselling

Placed on: 15/04/2026 Salary: £26,548 to £36,515 per annum, 0.6 FTE, 21 hrs per week. (Pro-rated £44,247 to £60,858 per annum, FTE.)

Closes 10 May

Community Public Health and Wellbeing Research Associate

University of Essex - Institute for Public Health and Wellbeing

Placed on: 29/04/2026 Salary: £38,249 to £41,671 per annum.

Closes 10 May

Senior Investigator Scientist: Neurobiology - Dr Albert Cardona - LMB 2250

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Placed on: 30/04/2026 Salary: £52,253 to £60,834 per annum pro rata

Closes 10 May

Head of Engagement Communications

De Montfort University

Placed on: 17/04/2026 Salary: £58,225 to £67,468

Closes 10 May

Assistant Professor in Old Age Psychiatry (Dementia Research) (Honorary Consultant)

University of Cambridge - Department of Psychiatry

Placed on: 21/04/2026 Salary: £109,725 to £145,478

Closes 10 May

Lecturer in Law

University of Sheffield - School of Law

Placed on: 20/04/2026 Salary: £48,822 to £58,255 with the potential to progress to £65,509 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution

Closes 10 May

Research Fellow

University of Plymouth - Peninsula Medical School

Placed on: 21/04/2026 Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 per annum - Grade 7

Closes 10 May

Technical Specialist

University of Birmingham - School of Metallurgy and Materials

Placed on: 23/04/2026 Salary: £36,636 to £38,784

Closes 10 May

Associate Professor/Professor in Chemistry

Imperial College London - Department of Chemistry

Placed on: 19/03/2026 Salary: Competitive

Closes 11 May

Research Fellow

Queen's University Belfast - Education Studies (inc. TEFL)

Placed on: 27/04/2026 Salary: £41,519 to £49,536

Closes 11 May

Business Development Manager (Fintech/Cyber-security)

Queen's University Belfast - Computer Science

Placed on: 27/04/2026 Salary: £51,016 to £62,695

Closes 11 May

Senior Research Grants Officer

Myeloma UK - Research and Advocacy

Placed on: 08/04/2026 Salary: £40,075 to £42,926

Closes 11 May

Postdoctoral Scientist | Cell Biology | Dr Madeline Lancaster | LMB 2243

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Placed on: 28/04/2026 Salary: £42,694 per annum

Closes 11 May

Digit Research Communications & Impact Manager

University of Sussex - University of Sussex Business School

Placed on: 09/04/2026 Salary: £38,784 to £46,049 per annum, pro rata if part time, Grade 7

Closes 11 May

Assistant Professor in Sustainable Urbanism

University of Nottingham Ningbo China - Department of Architecture and Built Environment

Placed on: 09/04/2026 Salary: £50,713.90 to £66,780.61 per annum

Closes 11 May

Assistant Professor/Senior Research Fellow

Nottingham Trent University - NBS School Office - Nottingham Business School

Placed on: 13/04/2026 Salary: £48,117 to £57,418 p.a. pro rata

Closes 11 May

Assistant Professor in German

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies

Placed on: 01/05/2026 Salary: £37,770.89 to £90,095.21 per annum

Closes 11 May

Head of Operations RAi UK

University of Southampton - Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Placed on: 21/04/2026 Salary: £59,966 to £74,851 per annum

Closes 11 May

Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Japan

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Histories and Humanities

Placed on: 01/05/2026 Salary: £37,770.89 to £90,095.21 per annum

Closes 11 May

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Oxford

Placed on: 23/04/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £47,779 p.a.

Closes 11 May

Professor / Chair of Machine Learning

University College Cork - School of Computer Science & Information Technology

Placed on: 14/04/2026 Salary: £119,234.25 to £125,509.82 per annum

Closes 12 May

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