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Senior Education Support Administrator

University of Birmingham - School of Education

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £29,647 to £31,460

Closes 30 Sep

Assistant Professor in Psychology

University of Sussex - School of Psychology

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £38,784 to £46,049 per annum, pro rata if part time, Grade 7.1

Closes 05 Oct

Associate Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Derby

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £16.51 to £41.29 per hour

Closes 06 Oct

Research Assistant in Biosciences

Northumbria University - School of Geography and Natural Science

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £27,305 to £31,501 per annum

Closes 30 Sep

Research Assistant/Associate

Newcastle University - Faculty of Medical Sciences

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £33,002 to £46,049 per annum. See advert text for details.

Closes 07 Oct

Assistant Professor – Safe Large Language Models (110571-0925)

University of Warwick - WMG

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum.

Closes 30 Sep

Administrator - School of Arts & Humanities (0.1FTE, Fixed Term Contract until 31/8/28)

Royal College of Art - School of Arts & Humanities Administration

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £38,738 to £43,571 per annum pro rata

Closes 21 Sep

Assistant Data Manager

The University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum

Closes 14 Oct

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Principal Investigator: Prof Sunghan Ryu)

University of Nottingham Ningbo China - Nottingham University Business School China

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: From £30,404.91 with competitive benefits package.

Closes 15 Oct

Assistant Professor Counselling for Depression (Fixed Term)

University of Nottingham - School of Education

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £45,413 to £57,422 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Closes 14 Oct

Energy and Carbon Manager

British Antarctic Survey - Innovation and Impact Team

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £56,509 to £62,159 per annum

Closes 28 Sep

Assistant/Associate Professor Jewish Thought

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Philosophy and The Center for Jewish Studies

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £66,516.66 to £123,072.29 academic year

Closes 15 Oct

Academic Operations Officer

University of Cambridge - St Edmunds College - VHI (Von Hügel Institute)

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £16,512 per annum pro rata (full time equivalent of £46,361 per annum)

Closes 28 Sep

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Economics

The University of Queensland - School of Economics

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £60,464.48 to £85,052.79 + 17% Superannuation

Closes 08 Nov

Victoria University of Wellington - School of Architecture

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: Not specified.

Closes 30 Oct

Network Engineer

University of Reading - Digital Technology Services

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 03 Oct

Research Assistant

University of Sussex - School of Education and Social Work - Department of Education

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £34,610 to £38,784 per annum, pro rata if part time (Grade 6)

Closes 21 Sep

Project Officer

University of Plymouth - Faculty of Health - School of Health Professions

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £29,959 to £34,132 per annum (pro-rata) (Grade 5)

Closes 20 Oct

Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Data Science / Computer Science

NUIST Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) - School of Automation

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: From £33,795 depending on relevant individual skills and experience

Closes 31 Dec

Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Meteorology

NUIST Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) - School of Atmospheric Sciences

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: From £33,795 depending on relevant individual skills and experience

Closes 31 Dec

Research Fellow in Mitochondrial Medicine

UCL - Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £43,981 to £52,586

Closes 13 Oct

Research Assistant: Microbial Bioinformatics

University of Sheffield - Biosciences

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £32,080 to £33,951 per annum

Closes 07 Oct

Global Mobility Assistant

Ulster University - Global Engagement

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £25,804 to £28,031 Grade: 4

Closes 30 Sep

Research Assistant - Associate (Community Innovation Practitioner)

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

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: Grade 6/7, £33,951 - £37,694 / £41,064 - £46,049 per annum

Closes 30 Sep

Senior Research Technician

University of Birmingham - School of Chemistry

Placed on: 16/09/2025 Salary: £29,647 to £31,460 ,with potential progression once in post to £35,388

Closes 07 Oct

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