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Assistant Health and Safety Advisor

University of Surrey - FEPS Faculty Admin

Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £32,080 to £36,636 per annum

Closes 18 Oct

Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Education (Specialism in Education Guidance Counselling)

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

Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £37,422.97 to £90,980.66 per annum

Closes 25 Oct

Research Assistant - PRECISION-CSF: A Novel Diagnostic Assay for Personalised CNS Therapy in Childhood Leukaemia

University of Glasgow - School of Cancer Sciences

Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £33,951 to £37,694 per annum

Closes 27 Oct

Research Associate in Translational Bio-Nano Analysis (850895)

University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £37,694 per annum

Closes 19 Oct

Senior Lecturer in Allied Health (Speech and Language Therapy)

Birmingham Newman University - School of Nursing & Allied Health

Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £44,746 to £58,226 per annum (AC3)

Closes 27 Oct

Postdoctoral Research Assistance in Supernova Cosmology (2 posts)

University of Oxford - Department of Physics

Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £39,474 to £47,779 per annum: Grade 7

Closes 20 Nov

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Public Health Management

CDUTCM-KEELE Joint Health and Medical Sciences Institute

Placed on: 28/09/2026 Salary: Competitive Package: Attractive salary aligned with experience and qualifications

Expires 27 Nov

Research Associate in Engineering

King's College London - Engineering

Placed on: 28/09/2026 Salary: £45,031 to £52,514 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Closes 21 Oct

Research Assistant, Projecting Future Ethnic Diversity and Social Attitudes in Britain

London School of Economics and Political Science - The Centre for Economic Performance

Placed on: 28/09/2026 Salary: £36,513 to £41,565 pa with potential to progress to £44,468 pa inclusive of London allowance

Closes 18 Oct

Research Fellow

UCL - School of Management

Placed on: 28/09/2026 Salary: £43,981 to £54,019

Closes 26 Oct

Tenure Track Assistant Professors in Theory and Freestanding Oxide Membranes for Energy Applications

Technical University of Denmark - Department of Energy Conversion and Storage (DTU Energy)

Placed on: 28/09/2026 Salary: Not specified.

Closes 31 Oct

Lecturer in Quantitative Social Science

UCL - Social Research Institute,

Placed on: 28/09/2026 Salary: £56,431 to £62,903

Closes 30 Oct

Faculty Member in Financial and Actuarial Mathematics

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics

Placed on: 27/09/2026 Salary: Competitive

Expires 26 Nov

Faculty Position in Post-Quantum Cryptography (Open Rank)

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Post-Quantum Migration Interdisciplinary Lab (PQC-X)

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

Expires 26 Nov

Faculty Position in Finance and Accounting

Shenzhen Technology University - Business School

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: Internationally competitive

Expires 24 Nov

Associate/Assistant Professor in Intelligent Sensing and Network Communication

University of Macau - Institute of Smart City Technologies and Faculty of Information Science and Computing

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £87,465.51 to £107,649.85 commensurate with qualification and experience

Expires 24 Nov

Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Quantitative Biology

University of Macau - Faculty of Science

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £87,465.51 to £127,834.20 commensurate with qualification and experience

Expires 24 Nov

(Senior) Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Digital Twins

UCL - Professor Jasmin Fisher’s laboratory / Cancer Institute

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: Grade 6b - 8

Closes 28 Oct

(Senior) Research Fellow in Software Development

UCL - Professor Jasmin Fisher’s laboratory / Cancer Institute.

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: Grade 6b - 8

Closes 28 Oct

Student Experience and ResLife Advisor - 16447

Brunel University London - Estates and Facilities – Service Delivery and Compliance

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £29,827 to £34,558 inclusive of London weighting with potential to progress to £35,510 per annum, inclusive of London weighting, through sustained exceptional contribution. Grade 5.

Closes 16 Oct

Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

University of Macau - Faculty of Medicine

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £87,465.51 to £127,834.20 commensurate with qualification and experience

Expires 24 Nov

Head of Research Operations

University of Birmingham - Research Strategy and Services

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £58,225 to £67,468 with potential progression once in post to £87,974.

Closes 20 Oct

Distinguished Policy Fellow (CETEx Director) – EMDE Private Capital Mobilisation & Fiscal Policy

London School of Economics and Political Science - Centre for Economic Transition Expertise

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £74,224 to £94,861 pa inclusive of London allowance

Closes 21 Oct

Research Associate

Imperial College London - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £50,733 to £59,484 per annum

Closes 21 Oct

Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in AI for Biomolecular Design

University of Macau - Faculty of Science

Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: £87,465.51 to £127,834.20 commensurate with qualification and experience

Expires 24 Nov

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