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Research Technician

UCL - UCL Cancer Institute

Placed on: 18/05/2026 Salary: £36,433 to £41,833

Closes 12 Jun

Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Nursing & Midwifery

Placed on: 18/05/2026 Salary: £37,770.89 to £90,095.21 per annum

Closes 18 Jun

Assistant Professor or Lecturer in Commercial Aviation Management

Western University - Department of Management & Organizational Studies

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £82,180.58 to £103,486.65 p.a.

Expires 01 Jul

Faculty Position in Medical Physics

Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Department of Physics

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: Competitive

Expires 11 Jun

Stipendiary Lectureship (4 hours) in Criminal Law and Torts

University of Oxford - St Edmund Hall

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £11,270 to £12,446 per annum

Closes 12 Jun

Assistant Professor in Public Policy (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Public Policy (Bennett School of Public Policy), Central Cambridge

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £59,966

Closes 09 Jun

Research Assistant (2 posts)

Liverpool Hope University

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £37,694 (Grade 6) (pro rata to hours worked) per annum

Closes 12 Jun

Research Fellow in Physical Oceanography

University of Southampton - Physical Oceanography

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £41,064 per annum

Closes 19 Jun

Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Computer Science and Technology

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £33,002 to £46,049

Closes 14 Jun

Research Associate in Femtosecond Serial X-ray Crystallography

Imperial College London - Department of Life Sciences

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472 per annum

Closes 14 Jun

Professor/Chair in Applied Psychology

University College Cork - School of Applied Psychology

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £120,426.74 to £160,259.91 - please see advert

Closes 16 Jun

Technical Instructor - Civil Engineering

University of Derby - School of Engineering and Built Environment

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £32,260 to £36,251 per annum (for exceptional performers, there is scope for further progression up to £42,689 per annum)

Closes 08 Jun

Research Fellow in Epidemiology & Statistics

UCL - Department of Behavioural Science and Health

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £39,807 to £52,586

Closes 12 Jun

Personal Assistant

University of Oxford - Centre for Human Genetics

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £32,108 to £37,338 with a discretionary range to £40,514 p.a. (pro rata): - Standard Grade 5. This is inclusive of a pensionable Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 per year (pro rata).

Closes 09 Jun

Lecturer in Modern Languages (French or German)

University College Cork - School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £37,055.05 to £63,649.06 Scale A - B

Closes 16 Jun

Research Fellow (111647-0526)

University of Warwick - School of Engineering

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 14 Jun

Psychology Lab Specialist

University of Greater Manchester - School of Psychology

Placed on: 15/05/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £41,064 per annum

Closes 12 Jun

Research Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Norland College - Norland Educare Research Journal

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £28,971 to £31,034 Pro-rated to £11,588 – £12,414. Placement on the grade is dependent on experience and qualifications

Closes 10 Jun

Lecturer in Accounting (0.4 FTE)

University of Galway - J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £56,452.37 to £90,056.94 pro rata

Closes 11 Jun

Herbarium Collections Manager

University of Cambridge - Department of Plant Sciences

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 12 Jun

Lecturer (A) in Accounting

University of Galway - J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £56,452.37 to £90,056.94 pro rata

Closes 11 Jun

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Health Data Sciences

University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) - Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £43,984 per annum. Grade 7. This is inclusive of a pensionable Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 per year.

Closes 10 Jun

Assistant Professor in Psychology of Education

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Education

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £37,770.89 to £90,095.21 - please see advert

Closes 15 Jun

Assistant Professor in Educational Assessment

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Education

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: £37,770.89 to £90,095.21

Closes 15 Jun

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Chemical Biology and Synthetic Organic Chemistry

The University of Hong Kong - Department of Chemistry

Placed on: 14/05/2026 Salary: Highly competitive

Closes 13 Jun

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