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University of Cambridge - Gonville & Caius College

Placed on: 18/12/2025 Salary: £42,634

Closes 18 Jan

Research Associate in Engineered Living Materials

Imperial College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

Placed on: 18/12/2025 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Research Associate in Manufacturing Technologies

Manchester Metropolitan University - School of Engineering

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: £41,064 to £47,389 Grade 8.

Closes 18 Jan

Research Assistant in AI-Enabled Species Mapping

University of Sheffield - School of Computer Science

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: £32,080 to £33,951 pro rata (equivalent to a full-time salary), with an actual salary of £19,248 to £20,371 per annum based on 21 hours a week.

Closes 18 Jan

Research Fellow in Computational Psychiatry

UCL - Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research (MPC)

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: £43,981 to £52,586 including London Allowance

Closes 18 Jan

Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics

UCL - Department of Political Science

Placed on: 28/11/2025 Salary: Grade 8 - competitive

Closes 18 Jan

Director of Legal Services

University of Surrey

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: Competitive

Closes 18 Jan

Research Assistant or Associate in Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures

Imperial College London - Department of Aeronautics

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: £43,863 to £57,472 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Borland Fellowship in Mathematical Physics

Imperial College London - Department of Mathematics

Placed on: 01/12/2025 Salary: £49,017 to £57,472 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Technical Analyst

University of Cambridge - Department of Engineering

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: £42,254 to £56,535 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Placed on: 19/12/2025 Salary: £33,002 to £46,049 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Research Assistant, STICERD

London School of Economics and Political Science - STICERD

Placed on: 08/12/2025 Salary: £36,513 to £41,565 per annum inclusive with potential to progress to £44,468 pa inclusive of London allowance

Closes 18 Jan

Operations Assistant

King's College London - Randall Cell & Molecular Biophysics

Placed on: 05/12/2025 Salary: £34,713 to £37,205 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Closes 18 Jan

Research Associate

The University of Manchester - Humanities - Politics - School of Social Sciences

Placed on: 08/12/2025 Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 (Grade 6)

Closes 18 Jan

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Exeter - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Placed on: 22/12/2025 Salary: The starting salary will be from £33,951 up to £35,608 per annum on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience

Closes 18 Jan

Assistant Professor in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (Education)

University of Birmingham - School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Placed on: 23/12/2025 Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 Grade 8

Closes 18 Jan

Principal Radiation Protection Scientist - Electromagnetic Field Dosimetry

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Placed on: 17/12/2025 Salary: £58,340 to £68,574 Per annum, pro rata. Grade 7

Closes 18 Jan

Research Assistant (AI Aided Energy Modelling)

Edinburgh Napier University - School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

Placed on: 23/12/2025 Salary: £31,236 to £37,174 per annum (pro rata and depending on experience)

Closes 18 Jan

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physiology of Calcification in phytoplankton

University of Oxford - Department of Earth Sciences

Placed on: 09/12/2025 Salary: £40,514 to £43,984 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Assistant Professor in Actuarial Data Science (T&R)

Heriot-Watt University - Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics

Placed on: 12/12/2025 Salary: £37,694 to £58,225 Grade 7 / Grade 8

Closes 18 Jan

LSSU Technician

Durham University - Department of Biosciences

Placed on: 02/01/2026 Salary: £24,843 to £26,093 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Accounts Assistant

University of Cambridge - Fitzwilliam Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum

Placed on: 12/12/2025 Salary: £27,319 to £31,236 per annum

Closes 18 Jan

Admissions Coordinator

Manchester Metropolitan University - External Relations

Placed on: 15/12/2025 Salary: £31,236 to £34,610 Grade 6.

Closes 18 Jan

Research Assistant

Cardiff University - School of Psychology

Placed on: 12/12/2025 Salary: £33,951 to £36,636 per annum, pro-rata (Grade 5).

Closes 18 Jan

Research Coordinator (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge - MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Placed on: 15/12/2025 Salary: £31,236 to £35,608

Closes 18 Jan

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