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The University of Nottingham, School of Law is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor to join our intellectually engaging and collegial academic environment. If you are committed to inspiring and engaging students and to developing and conducting innovative, original scholarship or research, we want to hear from you. For full details of the role, please see the accompanying role profile form. We are looking for candidates who can teach and shape our undergraduate curriculum in one or more of the following core modules:Introduction to Law and Legal Theory Foundations of Tort Contract Law Criminal Law Land Law Law of TrustsWe would be particularly interested in hearing from candidates who could also offer teaching in Consumer and Marketing Law.This is a fixed-term, full time post for one year, to cover a colleague’s period of leave.The School of Law at the University of Nottingham is a dynamic place for research, teaching and learning. It is consistently ranked amongst the top law schools in the UK and attracts some of the very best students from around the world to its excellent undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes. All of our academics also contribute to School administration. We believe that every one of our staff members can contribute to enhancing the diverse environment in which we work, and we are keen to hear what your contribution could be. We want to appoint people not just based on their past achievements, but also on their potential. We want to draw on the widest possible range of talents and backgrounds. A diverse and collegiate environment, bringing different perspectives to our work, and allowing people to thrive is the best platform for cutting-edge research and excellent teaching and student support. We will shortlist based solely on answers to the questions asked as part of the online application process, so please do not include a CV, as it will not be read. We do not see candidates’ names as part of our shortlisting process: we have found this significantly increases the diversity of candidates we invite to interview. Please avoid disclosing your name. If you would like to share further information (e.g. to explain a career break), please use the ‘additional information’ section.Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Olympia Bekou - [email protected]. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. Closing Date: 07 Aug 2026 Category: Research and Teaching (R&T)

The Estates and Facilities Department at the University of Nottingham provides strategic and operational services support to the University infrastructure, buildings and landholdings. We are a large and diverse department employing approximately 1300 people and provide a wide range of services across our U.K sites.A qualified and experienced Maintenance Craftsperson is required to work within the Estates Department at either University Park, Jubilee Campus or the Medical School at the Queens Medical Centre undertaking planned and reactive maintenance to University Buildings. You will liaise with customers and other University departments to ensure work is carried out in an efficient and cost effective manner; completing pre and post task documentation to ensure records of work are maintained and accurate.Candidates should be qualified to NVQ 2 or equivalent in an appropriate building services engineering discipline such as Heating Engineering or Plumbing and have experience of working within a mechanical services/plumbing maintenance environment. You should also have a thorough understanding of the operation and repair of heating and ventilation systems. Within this role there will be opportunity to expand knowledge and experience on commercial systems. As this role requires the post holder to drive between university sites a full, current driving licence is also essential for this role.Further information on the duties for the post and the experience and qualifications required can be found on the attached job role profile.What’s in it for you Ongoing support to develop your skills and gain industry recognised qualifications to further your career ambitions that may lead to different career paths and career progression. An excellent holiday allowance of 27 days, plus 5 additional university closure days and bank holidays.Employee Assistance Programme and Counselling Service- 24/7 support. Supplier discounts, travel, and reward schemes.Staff Networks, events and activities and state of the art sports facilities. A permanent post for 52 weeks of the year The tools you need to do a great job.Uniform providedHours are full time, 36.25 hours per week, worked 5 days out of 7 to be arranged (mainly Monday to Friday) Flexibility will be required. Job share arrangements may be considered.All of our vacancies are available to view at:https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx Closing Date: 24 Jul 2026 Category: Operations and Facilities

Lancaster University is seeking a detail oriented and proactive Application Security Engineer to join the IT Security Team within Information Systems Services. This is an opportunity to contribute directly to strategic and operational technology initiatives that support teaching, research, the student experience, and the effective running of the University.As an Application Security Engineer, you will play a central role in strengthening the security of applications and integrations used across the University by embedding security into how software is designed, built, and operated. You will work closely with development, platform, and delivery teams across a diverse range of technologies and environments. Because of this, you will draw on real world experience to understand how applications are developed and used in practice, helping teams improve security in ways that are pragmatic, proportionate, and sustainable. You will be responsible for identifying and reducing security risk across the full application lifecycle, covering both long running production services and newly developed solutions. This includes defining and maintaining application security standards, advising on secure design and architecture, and supporting the effective use of security tooling and processes. The role spans a broad application landscape including web and mobile applications, APIs, and microservices, and applies DevSecOps principles to ensure security is considered early and consistently.A key focus of the role is supporting the University’s cloud enablement programme. You will help ensure that cloud-based architectures, services, and deployments are designed and implemented securely, while recognising the realities of operating live services and the need to balance security, usability, and delivery.The successful candidate will bring a pragmatic, experience led approach to application security. You will be comfortable working in complex and evolving environments, constructively challenging existing approaches and helping teams improve security through sound judgement rather than prescriptive theory. Strong communication skills are essential, as the role involves influencing and advising technical teams and stakeholders across the organisation.This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible and lasting impact on the University’s security posture while working collaboratively within a supportive and forward-looking technology environment.The role is primarily based on the Lancaster University Bailrigg campus, with flexible hybrid working options to support a positive work-life balance. This role has an expectation of at least 2 days a week in the office.If interested, apply now and submit your CV alongside an optional Coversheet up to a maximum of two A4 pages. Closing Date: 09 Aug 2026 Department: Professional/Management Salary: £48,822 to £56,535 (Full-time indefinite)

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint two full time Research Associates, to work in local primary schools collecting data on children’s early reading development in a longitudinal project.The READ-IT project, funded by the ESRC, aims to monitor and predict how children learn to read between the ages of 5 and 7 applying computational models of reading development. The project will collect weekly data from primary school children learning to read and apply computational methods to automatically encode children’s speech, and track and predict children’s reading development over their early primary school years. The ultimate aim is to develop tools that can aid teachers to optimally support children’s individual reading journeys. The project spans expertise in the Department of Psychology and the School of Computing and Communications.These posts involve visiting local primary schools on a daily basis and reading with children whilst recording their responses, transcribing the reading, and working with primary school teachers to work on ways to support children’s reading journey. The data will be collated and passed to other researchers in the team who will then apply the computational modelling techniques.ABOUT YOUYou will:Have a degree in psychology, education, or a related discipline, and preferably also a postgraduate qualification.Have experience working in primary school settings, with teachers and/or children, preferably with experience in applying psychological tests.Have an interest in applying psychological knowledge to understand children’s reading development, and be aware of reading in the classroom context.Have background knowledge of issues relating to transcription of speech, preferably with background in phonetics or phonology.Be able to work effectively with primary school children and be able to attend school settings in the Lancaster area on a daily basis to read with children.Be able to deal with confidential data, and understand safeguarding, ethical and GDPR issues regarding working with children.Be willing to undergo enhanced DBS check.THE BENEFITS OF THE ROLEGenerous holiday leave - 25 days (pro-rata) annual leave plus University closure days and bank holidays.Access to employee pension scheme, and annual flexible benefits scheme.We are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the Faculty, and supporting family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis. The Department of Psychology holds an Athena Swan Silver Award, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in Higher Education and research. Closing Date: 17 Jul 2026 Department: Research Salary: £33,002 to £37,694 (Full-Time/Indefinite with End Date)