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Teaching Fellow, Social Science

The University of Aberdeen is seeking applications for a 0.8FTE Teaching Fellow in the Department of Sociology within the School of Social Science, with a focus on Applied Social Research.

School/Section
Social Science
Division
Sociology
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Part Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £37,999
Ref No
SOC084A
Closing Date
03-DEC-2024

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Roles (Public Health), Qatar Campus

AFG College with the University of Aberdeen is an established and exciting higher education partnership forged in 2017. The partnership has created the first UK University in the State of Qatar offering mainstream degrees outside of Qatar Foundation. We celebrated our first cohort of graduates in 2019 and have seen significant growth in student numbers. We are committed to supporting the Aberdeen 2040 agenda https://www.abdn.ac.uk/2040/ in addition to the Qatar National Vision 2030.With over 528 years of history, the ‘ancient’ University of Aberdeen is among the world’s leading higher educational institutions consistently ranked within the top 200 universities in the world, and in 2019 achieved Scottish University of the Year. With ambitious growth plans for the future, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen is looking to recruit committed academic professionals who are seeking new opportunities within the international higher education sector.Currently there are over 600 students studying at our Qatar campus. To accommodate the growth in our student numbers, plans are underway to build a new larger campus to be opened in 2025. This new campus will allow for further expansion in student numbers, degree offerings and research. These are particularly exciting times for both the College and the University and the wider higher education sector in Qatar.

School/Section
Qatar Campus
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Not Applicable
Salary
n/a
Ref No
QAT005AX
Closing Date
26-NOV-2024

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Business Communication, Qatar Campus

AFG College with the University of Aberdeen is an established and exciting higher education partnership forged in 2017. The partnership has created the first UK University in the State of Qatar offering mainstream degrees outside of Qatar Foundation. We celebrated our first cohort of graduates in 2019 and have seen significant growth in student numbers. We are committed to supporting the Aberdeen 2040 agenda https://www.abdn.ac.uk/2040/ in addition to the Qatar National Vision 2030.With over 528 years of history, the ‘ancient’ University of Aberdeen is among the world’s leading higher educational institutions consistently ranked within the top 200 universities in the world. In 2024 the University of Aberdeen has been named within the top 10 universities in the UK and top 50 in the world in the new Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. With ambitious growth plans for the future, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen is looking to recruit committed academic professionals who are seeking new opportunities within the international higher education sector.Currently there are over 600 students studying at our Qatar campus. To accommodate the growth in our student numbers, plans are underway to build a new larger campus to be opened in 2026. This new campus will allow for further expansion in student numbers, degree offerings and research. These are particularly exciting times for both the College and the University and the wider higher education sector in Qatar.AFG College with the University of Aberdeen currently offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including:UndergraduateBSc (Hons) Computer ScienceBA (Hons) Business ManagementBA (Hons) Accounting & FinanceBSc (Hons) Business Management & Information SystemsBSc (Hons) Business Management & International RelationsMA (Hons) Politics & International RelationsPostgraduateMBAMSc in International Business ManagementMSc in International Commercial LawMSc in International Human Resource ManagementMSc Global Business CommunicationsMasters in Public Health (MPH)

School/Section
Qatar Campus
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Competitive
Salary
Competitive Remuneration package - Competitive Remuneration package
Ref No
QAT009AX
Closing Date
26-NOV-2024

Database Manager, Geosciences

We seek to recruit a Database Manager to sit within and support the GeoXtract project which is a Spin-off from the Sand Injectite Research Group (SIRG). 

School/Section
Geosciences
Division
Geology & Geophysics
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 5
Salary
£32,296 - £35,880
Ref No
GEO468A
Closing Date
28-NOV-2024

Teaching Fellow, Biological Sciences

The School of Biological Sciences is looking to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Biology. This is a fixed term, 13-week, 80% of full-time (0.8 FTE) post to cover a period of research leave; job share applications will also be considered. 

School/Section
Biological Sciences
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Part Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999
Ref No
SBS168A
Closing Date
27-NOV-2024

Research Fellow, Engineering

This post will be based at the School of Engineering (University of Aberdeen). The University’s high-performance computing (HPC) facilities will be used along with other computational resources to execute the project. The team of academics and industry partners of the project will work with the post holder to find solutions for the challenges of two-phase oil and gas flow in tubular systems to mitigate the risks of gas emissions and environmental pollutions.

School/Section
Engineering
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999
Ref No
ENG227RX
Closing Date
30-NOV-2024

Research Fellow, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

We seek a Research Fellow to work on mechanisms of human chromosome stability in the laboratory of Professor Anne Donaldson & Dr Shin-ichiro Hiraga.  The successful candidate will join a well-funded, dynamic research team within an interactive group of laboratories sharing an interest in chromosome biology.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Medical Sciences
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £41,421
Ref No
IMS292RX
Closing Date
06-JAN-2025

Research Fellow, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

We seek a Research Fellow to work on mechanisms of chromosome maintenance in the laboratory of Professor Anne Donaldson & Dr Shin-ichiro Hiraga.  The successful candidate will join a well-funded, dynamic research team within an interactive group of laboratories sharing an interest in chromosome biology.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Medical Sciences
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £41,421
Ref No
IMS291RX
Closing Date
06-JAN-2025

Research Fellow, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

Applications are invited for an independent and highly motivated postdoctoral scientist to join Prof Valerie Speirs group at the University of Aberdeen to work on a project “Predicting Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Machine Learning”. We seek to appoint a creative, experienced and motivated individual to use machine learning (ML) to identify why some patients with triple negative breast cancer experience early relapse while others don’t. This is a collaborative project involving Prof Joanne Edwards (University of Glasgow) and Prof Dr Jakob Kather (Technical University of Dresden). The post is funded by the Chief Scientist’s Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government and the successful candidate will spend 2 training blocks in Germany in the laboratory of Prof Dr Kather, a world leader in the application of ML to cancer.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Medical Sciences
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £41,421
Ref No
IMS300R
Closing Date
25-NOV-2024

Research Assistant, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

Schizophrenia is a severe illness associated with long-term mental health conditions affecting one in a hundred people and nearly 220,000 people in the UK alone. Antipsychotic drugs, which can have limited efficacy and major adverse side effects, are the only treatments available. While genes increasing the risk of developing schizophrenia have been identified, their cellular impact are however not always fully understood. Uncovering the function of these risk factors is therefore crucial to formulate new hypotheses to improve the treatments of schizophrenia.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Medical Sciences
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 5
Salary
£32,296
Ref No
IMS296R
Closing Date
30-NOV-2024