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Clinical Research Fellow

University of Leicester • Belgrave, Leicester

Salary

£42k – £42k

Posted

4 November 2026

Sponsor match

high

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Role overview

University of Leicester is hiring a Clinical Research Fellow in Belgrave, a scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £42k – £42k. University of Leicester holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

We are seeking a Clinical Research Fellow to join the University of Leicester’s Division of Respiratory Sciences and undertake a research project investigating potential biomarkers of airway hyperresponsiveness in people with asthma. Funded by the Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association, this collaborative project brings together expertise from Respiratory Sciences and Genome Biology. Based at Glenfield Hospital, you will work within the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre asthma…

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Employer: University of Leicester — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £42k – £42k
How this salary compares: in line with the £40,820 median across 1,107 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Belgrave, Leicester
Similar roles nearby: 11 other live scientific & qa roles in Belgrave — browse them
Posted: 4 November 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.