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Research Associate

University of Edinburgh • UK

Salary
£42k – £50k
Posted
4 November 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
International SportspersonWorker (A rating)
Role overview

University of Edinburgh is hiring a Research Associate in UK, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £42k – £50k. University of Edinburgh holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the International Sportsperson route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Description Grade UE07: £41,885 to £49,798 per annum School of Informatics / College of Science and Engineering Full-Time 35 hours per week 24 months fixed term contract The Opportunity: We are seeking a motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance research in Embodied AI and Spatial AI at School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh. The position is part of a new research programme led by Dr Liang Zhao, developing AI systems that can perceive, understand, reason about, and act wi…
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  • Employer: University of Edinburgh — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: International Sportsperson
  • Advertised salary: £42k – £50k
  • How this salary compares: about 22% above the £40,820 median across 1,107 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: UK · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 260 other live scientific & qa roles in UK — 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.
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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.

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