PhD Student jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

You will be given a broad agency to adapt, modify, improve, and update your modules, so experience in module design, innovative teaching methods leveraging rich content is valued. As part of a small, tight-knit and supportive team, this is a chance to really put a stamp on the course and make a big impact on teaching content and delivery across the degree.

You will be part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project which aims to enable investment in sustainable lifesaving wireless sensor network systems under extreme environments to meet the demands of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure).

You will be joining a small, cross-functional team of professionals with expertise in lesson design, education, science, and business development.

You will particularly focus on teaching the current course on Machine Learning for Material Discovery which involves lectures, practicals, interactive mechanics such as programming in Python and discussions.

You will join the Thermal NDE Research Team within the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. The group hosts state‑of‑the‑art IR cameras, induction coils and GPU‑accelerated computing clusters.

You will work alongside academics, post‑docs, PhD students and industrial engineers in a vibrant, collaborative environment at our Newcastle city‑centre campus.

The Role We seek a highly motivated Research Associate to join our dynamic research group at Newcastle University's Biosciences Institute. This exciting opportunity focuses on cardiovascular disease and ageing, specifically investigating myocardial senescence and its role in cardiac pathology. The successful candidate will benefit from working within a leading cardiovascular research...

ABOUT THE ROLE The post holder will support the delivery of a new UKRI Natural Environment Research Council project entitled: 'Understanding how land-use-climate interactions restructure terrestrial biodiversity to develop a new generation of global biodiversity models', commencing in early Autumn 2025. This Research Project is being delivered within the fast-growing School of Geography and...

You will be part of a diverse and interdisciplinary team, combining expertise from various fields to tackle one of the most significant challenges in medical research. Newcastle University are committed to the professional career development of all our colleagues.

You will bring a genuine interest in speech and language therapy research and a commitment to evidence-based practiceThe role requires someone who can work independently while contributing effectively to a collaborative research team Knowledge, Skills and Experience

You will work closely with researchers, data scientists, and external partners to develop and maintain robust software systems that underpin our data infrastructure and user-facing applications. To find out more, please contact Philip James (Professor of Data Science) at philip.

You will be an experienced qualitative researcher with a PhD in the field of social science and global health research and may have experience of Parkinson’s disease research and/or chronic disease research in the context of low- and middle-income countries.

You will be comfortable working independently and as part of a team, including across disciplines and countries.

You will already have knowledge and experience of studying the immunobiology of rheumatoid arthritis, including competence in wet laboratory techniques such as advanced tissue culture work, multiplex cytokine analysis, and advanced flow cytometry.

You will also have experience of high dimensional data analysis, including the ability to independently program in the R computing language.

You will harvest, culture and apply various imaging and micromanipulation techniques to mouse oocytes.

You will help develop novel imaging approaches and a micromanipulation technique that is new to the lab.

You will benefit from tailored mentoring, and work closely with external collaborators.

You will join a committed, flexible, and innovative team, making a significant contribution to the delivery, management, and development of the University’s Educational Psychology (DAppEdPsy) programme.

You will have knowledge and understanding of contemporary research and development in the field of Educational Psychology from a national and international perspective.

The Role This role offers an exciting opportunity for a synthetic organic chemist to apply their skills to medicinal chemistry through the design and synthesis of compounds for biological testing as part of anti-cancer drug discovery projects. The role will also provide the opportunity to learn and develop medicinal chemistry skills as applied to drug design. The role is ideal for someone who...

You will join a collaborative team engaged in a range of research projects in marine hydrodynamics, both computational and experimental.

You will have a prior background in naval architecture, ocean engineering and mechanical engineering.

You will be eager to learn and enhance your own competencies.

The Role This role offers an exciting opportunity for a structural biologist to apply their skills to drug discovery through generation and analysis of protein X-ray crystallography and biophysical characterisation of test compounds. The role will also provide the opportunity to learn and develop skills in structure-based drug design. The role is ideal for someone who has, or is about to be...

You will contribute to the development and delivery of programmes in the Accounting and Financial Management Subject Group in Newcastle University Business School, ensuring an outstanding teaching experience for our students. The University has developed a Teaching and Scholarship Role Profile document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.

Salary: Research Assistant: £33,002 - £34,610 per annum Research Associate: £35,608 - £46,049 per annum Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you. Closing Date: 03 October 2025 The Role We are seeking to...

You will contribute to the research profile of the Accounting and Financial Management Subject Group in Newcastle University Business School by publishing in internationally recognised journals, demonstrating research impact, and securing external research funding.

You will hold, or be close to obtaining, a relevant PhD and will be able to demonstrate a capacity to publish in journals of international standing.

You will also have: (i) A clear and viable strategy for sustained future research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications; and (ii) the ability to teach economics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.