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United Kingdom, Saffron Walden

Faculty or Department: Cranfield Defence and Security
Based at: Off Campus
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday
Contract type: Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period: Fixed Term Contract for 30 months
Salary: £35,000 to £50,000 per annum, dependent upon qualifications and experience, plus £5,000 personal development budget
Apply by: 30/09/2024

Role Description

Location: Plextek, Great Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK

An exciting opportunity to work as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate has arisen as part of a collaboration project between Plextek Services Limited and Cranfield University.

The aim of the KTP project is to develop a low size, weight, power (SWaP) and cost millimeter-wave radar sensor, augmented by the latest generation of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, to enable autonomous systems to navigate accurately and safely in industrial settings.

KTPs are the UK’s oldest knowledge transfer programme, supporting partnerships between business and universities or research organisations, placing talented graduates (KTP Associates) to work on innovative, high-profile projects. KTPs are part grant-funded by Innovate UK, the United Kingdom's innovation agency, which provides money and support to organisations to make new products and services on behalf of the UK Government.

About the Role

You will enhance the capability of Plextek's credit-card sized millimeter-wave radars, developed in-house, through embedding modern Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to provide autonomous systems with an enhanced picture of the environment. Your duties will include:


	Identify and implement a set of ML algorithms to enhance performance of Plextek’s mm-wave radar technology and outperform competing technology
	Conduct detailed experiments to assess performance and produce data to market the capability
	Create a real-time proof-of-concept system as the basis of a marketable demonstrator to showcase to prospective clients


You will be based at Plextek, near Cambridge, and will work closely with John Markow (Vice President of Innovation at Plextek), Dr Aled Catherall (CTO of Plextek) and Prof. Alessio Balleri, (Professor of Radar Systems at Cranfield University), in addition to engineers at Plextek and team of academics and researchers from the Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information and Cyber at Cranfield University in Shrivenham.

About You

You will have a strong honours degree (minimum of a 2.1) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or closely related disciplines, together with experience in quantitative research, Radio Frequency (RF) sensing and Machine learning (ML). You will have the ability to communicate complex information clearly, excellent project and time management skills, and excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Excellent team-working and inter-personal skills are also essential for this role.

This role would suit an individual with excellent technical skills and the ability to code proficiently in Matlab (for off-line data processing) and Python or C (to enable real time operations).

In return you will receive extensive practical and formal training, gain marketable skills, broaden your knowledge and expertise within an industrially relevant project, and gain valuable experience from industrial and academic mentors. You will benefit from a Personal Development Budget of £5,000.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Professor Alessio Balleri at a.balleri@cranfield.ac.uk. 

This partnership received financial support from the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme. KTP aims to help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base. This successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership project, funded by UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK, is part of the government’s Industrial Strategy.


Cranfield University

Germany, Dresden

TUD Dresden University of Technology, as a University of Excellence, is one of the leading and most dynamic research institutions in the country. Founded in 1828, today it is a globally oriented, regionally anchored top university as it focuses on the grand challenges of the 21st century. It develops innovative solutions for the world's most pressing issues. In research and academic programs, the university unites the natural and engineering sciences with the humanities, social sciences and medicine. This wide range of disciplines is a special feature, facilitating interdisciplinarity and transfer of science to society. As a modern employer, it offers attractive working conditions to all employees in teaching, research, technology and administration. The goal is to promote and develop their individual abilities while empowering everyone to reach their full potential. TUD embodies a university culture that is characterized by cosmopolitanism, mutual appreciation, thriving innovation and active participation. For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.

At the Faculty of Mathematics, Institute of Algebra, the Chair of Algebra and Discrete Structures offers a position as

Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)

(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)

starting December 1, 2024. The position is limited to 3 years. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification (usually PhD). Balancing family and career is an important issue. The position is generally suitable for candidates seeking part-time employment. Please indicate the request in your application.

Tasks: you contribute to the ERC Synergy Grant “POCOCOP (Polynomial-time computation: opening the black boxes in constraint problems)”. This includes the systematic exploration of polynomial-time tractability in the field of constraint satisfaction and its extensions, in particular promise CSPs, valued CSPs, and CSPs over infinite domains. The work is embedded in a larger research team and involves exchange visits with the partner universities in Prague and Vienna.

Requirements:


	university degree in mathematics or computer science
	strong background in at least one of the following fields: theoretical computer science, model theory, or universal algebra
	high motivation and creativity


We offer:


	the chance to do interesting and independent work in an open-minded team and a supportive atmosphere
	extensive training and development opportunities
	flexible working hours and remote work for balancing work and private life
	financial support for the purchase of a job ticket (for public transport in Dresden and the surrounding area)


TUD strives to employ more women in academia and research. We therefore expressly encourage women to apply. The University is a certified family-friendly university and offers a Dual Career Service. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. If multiple candidates prove to be equally qualified, those with disabilities or with equivalent status pursuant to the German Social Code IX (SGB IX) will receive priority for employment.

Please submit your detailed application with the usual documents by October 2, 2024 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service or the time stamp on the email server of TUD applies), preferably via the TUD SecureMail Portal https://securemail.tu-dresden.de by sending it as a single pdf file to manuel.bodirsky@tu-dresden.de or to: TU Dresden, Fakultät Mathematik, Institut für Algebra, Professur für Algebra und Diskrete Strukturen, Herrn Prof. Dr. Manuel Bodirsky, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed.

Reference to data protection: Your data protection rights, the purpose for which your data will be processed, as well as further information about data protection is available to you on the website: https://tu-dresden.de/karriere/datenschutzhinweis.


Technische Universitat Dresden

United Kingdom, Southampton

The University of Southampton’s iSolutions Administration Team is seeking someone passionate about delivering excellent customer experiences and helping others. The ideal candidate should enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, solving problems, and be a good communicator with empathy and patience.

About the Role

Joining the iSolutions directorate at the University of Southampton offers an exciting opportunity. In this role, you will work within the Administration team to provide high-quality, flexible administrative services to both internal and external customers. The position is fast-paced and varied, with each day presenting new challenges.

What you’ll do


	Provide diverse and flexible administrative support to iSolutions and its Senior Leadership team as needed.
	Manage and organise events, including booking venues, liaising with appropriate key stakeholder groups, and managing hospitality and visitor arrangements.
	Maintain internal databases, directories, and data.
	Book travel arrangements, conferences, or training for iSolutions staff
	Regularly review and improve internal administrative procedures and processes to ensure they are efficient and fit for purpose, implementing agreed changes as needed.
	Provide confidential administrative services, including diary coordination, meeting arrangements, minute-taking, addressing enquiries, and drafting and issuing documentation, while attending meetings as needed.
	Administer Business World financial processes and support management with budget monitoring processes.
	Manage internal recharging processes in consultation with the Finance Business Partner.
	Process invoices and orders, raise requisitions, liaise with Finance, and work within financial regulations.
	Manage HR processes and procedures with the HR Business Partner to ensure compliance with University or Departmental policies and systems, maintaining accurate records as appropriate.
	Provision of initial guidance on HR processes and queries to managers and staff
	Monitoring and tracking of probation and appraisal processes
	Administer Staff Achievement Awards, Long Service Awards and other similar activities
	Manage office supplies and equipment, anticipating requirements for new staff, including stationery, keys, furniture, telephony, passes etc.


What you’ll bring


	Able to plan and prioritise a range of standard and non-standard work activities and effectively meet deadlines.
	Financial administration/budget monitoring experience
	The integrity required to work with both commercially sensitive and personally identifiable information.
	Able to deal with sensitive information confidentially.
	Ability to prepare and present written and/or verbal information clearly and concisely to students and staff.


The University of Southampton is a research-driven institution, home to some of the world’s leading minds, expanding our knowledge and passing it on to future generations. iSolutions is the University’s IT support service, and its 280+ staff members support the delivery of the University’s research and education activities as well as the usual business operations. We would love you to join us and help change the world for the better.i

The University of Southampton promotes a healthy work-life balance with a generous holiday allowance (20+ days), a defined benefit pension, flexible working hours, generous parental leave, and childcare provisions. For more information on our benefits, please visit our human resources pages.


University of Southampton

Finland, Helsingfors (Helsinki)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Green nitrogen transition

The postdoctoral researcher will be appointed for a fixed-term of 36 months (start date: January 1, 2025 or as negotiated) to work in an international project entitled: “Green nitrogen transition: The potential of legumes in control environment agriculture (GreeNTrans)” and led in Finland by Prof. Pirjo Mäkelä.

The GreeNTrans project aims to transition synthetic nitrogen fertilizers production to short-chain, reduced greenhouse gas, and circular economy-based technology using the potential of legume plants for biologically fixed nitrogen. Such a goal will be achieved by adapting plants of the legume family to grow in hydroponic systems and through modelling and experimentation to determine the most suitable conditions for achieving maximum biologically fixed nitrogen in controlled environment agriculture.

We will use different hydroponic systems (deep float, Ebb, NFT) in controlled conditions. The quality, productivity and nitrogen cycle of leafy vegetables will be analysed to explain how biologically fixed nitrogen system can be incorporated into hydroponic leafy vegetable growing system to obtain the highest yield. These results will help to develop approaches to provide a better understanding of the nitrogen cycle in plants, and the estimation of biologically fixed nitrogen in plants and hydroponic solutions will help to determine the optimal requirements for growing plants and contribute to safer food to ensure higher product quality, consistent yields for farmers, and safer food for consumers.

The postdoctoral researcher will study the leafy vegetable quality and mechanisms underlying nitrogen cycle in hydroponic systems with biologically fixed nitrogen sources. There will be also collaborations with other parts of the project in Lithuania and Sweden.

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled researcher with a PhD degree and experience in crop physiology or related field.

A successful candidate should be able to


	Design, conduct, and publish research within the scope of the project
	Contribute to undergraduate and graduate student supervision and teaching within the departments
	Contribute to preparing funding and travel grant applications
	Engage with the scientific community, research partners and the wider public through scientific publications and conference presentations


The candidate is expected to have

Education, experience and technical skills


	A relevant PhD degree with previous experience with crop physiological methods, plant nitrogen dynamics and chemical analyses (to name a few, nitrogenase and nitrate reductase activity, sugars, polyphenols, carotenoids, antioxidants, total micro-, and macro-elements, nitrogen/nitrate/nitrite).
	Fluency in English and excellent writing skills. Working Language is English
	Experience with analytical tool (R is the preferred language but equivalent languages are also fine).


Personal attributes and competencies


	Excellent analytical and innovative research planning skills.
	Rigor and precision are central to the experimental work planned.
	Ability to plan and carry research in the hydroponic systems.
	Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Experienced in working within multicultural and multidisciplinary teams is a plus.
	High motivation for academic research, having initiative and capability of working independently as well as in team environments.
	Willingness to continuous improvement based on constructive evaluation, self-reflection and learning


We offer


	To join a group tackling research questions in crop physiology, crop management and cropping systems
	A supportive and collaborative environment
	Opportunities to develop your academic network in Finland and abroad
	Opportunities for career development (supervision of graduate students, teaching experience, project development and opportunities to apply to own funding)


The salary of the postdoctoral researcher is based on level 5 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a personal salary component. The monthly salary in a full-time postdoctoral researcher position is usually about 3 500 – 3 700 euros/month, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and experience.

The University of Helsinki offers comprehensive services to its employees, including occupational health care and health insurance, unemployment and pension fund, a generous holiday package, sports facilities, and opportunities for professional development. A six-month trial period will be applied.

How to apply

Please submit your application as a single pdf file in English using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System.

The application should consist of:


	A concise cover letter explaining the applicant’s motivation for the research work.
	Curriculum vitae showing the applicant's education, completed qualifications, work experience (max 3 pages), list of publications and recommendation letter or contact information of at least two persons for references
	Copies of degree certificates and official transcripts of the records, and their translations, if the originals are not in Finnish, Swedish or English.


Please submit your application using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the Apply Now button. Applicants who have a helsinki.fi username and a valid employment contract, a grant researcher's contract or a visiting researcher's contract at the University of Helsinki are requested to submit their application by using the Employee login.

The University of Helsinki welcomes applicants of any gender and age, linguistic or cultural background, or minority group.

The closing date for applications is the 27.9.2024 at 23:59 EEST.

Further information


	For questions regarding the project: Prof. Pirjo Mäkelä, pirjo.makela@helsinki.fi.
	For questions regarding the recruitment system: HR Specialist Mirkka Juntunen, mirkka.juntunen(at)helsinki.fi, tel +358505560748
	Viikki Campus: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/campuses/viikki-campusSupport for international staff: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/careers/welcome and https://ihhelsinki.fi (International House
	Helsinki)


About us

Work will take place at the department of Agricultural Sciences (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-agriculture-and-forestry/research/agricultural-sciences) a part of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-agriculture-and-forestry), nationally unique faculty with a high international standing. The mission of the faculty is to promote the sustainable use of renewable natural resources through scientific research and research-based teaching. We focus on agricultural and forest sciences, food and nutrition, microbiology, as well as on economics and management.

The appointee will be affiliated with the group of crop science (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/crop-science).


University of Helsinki

Austria, Vienna Danubepier Hov

45 Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies
Startdate: 11.11.2024 | Working hours: 30 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)
Limited until: 10.11.2028
Reference no.: 2969

Among the many good reasons to want to research and teach at the University of Vienna, there is one in particular, which has convinced around 7,500 academic staff members so far. They see themselves as personalities who need space for their continuous striving and curiosity in order to be able to be scientifically successful. Does that sound like something for you? Welcome to our team!

Your personal sphere of influence:

As a university assistant prae doc at the Institute for Romance Studies, you will be involved in reserach and teaching in the work area of Univ. Prof. Dr. Martha Guzmán. The focus of research is on Spanish linguistics. 

The employment duration is 4 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 4 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.

Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:


	You are involved in research projects and scientific studies in the work and research area.
	We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months.
	You work on your dissertation and its completion.
	You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
	You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.
	You participate in the organization of conferences and meetings. 


This is part of your personality:


	Completed Master's degree or Diploma, in the field of Romance Studies, with a focus on Spanish linguistics.
	Solid knowledge of Spanish.
	Knowledge of German or English (C1)
	Familiarity with the methods of linguistics.
	Research skills and initiative.
	IT user skill.
	You should be a team player with high social skills.


What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible, family-friendly working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3578,80 (on a full-time basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!

It is that easy to apply:


	With your letter of intent
	With your scientific curriculum vitae
	With your summary of research interests and  ideas for a prospective doctoral project proposal (max. 1 p.)
	With your publication list
	Master Degree certificate  /  Diploma certificate
	Via our  job portal/ Apply now -  button


  If you have any questions, please contact:

Martha Guzmán Riverón

martha.guzman.riveron@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.

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​Application deadline: 10/21/2024 

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