Research Associate 0.4fte – Grade 7

at University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Salary

£40,704 to £46,970 a year

Closing date

19 November 2026

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Not given in the advert

Type of post

Research

Contract

Part Time, Fixed-Term/Contract

First seen

5 November 2026, on jobs.ac.uk

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Hours of work : Part time (0.4fte) Tenure : Fixed term until September 2027 Hybrid Working : Minimum requirement of 40% on Campus, with 60% considered desirable where possible We are seeking a highly motivated researcher/software developer to assist in the development of a secure, context-sensitive linguistic threat detection and analytics system. The position will be on the project Improving Safeguarding Methods – enhancing linguistic monitoring methods for safeguarding EdTech , which is funded through the EPSRC-funded Cyber Focus project. The work will involve collaboration with a non-academic industry partner and intends to make significant methodological advancements in filtering and monitoring (as defined in Keeping Children Safe in Education \[KCSIE\] 2026) by developing novel tools based in (computational) linguistic approaches. Your work will include the design, development, testing and validation, documentation, implementation, and ongoing review of these new tools. You should therefore have strong programming and project management skills as well as a keen interest in language; an interest in child safeguarding will be advantageous. Given the project’s focus on research application and impact, strong communication and teamworking skills will be vital. Informal inquiries can be made with the project lead Mark McGlashan ( m.mcglashan@liverpool.ac.uk ). Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion We are committed to enhancing a workforce as diverse as our community and particularly encourage applicants who are of minoritised genders and ethnic backgrounds, living with a disability, and/or are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Closing Date: 19 November 2026 23:30 For full details and to apply online, please click on the apply button above. £40,704 to £46,970 per annum

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