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1 — Career jobs

🎓🎓 Child Safety Digital Investigations Analyst — online harms
Protection Group International · London, onsite role (hybrid benefits described) · Salaried; amount not advertised · Staff role · Applications open; no stated closing date
Investigate grooming, coded language and child exploitation or extremist networks through open-source evidence and threat reporting. Prior online investigations and child-safety experience are required; the work includes potentially distressing material. More →

🎓🎓🎓 Research and Innovation Associate — Digital Media and Online Misinformation
King’s College London (COMPASS) · London, Strand Campus · £45,829–£48,224/year · Up to two years, fixed term · closes 18 Nov 2026
Research online disinformation, manipulation and responses to countermeasures using social-media corpora and digital research methods. Requires a PhD (submitted thesis accepted at a lower grade) and substantive platform/digital-methods research skills. More →

🎓🎓🎓 Research Fellow — Language Machines project
University of Birmingham (AHRC) · Birmingham · £36,636–£46,049/year · Fixed term to October 2029 · closes 22 Nov 2026
Explore the humanities’ contributions to AI, changing reading practices and generative language systems. A relevant PhD (or near completion) and strong humanities/interdisciplinary research methods are required; this is not a general software-engineering post. More →

🎓 Associate — Online Safety Supervision
Ofcom · Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast or London · Salary not published · Fixed-term role · apply by Sun 8 Nov (portal closes Mon 9 Nov, 00:01)
Assess online services’ protections for users, analyse evidence and help supervise compliance with the Online Safety Act. Prior policy or regulated-industry experience is essential; applications close one minute after midnight on Monday. More →

🎓 Value for Money Analyst — entry-level
National Audit Office · London or Newcastle (at least two office days/week) · £45,316 London / £38,403 Newcastle · Permanent · closes 16 Nov 2026
Evaluate how public money is spent and turn complex evidence into accessible, defensible conclusions. An explicitly entry-level route for strong analytical communicators; applications include numerical and verbal assessment. More →

🎓 Internal Abuse Monitoring Analyst (Operations)
Department for Work and Pensions · Leeds · £39,451–£40,315/year · Permanent · closes 20 Nov 2026
Identify suspicious access or misuse patterns, document audit trails and prepare evidence-based referrals from multiple sources. Relevant to investigative reasoning and evidence integrity; applicants should check the role’s information-security and practical experience requirements. More →

🎓 Hub Higher Intelligence Officer
HM Revenue & Customs · Ipswich · £37,682–£40,705/year · Permanent; flexible/part-time patterns available · closes 24 Nov 2026
Lead teams handling fraud reports, open-source research and intelligence products supporting investigations. Strong fit for experienced research and intelligence graduates, but leadership experience and Security Check clearance (normally five years’ UK residence) are important conditions. More →

🎓 Tasking Officer — Immigration Enforcement
Home Office · Loughborough · £34,415–£34,931/year · Permanent; full time or at least 30 hrs/week · closes 12 Nov 2026
Assess and prioritise operational cases, triage documentation and prepare concise evidence-led referrals for immigration teams. Transferable investigative and analytical communication skills are relevant; shifts, weekend work and Civil Service eligibility apply. More →

🎓 Research and Engagement Team Assistant
Lancaster University, Faculty of Science and Technology · Lancaster campus / UK remote hybrid · £14.02/hr + £1.69 holiday pay · 36.5 hours/week, 16 Nov–12 Feb · closes 10 Nov 2026
Turn academic research into accessible articles, blogs and stakeholder communications, with research-centre event support. Excellent research writing and analytical communication are essential; this is a substantial full-time temporary post, not a few hours’ student work. More →

2 — Paid placements & internships

🎓 Student Placement — Data & Analysis (Counter Terrorism Policing 2027/28)
Counter Terrorism Policing HQ · West London / hybrid · £27,705.60/year · Paid sandwich-year placement · closes 15 Nov 2026
Produce open-source research, intelligence assessments and concise reports on national-security threats and community tensions. Only undergraduates on a sandwich-year course returning to study in autumn 2028 can apply; vetting applies. More →

🎓 Student Placement — Communications (Counter Terrorism Policing 2027/28)
Counter Terrorism Policing HQ · West London / hybrid · £27,705.60/year · Paid sandwich-year placement · closes 15 Nov 2026
Develop and evaluate public-facing messages, including communication that encourages threat reporting and supports policing operations. For sandwich-year undergraduates returning to study in autumn 2028 only; vetting applies. More →

3 — Scholarships & studentships

🎓🎓 White Rose ESRC Studentship — Forensic Speech and Audio PhD route
University of York / White Rose DTP · York · Full home/international tuition waiver + ESRC stipend (2026/27 £21,805; 2027/28 TBC) · Funded 2027/28 doctoral entry · departmental application by 14 Dec, 17:00 GMT (DTP deadline 20 Jan 2027)
York explicitly lists its PhD in Forensic Speech and Audio as eligible for competitive White Rose ESRC funding. Applicants need a viable forensic-speech research project and departmental shortlisting before the later DTP deadline; funding is not automatic. More →

4 — Paid work while you study

💷 FHASS Social Media Intern — 2026/27
Lancaster University, FHASS · Lancaster campus · £13.21/hr + £1.59 holiday pay · 2 hrs/week, 30 Nov–30 Jul · closes 15 Nov 2026
Flexible paid work helping FHASS engage students and manage social channels. Open to current campus-based FHASS students; a CV, covering letter and one-page ideas submission are required. More →

💷 FHASS Student Content Creator — 2026/27
Lancaster University, FHASS · Lancaster campus · £12.71/hr + £1.53 holiday pay · 3 hrs/week, 30 Nov–30 Jul · closes 15 Nov 2026
Paid student video and interview production for FHASS and campus life. Current campus-based FHASS students must submit a CV, covering letter, examples and an original one-minute video. More →

Key and cautions

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