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12 selected \u00b7 2 closing within 7 days<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 \u2014 Career jobs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 Digital Investigations Analyst \u2014 online threats and disinformation<\/strong>
\nProtection Group International \u00b7 London, UK \u00b7 hybrid<\/em>
\nInvestigate disinformation campaigns, attribute information operations and produce concise threat assessments for clients. Strong FLiSS connection through online-language evidence, discourse and investigative reporting; prior OSINT\/digital-investigation experience is required and a second language is desirable. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 Voice Technology Validation Scientist<\/strong>
\nCambridge Cognition \u00b7 Bottisham (Cambridge), UK \u00b7 hybrid \u00b7 \u00a350,000\u2013\u00a365,000\/year \u00b7 full-time, 12-month fixed term<\/em>
\nLead evaluation of speech recognition and voice analytics across languages, populations and recording conditions, including transcription-error effects, reliability and bias. Particularly relevant to forensic speech evaluation; requires an MSc\/PhD plus significant validation experience and quantitative analysis using R or Python. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf93 Localisation Linguist (multiple languages) \u2014 synthetic voice evaluation<\/strong>
\nBRAHMA AI \u00b7 London\/remote, UK \u00b7 salary and closing date not stated<\/em>
\nEvaluate synthetic voices for linguistic accuracy, prosody, pronunciation, emotion, timing and naturalness, and develop pronunciation and quality standards. Formal linguistics\/localisation training or equivalent experience and native or near-native proficiency in a recruiting language (including English) are sought; building neural networks is not required. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 Forensic Audio Analyst<\/strong>
\nJ P French International \u00b7 UK \u00b7 full-time \u00b7 salary and deadline not stated<\/em>
\nSpecialist forensic analysis of digital recordings, including enhancement, authentication and sound-source examinations: a direct forensic speech\/audio pathway. Requires established forensic audio-examination experience and acoustics or acoustical-engineering expertise, so this is not a general graduate-entry role. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 Language Quality & AI Specialist<\/strong>
\nLanguage Inspired \u00b7 fully remote (Europe\/worldwide advertised) \u00b7 permanent \u00b7 salary and deadline not stated<\/em>
\nOversee human and AI-assisted language-quality evaluation using MQM and ISO standards, quality scorecards and multilingual review programmes. A linguistics\/translation background plus at least three years of localisation-quality experience is required; UK contractual eligibility should be confirmed before applying. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

3 \u2014 Scholarships & studentships<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 Funded PhD \u2014 Multisensory Prosody in Spoken Catalan (PROSODY-SENSES PhD1)<\/strong>
\nUniversitat Pompeu Fabra \/ GrEPG \u00b7 Barcelona, Spain \u00b7 \u20ac22,607.28 gross\/year \u00b7 full-time predoctoral contract, 1\u20134 years \u00b7 closes 18 Dec 2026<\/em>
\nERC-funded experimental research on Catalan speech prosody, acoustic annotation and synchronised audiovisual\/motion-capture data: a specific methodological bridge to forensic-speech phonetics, not a forensic project. Requires a relevant master\u2019s and experimental quantitative experience; near-native Catalan is strongly valued, with doctoral enrolment and applicable work authorisation required. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 Funded PhD \u2014 Multisensory Prosody in Spoken Portuguese (PROSODY-SENSES PhD2)<\/strong>
\nUniversitat Pompeu Fabra \/ GrEPG \u00b7 Barcelona, Spain \u00b7 \u20ac22,607.28 gross\/year \u00b7 full-time predoctoral contract, 1\u20134 years \u00b7 closes 18 Dec 2026<\/em>
\nExperimental research on European Portuguese prosody using acoustic, audiovisual and motion-capture measurements has a concrete phonetics and speech-analysis overlap with FLiSS\/FSS. Requires a relevant master\u2019s and experimental quantitative experience; Portuguese and Catalan are not required at entry but learning them is expected, alongside doctoral enrolment and applicable work authorisation. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

4 \u2014 Paid work while you study<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\ud83d\udcb7 Graduation Assistant \u2014 December 2026<\/strong>
\nLancaster University \u00b7 Lancaster campus \u00b7 \u00a312.71\/hr + \u00a31.53 holiday pay \u00b7 up to 25 hours during December graduation \u00b7 closes 2 Nov 2026<\/em>
\nPaid ceremony and visitor support across cloakroom, Great Hall, live broadcast and welcome duties. Applicants must attend the in-person 7 December briefing and be available for their full assigned shifts; a CV and cover letter are required. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcb7 Uncover Progress (UP) Mentor<\/strong>
\nLancaster University \u00b7 campus \/ remote within UK \u00b7 \u00a313.71\/hr + \u00a31.65 holiday pay \u00b7 around 2 hours\/month plus preparation, Feb\u2013Nov 2027 \u00b7 closes 5 Nov 2026<\/em>
\nPaid online mentoring for Year 12 pupils, including training and a March residential. Restricted to eligible continuing Lancaster students (extended degree or staying for postgraduate study); enhanced DBS and safeguarding requirements apply. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcb7 Graduation Photography Assistants \u2014 December 2026<\/strong>
\nLancaster University \/ Creative Studio \u00b7 Lancaster campus \u00b7 \u00a312.96\/hr + \u00a31.56 holiday pay \u00b7 temporary graduation support \u00b7 closes 9 Nov 2026<\/em>
\nPaid sales, studio administration and ushering support for graduation photography. Must attend training on 8 December and be available for the full days on both 9 and 10 December; a cover letter is required. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcb7 Web Developer with LLM Adapter Knowledge \u2014 CASS<\/strong>
\nLancaster University \/ CASS \u00b7 campus \/ remote within UK \u00b7 \u00a317.33\/hr + \u00a32.09 holiday pay \u00b7 10\u201315 hours\/week, Nov 2026\u2013Jun 2027 \u00b7 closes 16 Nov 2026<\/em>
\nPaid development of corpus-query tools and local-LLM integrations, directly connected to language research. Suitable only for applicants with substantial JavaScript\/Python web development, frameworks, APIs\/databases, Linux deployment and LLM integration experience; UK residence required. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcb7 Online Spanish Tutor \u2014 Salamanca House<\/strong>
\nSalamanca House (advertised via Lancaster ERS) \u00b7 remote within UK \u00b7 National Living Wage by age + holiday pay \u00b7 flexible 1\u201310 hours\/week \u00b7 rolling<\/em>
\nPaid online teaching of small adult Spanish classes, with direct email application through the advert. Requires native Spanish or DELE C2, English B2+, age 19+, UK right to work and suitable private online-teaching facilities; this is an external employer. More \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Key and cautions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\ud83c\udf93 = undergraduate \/ graduate-entry \u00b7 \ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 = postgraduate \u00b7 \ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93\ud83c\udf93 = doctoral\/postdoctoral \u00b7 \ud83d\udcb7 = paid work while you study<\/p>\n

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