As part of our Aston 2030 Strategy, we are investing in a new postdoctoral research fellowship in Artificial Intelligence within Aston Business School. This role is designed to bridge cutting-edge AI research with its responsible, practical application to real-world enterprise challenges, in partnership with Capgemini and our wider industry ecosystem.

As an Aston AI Fellow, you will be a founding member of the new Aston–Capgemini Centre of Excellence for Enterprise AI. The Centre is a strategic partnership focused on moving beyond theoretical AI to deliver impact in business and society. Fellows will conduct high-impact research on enterprise challenges such as responsible adoption of AI, business transformation, governance, and value creation. Working with the Centre Director, Capgemini experts, and industry partners, you will co-create solutions with tangible benefits for organisations and society.

The Fellowship supports Aston’s commitment to transformative research by nurturing the research leaders of tomorrow. You will have the freedom to develop innovative projects, collaborate across disciplines, and establish yourself as a respected researcher with international reach.

The Aston AI Fellowship is offered at either Grade 8 or Grade 9, depending on experience and track record.

Fellowships will provide successful candidates with the opportunity to excel as excellent self-directed researchers, develop innovative and distinctive research projects, foster collaboration within their research teams and across the institution, and establish themselves as respected figure in their fields. 

Selection will be based on:

• Excellence in research aligned with Aston’s AI strengths

• Potential to deliver world-leading outputs for REF2029

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, lead, and achieve impact

• Ability and willingness to teach

To apply for the role, you must hold a PhD by the closing date. You should demonstrate a strong research track record relative to your career stage and discipline. You are expected to have a reputation for internationally excellent or world-leading research, appropriate to your career stage, and show the potential to provide leadership within your research group and contribute across the institution. You should also have the drive to represent your research at national and international levels.

This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of Enterprise AI while developing your independent research career.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting.

See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 29 May 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £38,784 to £56,535 per annum

Aston Business School is a Triple Accredited University (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA) and one of the leading Universities in the UK for academic research,   excellent teaching (awarded triple Gold rating in the latest TEF) and business engagement.  

Aston Business School is conveniently located in Birmingham City Centre, offering excellent transport links, with London just 1.2 hours away by train. It also has a presence in the city of London and through various partnerships, in several places globally.

The Accounting and Finance Department has more than 50 staff within it specialising in accounting and in finance and closely related subjects. 

The Accounting group within the department manages and delivers a successful and very popular undergraduate programme in accounting and a postgraduate programme, as well as supporting a range of programmes across the rest of the School delivered in Birmingham, in London, in Singapore and in several places elsewhere in the world. 

There is a thriving teaching innovation and research culture in the Department, which has a strong reputation for being both rigorous and relevant. The core research areas of focus currently within the department include all aspects of accounting governance and regulation, management accounting and the use of accounting information for decision making, digital accounting and data analytics, financial reporting and accountability, accounting pedagogy and taxation. The department contains two distinct research units – related to public sector and not-for-profit reporting and governance, and in sustainability accounting, governance and reporting. It also hosts a Research Centre in personal financial wellbeing and a Research Group in fraud.

The successful candidate will be a natural collaborator with others and have a ‘hands-on’ and ‘can-do’ attitude. They will provide teaching and related administrative support across a range of modules. They will play a key role in the continuous development of our teaching portfolio. 

They will have a good first degree, ideally a higher degree to at least master level, and/or relevant professional qualifications, teaching qualifications and experience, or equivalents, in an accounting, or closely related, subject discipline. It would also be desirable to have industry experience in accounting.  

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, talented, gregarious team-playing individual to take a role in supporting the growth of an excellent department. 

This post is for a fixed 12 month term (1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027) for maternity cover. This may be extended my mutual agreement, but this cannot be guaranteed at this point.

Aston University is committed to the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charter-marks/athena-swan/. We pride ourselves on our vibrant, friendly, supportive working environment and collaborative atmosphere. 

Enquiries about the vacancy:

Name: Professor Andy Lymer 

Job Title: Head of Department of Accounting

Email: a.lymer@aston.ac.uk

Or 

Name: Richard Kenyon

Job Title: Deputy Head of Department of Accounting

Email: r.kenyon@aston.ac.uk

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting.

See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 01 Jun 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum

Aston Business School is conveniently located in Birmingham City Centre, offering excellent transport links, with London just 1.2 hours away by train. It also has a presence in the city of London and through various partnerships, in several places globally.

The Accounting and Finance Department has more than 50 staff within it specialising in accounting and in finance and closely related subjects. 

The Accounting group within the department manages and delivers a successful and very popular undergraduate programme in accounting and a postgraduate programme, as well as supporting a range of programmes across the rest of the School delivered in Birmingham, in London, in Singapore and in several places elsewhere in the world. 

There is a thriving teaching innovation and research culture in the Department, which has a strong reputation for being both rigorous and relevant. The core research areas of focus currently within the department include all aspects of accounting governance and regulation, management accounting and the use of accounting information for decision making, digital accounting and data analytics, financial reporting and accountability, accounting pedagogy and taxation. The department contains two distinct research units – related to public sector and not-for-profit reporting and governance, and in sustainability accounting, governance and reporting. It also hosts a Research Centre in personal financial wellbeing and a Research Group in fraud.

The successful candidate will be a natural collaborator with others and have a ‘hands-on’ and ‘can-do’ attitude. They will provide teaching and related administrative support across a range of modules. They will play a key role in the continuous development of our teaching portfolio. 

They will have a good first degree, ideally a higher degree to at least master level, and/or relevant professional qualifications, teaching qualifications and experience, or equivalents, in an accounting, or closely related, subject discipline. It would also be desirable to have industry experience in accounting.  

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, talented, gregarious team-playing individual to take a role in supporting the growth of an excellent department. 

This particular post is for a fixed 10 month term (1 September 2026 to 30 June 2027). This may be extended my mutual agreement, but this cannot be guaranteed at this point.

Aston University is committed to the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charter-marks/athena-swan/. We pride ourselves on our vibrant, friendly, supportive working environment and collaborative atmosphere. 

Enquiries about the vacancy:

Name: Professor Andy Lymer 

Job Title: Head of Department of Accounting

Email: a.lymer@aston.ac.uk

Or 

Name: Richard Kenyon

Job Title: Deputy Head of Department of Accounting

Email: r.kenyon@aston.ac.uk

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting.

See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 01 Jun 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049 per annum