The School is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and the Small Business Charter, and holds an Advance HE Athena SWAN Bronze Award. In the Shanghai Global Rankings 2026, it ranks among the world’s top 75 for Management and top 100 for Business Administration. In REF 2021, Surrey Business School ranked 19th in the UK overall, 10th for research outputs and 16th for research impact.

Located in Guildford, we combine a distinctive campus setting with close access to London and the South East’s business and innovation ecosystem. Our relationships with employers, entrepreneurs, policymakers and international partners connect learning and research to real organisational challenges and emerging opportunities, providing a strong foundation for the B-Clinic.

The B-Clinic

Our Business Clinic, the B-Clinic, connects students and academics with businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs to address real organisational challenges. Live consultancy projects in undergraduate and postgraduate learning help students apply their knowledge, develop professional judgement and leadership, and demonstrate their value to employers, while delivering useful outcomes for partners.

The role

We are seeking a B-Clinic Lead for an 18-month fixed-term appointment. This academic appointment will reflect your qualifications and relevant experience. You will shape experiential learning across the School and build lasting connections between business practice and academic education.

You will develop business partnerships and well-scoped client projects across the broad business subjects. Working with module and programme teams, you will support curriculum and assessment design around genuine business needs, maximising impact and the student experience. You will coordinate delivery, student preparation, client engagement and feedback; and support students, referring them to specialist services when needed.

The role supports our student experience and employability enhancement programme by improving the relevance, organisation and support of experiential learning. You will establish impact tracking to quantify businesses engaged, problems addressed, value created for partners, and student benefits, including skills, confidence and employability; in so doing you will establish an operating model and evidence base to guide the B-Clinic’s next phase.

About you

You will bring strong industry connections and a sound understanding of experiential or work-based learning. You will be able to engage businesses and academics, translate business challenges into purposeful learning, and demonstrate strong communication, organisational and impact-evaluation skills. Relevant experience may come from industry, professional practice or higher education.

You will bring a record of independently coordinating business partnerships and experiential or work-based learning, with evidence of effective delivery and evaluation, sharing good practice and use current business knowledge and relevant scholarship to improve learning.

Closing Date: 16 Nov 2026

Area: Professional Services

Salary: £37,694 to £56,535

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.  

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

The role

We are seeking two talented and ambitious postdoctoral researchers to join our thriving research community as Research Catalyst Fellows (fixed term contract up to October 2028). These newly created positions offer an exciting opportunity to build your own research profile while playing a key role in developing high-quality, impactful research across the School.

As a Research Catalyst Fellow, you will work at the heart of our research ecosystem, bringing together academic expertise, external partnerships and funding opportunities to support the development of ambitious research programmes. You will collaborate across disciplines, research centres and innovation activities, helping colleagues secure external funding, generate impactful research and address major business and societal challenges.

This role combines academic research with research development and collaboration. You will help identify funding opportunities, support the development of competitive research proposals and contribute intellectually to projects from conception through to delivery. Working closely with academics, doctoral researchers and external partners, you will help create research programmes that deliver meaningful impact for organisations, policymakers and society.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Develop and coordinate high-quality funding applications to major funders, including ESRC and Innovate UK.
• Build collaborations across disciplines, faculties and external organisations.
• Contribute methodological and intellectual expertise to research projects and funding proposals.
• Support the creation of impactful research addressing industrial priorities, economic growth and societal challenges.
• Publish high-quality research and contribute to a growing body of evidence that influences practice and policy.

Importantly, up to 20% of your workload will be protected for your own independent research, enabling you to build your research profile, develop publications and pursue your academic interests alongside collaborative projects.

About You

We are looking for proactive, collaborative researchers who are excited by both generating excellent research and enabling others to do the same.

You will have:

• A PhD in a business, management or related discipline, completed or near completion by the start date.
• A developing research profile with evidence of high-quality publications or a strong publication pipeline.
• Strong quantitative, qualitative and/or mixed-methods research skills.
• The ability to develop innovative research ideas, robust study designs and compelling funding proposals.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and project coordination skills.
• A commitment to research integrity, collaboration and inclusive research culture.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter via our website. You will also be asked some brief questions to help us understand your suitability for the position.

The University of Surrey reserves the right to close this vacancy early or extend based on volume and calibre of applications.

Closing Date: 08 Nov 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: £38,448 to £46,970 per annum

Our academic community spans five disciplines: Management; Strategy, Marketing and International Business; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Finance and Accounting; and Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management. Together, they create a distinctive interdisciplinary environment for research and education across areas including digital innovation and AI, business analytics, the future of work, strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, leadership, finance, operations, responsible business, and hospitality and tourism.

The School is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and the Small Business Charter, and holds an Advance HE Athena SWAN Bronze Award. It is ranked among the world’s top 75 institutions for Management (Top 10 in the UK) and top 100 for in Business Administration (Top 20 in the UK) the Shanghai Global Rankings (2026). In REF 2021, Surrey Business School was ranked 19^th in the UK overall, 10^th for research outputs and 16^th for research impact.

Digital innovation and AI are central to the School’s research and innovation ecosystem. Our flagship centre in Digital Economy and AI brings together scholars across disciplines to examine and shape the implications of technological change for organisations, markets, consumers and society. Located in Guildford, with close access to London and the South East’s dynamic business and innovation ecosystem, the School works with employers, entrepreneurs, policymakers and international partners to connect research and education to real-world challenges.

For further information, please visit the Surrey Business School website.

The Finance and Accounting Discipline

The Finance and Accounting Discipline delivers research and education across core and emerging areas of finance, banking, accounting and financial decision-making. It is committed to rigorous, internationally relevant scholarship that informs business practice, policy and the development of responsible financial systems.

The Discipline contributes across undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and doctoral education, preparing students to understand and lead in a financial landscape increasingly shaped by competition and innovation, data, digital platforms, artificial intelligence, regulation and sustainability. It offers a strong base from which to develop interdisciplinary research and education at the intersection of finance, technology, innovation, strategy and responsible business.

Its members maintain strong international collaborations through academic visits, invited keynote presentations and participation in leading conferences worldwide. The Discipline engages actively with policymakers and practitioners, including the Bank of England, OECD, World Bank, NATO, the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the European Parliament. It also hosts distinguished international scholars and contributes to the academic community through editorial leadership in leading journals and book series. Its research is increasingly informing wider public debate, including through coverage in leading academic journals as well as outlets such as The Guardian and The Independent, reflecting growing influence on contemporary questions in finance, financial regulation, corporate governance and sustainability.

Please visit the Finance and Accounting discipline for more information and details on our research and teaching foci. To get a feel for the team and their experiences please visit the Finance and Accounting team page.

The role

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Professor of Finance. We are interested to hear from applicants with expertise in Financial Technology (FinTech). This is a strategic appointment with the opportunity to establish and lead a distinctive programme of research and innovation at the intersection of finance, digital technologies and AI.

The successful candidate will be an internationally recognised scholar with a sustained record of high-quality, field-advancing research, demonstrated academic leadership and the ability to set an ambitious intellectual agenda in FinTech. We welcome expertise across areas such as digital financial services and new business models; financial inclusion and access to services; competition and financial stability; regulation and risk; AI and machine learning in finance; blockchain and distributed technologies; sustainable finance or related fields.

The postholder will lead the development of Surrey Business School’s research capacity and external profile in FinTech, while contributing to the University’s wider ambition to establish leadership in this strategically important area. They will play a central role in strengthening the School’s flagship centre in Digital Economy and AI, developing interdisciplinary collaborations across finance, business, computer science, engineering, law, data science and relevant areas of the University.

A key expectation will be to develop and lead significant external funding bids in collaboration with colleagues within the Discipline, School and University, and with industry, public-sector and international partners. The appointee will be expected to build a strong funding pipeline that responds to the opportunities created by the UK Industrial Strategy’s eight growth-driving sectors, particularly Financial Services and Digital and Technologies, and translates research excellence into policy, business and societal impact.

The successful candidate will provide intellectual leadership within the Finance and Accounting Discipline and contribute actively to the development of colleagues. This includes supporting and mentoring early career researchers, building interdisciplinary teams, and developing a vibrant doctoral community through the recruitment, supervision and development of PhD and professional doctorate researchers.

The role will also involve senior academic leadership in education, including contributing to the development of distinctive finance and FinTech provision across undergraduate, postgraduate, executive and doctoral programmes. The successful candidate will bring an engaging, inclusive and research-informed approach to education, enabling students to understand the opportunities, risks and responsibilities associated with the changing financial landscape.

We are looking for a collaborative academic leader who can connect ambitious research with real-world relevance, build productive external partnerships and help position Surrey as a recognised centre of excellence in FinTech.

At Surrey, we are committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equitable opportunities for all, in the pursuit of Surrey’s vision to be a leading global University. We work together to create a truly inclusive culture. We place great value on diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are seeking to increase the diversity within our community and would particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities. Appointments will always be made on merit.

If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact the Head of Finance and Accounting Discipline, Victoria Milligan (v.milligan@surrey.ac.uk). 

Closing Date: 30 Nov 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: £77,430 to £126,257