Research Assistant - AINGEL; RED FTE

Position: Research Assistant - AINGEL (RED ID: 15329) (Fixed Term, 0.8 FTE)
# Research Assistant - AINGEL (RED ) (Fixed Term, 0.8 FTE)
Bournemouth University
· University Bournemouth, United Kingdom Posted 12 Nov 2026

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Bournemouth University seeks a Research Assistant for the AINGEL project, a nine-month initiative validating the Cyber Self Defence Toolkit with Cyber Innovations Group Ltd. This part-time role (0.8 FTE) runs until June 2027, offering an annual salary of £26,093 to £28,778. The position focuses on leading user testing and evaluation across five functional areas, translating research findings into a pilot-ready product.

Candidates require a relevant degree or equivalent experience in cyber psychology, human factors, or security. Desirable skills include familiarity with social engineering research, psychometric instruments, and quantitative data analysis. The role involves coordinating academic and commercial stakeholders while ensuring research ethics governance. Bournemouth University does not sponsor Skilled Worker visas for this position. Benefits include a defined benefit pension, 30 days holiday, flexible working options, and access to extensive staff wellness and discount schemes.

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November 12, 2026

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The School of Computing & Engineering is looking to recruit a Research Assistant to support a nine-month programme of work delivered by Bournemouth University in collaboration with Cyber Innovations Group Ltd, . The project commercially validates the Cyber Self Defence (CSD) Toolkit, a human-layer cyber resilience platform helping non-technical users in SMEs, charities and regulated organisations recognise, respond to and recover from social engineering and cyber incidents, and develops AiNGEiL, the Toolkit's embedded AI-assisted capability.

The Research Assistant will lead the project's user testing and evaluation activities across the Toolkit's five functional areas, working closely with the CIG Ltd development team to translate research findings into a validated, pilot-ready product.

You will have a degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. cyber psychology, human factors, cyber security), or equivalent experience. Familiarity with cybersecurity, human factors in security or social engineering research (desirable) and experience with validated psychometric instruments (e.g. SeBIS, Brief Resilience Scale, Perceived Stress Scale) or comparable measures are desirable, as well as experience of working across an academic/commercial partnership or knowledge-exchange context (desirable).You

will be familiar with participant recruitment and running user research, structured interviews or usability testing, be competent in quantitative data analysis and research ethics governance. You will have excellent written communication and strong organisational skills with the ability to co-ordinate multiple stakeholders — academic, commercial and participant — concurrently and to a fixed project timeline.

This post is offered on a part-time, 29.6 hours ()  basis until the end of June 2027.For further information, please contact Prof Vasilis Katos his position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the  Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’sPoints Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who…