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WORKING IN THE UK
Search for jobs or funding and find information about visas, work permits, pensions, social security, tax and how to make sure that your qualifications will be recognised. We also have information for employers who would like to recruit international researchers, and want to know how best to help them settle in to life in the UK.
Jobs
Use our range of resources to find career information and search for jobs within the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
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Funding
Find out about how funding is organised in the UK and search for funding at your particular career stage.
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Visas and work permits
Find information on visas, work permits and other schemes to allow foreign nationals to work in the UK.
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Social security and pensions
Find out about how to manage your pension and whether you will be covered by social security.
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Tax
Find out whether you need to pay tax in the UK, and what level this may be calculated at.
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Qualification recognition
Find out whether your qualification is recognised and what the equivalent classification is in the UK.
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Information for employers
If you employ, or are planning to employ, an international researcher, find out how best you can help them relocate. You can also post job adverts on the EU mobility site.
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