About our research

There are two main ways for new or experienced postdoctoral researchers to join us:

  • successfully apply for a fellowship
  • be offered a job at the University

Fellowships

Fellowships are fixed term positions that provide funding for researchers to continue their academic training or complete a significant piece of research at a host university. 

If you are thinking about applying for postdoctoral fellowship funding, get in touch - we’re happy to support your application.

In our field, fellowships you way wish to consider include:

Job opportunities

You’ll find postdoctoral and faculty research vacancies advertised regularly on Manchester Met jobs

Opportunities can include:

  • research assistants
  • research associates
  • lecturers
  • readers
  • professors
  • leadership roles

Manchester Met has a specialist career pathway for researchers, to help make the most of your potential.

If you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to genuinely world-class research, studying human movement in its widest sense - from movement impairment induced by chronic disease, through healthy ageing, to elite sport.

We use state-of-the-art techniques to study the structure and function of cells, molecules and genetics, through musculoskeletal physiology to whole-body human biomechanics.

This unique approach makes the Musculoskeletal Science and Sports Medicine research centre a great place to advance your career.

About us

Our people

Browse staff profiles for members of the research centre.

  • A swimmer doing front crawl, seen from below the surface of a swimming pool

    Sports medicine and elite performance

    Our research furthers understanding of elite sporting performance, informs policy guideline development, and helps athletes and para-athletes improve their recovery from injury.

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  • A close up of a researcher looking at gait analysis on a screen

    Neurodegeneration

    Undertaking world-leading research to understand important mechanisms controlling human movement.

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  • An older man being guided on the use of weights by a gym assistant

    Musculoskeletal function in health and ageing

    Our world-leading research is improving understanding of musculoskeletal function across life and helping to find effective strategies to promote healthy ageing.

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