There is still time to apply for Digital Economy Programme Advisory Board (PAB) vacancies

EPSRC are looking to recruit new members of our Strategic Advisory Teams (SAT) to start from 1 January 2022. Applications are sought from industrialists, academics, users of research, and individuals working in the third sector and government organisations.

Vacancies on the Digital Economy PAB, which is equivalent to a SAT, include:

• Vacancy 1: Digital aspects of social science
• Vacancy 2: Content Creation and Consumption priority area
• Vacancy 3: Sustainable Digital Society priority area
• Vacancy 4: Beyond a Data Driven Economy priority area
• Vacancy 5: Data intensive services industry
• Vacancy 6: Digital technologies in the charity/third sector/community sector

Current membership of the Digital Economy PAB is available here.

Appointments will be made solely on the evidence presented in the application therefore, applicants are encouraged to provide sufficient written evidence in the application.

Closing date: 29 July 2021 16:00 BST

Further information

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