Council, Committees & Congregation
Council regulation changes
- Investment Committee (change to terms of reference)
- Curators of the University Libraries (to make the Head of Archives and Modern Manuscripts an ex officio member of the University Archives Subcommittee)
- Grants under the COVID-19 Emergency Scheme, Round 2 (allocation of funds to colleges with particularly pressing challenges due to COVID-19)
Congregation, 15 June
- Legislative Proposal (replace Continuing Education Board with new Continuing Education Strategic Management Board)
- Legislative Proposal (merge Departments of Plant Sciences and Zoology to create a new Department of Biology)
- Legislative Proposal (establish Degree of Master of Biomedical Sciences)
- Legislative Proposal (amend provisions for Ellerton Theological Essay Prizes)
- Resolution (joint allocation of space in Biochemistry Building to MSD/MPLS)
Register of Congregation
New members of Congregation (LR Groves; B Marguerie de Rotrou; NJ Waghorn; F Williams)
Events
Musical events
- Christ Church: Andrew Chamblin Memorial Concert (8pm, 24 June, online)
Lectures
Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
- Sir Charles Sherrington Prize Lecture: Professor Gero Miesenböck (4pm, 23 June: Lighting up the brain)
- Special Neuroscience Lecture: Dr Viviana Gradinaru (1pm, 28 June: Engineered gene delivery vectors and microbial opsins for precise and minimally invasive study and repair of nervous systems)
Centre for Criminology
- Annual Roger Hood Lecture: Professor Coretta Phillips (6pm, 3 June (register by noon, 2 June): The pains of racism in criminal justice and criminology)
Saïd Business School
- Oxford Smart Space Lecture: Renee Rottner & Joan Johnson-Fresse (3pm, 4 June: Diversity of thought: inclusion, innovation and space)
People-related notices
Visiting Professorships
MPLS
- Visiting Professor in Economic Geology (Professor Laurence Robb)
College obituaries
Elections
Contested elections
Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, the elections on 10 June will be conducted electronically. For further information, please contact the Elections Office.
Nominees
- Council (MPLS/MSD, 1 vacancy): Professor Proochista Ariana; Professor H Bhaskaran; Professor Alexander Schekochihin
- Council (non-divisional, 1 vacancy): Professor OP Daley; Dr Duncan Robertson
- Nominating Committee for the Vice-Chancellorship (3 vacancies): Dr Tristan E Franklinos; Professor Martin CJ Maiden; Professor James H Naismith; Professor DJ Paterson; Dr Sam Wolfe
- Buildings and Estates Subcommittee (1 vacancy): Tania Boyt; Professor Andrew Martin
Exams & Boards
DPhil viva voce exams
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Examination Regulation changes
- Continuing Education/Medical Sciences: Evidence-based Healthcare
- Humanities: English Studies (Medieval Period)
- Social Sciences: Major Programme Management; PPE; Taxation
Prizes, Grants and Funding
Europaeum: Oxford–Helsinki Study Bursary
Europaeum; Oxford–Helsinki Study Bursary; graduate students of all disciplines; €1,700; 30 June
Europaeum: Oxford–Prague Study Bursary
Europaeum; Oxford–Prague Study Bursary; graduate students of all disciplines; €1,000; 30 June
Social Sciences Board: Dasturzada Dr Jal Pavry Memorial Prize
Social Sciences Board: Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Prize
Job vacancies
College vacancies
- Christ Church; stipendiary Lectureship in Mathematics and Statistics; 31 May
- Magdalen; PA to the Bursar and Accountant; £25,941–£33,797; noon, 9 June
- Merton; 1-year Junior Dean for Welfare (from September 2021); £6,000 plus free board and lodging; noon, 11 June
- Queen’s; part-time Pavilion Manager; £10.50 ph; 31 May
- Queen’s; College Office and Admissions Assistant; £22,417; 7 June
- St Anne’s; stipendiary Lectureship in Experimental Psychology; noon, 21 June
- St Catherine’s; stipendiary Lecturership in Physical Geography: noon, 8 June
- St Catherine’s; stipendiary Lecturership in History: noon, 8 June
- St Hilda’s; Events Team Manager; up to £40,322; 28 May
- St Hugh’s; Deputy Development Director; 9 June
- Wadham; Associate Professor of Law; £48,114–£64,605; 5pm, 14 June
Cambridge & other vacancies
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; 1-year stipendiary Parker Library Early-Career Research Fellowship (from 1 October 2021); 22 June
- King’s College, Cambridge; 3-year part-time College Teaching Officer in French Literature (50% FTE from 1 September 2021); £16,408; 18 June
- Robinson College, Cambridge; 2-year Fellowship and College Lectureship in Law; £32,816–£34,804; 25 June
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