Council, Committees & Congregation
The following funds have been established by the General Purposes Committee of Council:
- Chingiz Gutseriev Archaeology and Anthropology Fund
- Harle Bodleian Fund for Indian Studies
- Instruction in Mandarin Chinese Fund
- June and Simon Li Graduate Scholarship in the History of Chinese Art Fund
- Madame L.C. Yuen Chen Fund
- Rangoonwala Visiting Fellowships Fund
Register of Congregation
New members of register (A Bhatt; ML Gooch; AG Titchener; MR Wynn)
Elections
Reminder: a call for nominations has been announced for vacancies to the following bodies (full details are available on the Elections website). Published nominations are listed alongside the relevant body. Nominations close at 4pm on 29 October.
- Council (FD Richard Hobbs)
- Audit & Scrutiny Committee
- Buildings & Estates Subcommittee
- Curators of the University Libraries
- Curators of the University Parks (LM Rival)
- Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers
- Nominations Committee
- Pool for Constituting Panels under Statute XII (K Brill; AJ Fairweather-Tall; J Gardner; ACL Davies; N Van Hear; C Vinnicombe; A Burtenshaw)
- Socially Responsible Investment Review Committee
- Panel for Constituting the Visitatorial Board under Statute XII Part C
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board (M Booth)
- Medical Sciences Divisional Board
- Social Sciences Divisional Board
- Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature (K Kennedy; P Kewes; L Pratt; D Purkiss)
- Board of the Faculty of History (J-P Ghobrial; A Gregory; J Nightingale; N Nowakowska)
- Board of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (E Payne)
- Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies
- Board of the Faculty of Philosophy
- Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion
- Board of the Faculty of Law
University notices
Environmental Sustainability Strategy consultation
The University is inviting feedback on its draft Environmental Sustainability Strategy. Read the strategy and complete a survey here: https://sustainability.admin.ox.ac.uk/consultation.
People-related notices
Visiting Professorships
- MPLS (F Blekman; A Hamilton; J Singleton; G Stephens; P Taylor; T Zariphopoulou)
- Medical Sciences (E Barasa; L Carpenter; P Kohl)
College obituaries
Events
Lectures and seminars
- Being Human Festival of the Humanities (White Rose Circle Café Talk and Workshop)
- Mansfield (public talks)
Exams & Boards
Examination Regulation changes
For full text of regulation changes listed below, see https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/examination-regulations-0.
- Humanities (Prelims in History of Art)
- Medical Sciences (FHS of Experimental Psychology)
- Social Sciences (FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics)
DPhil viva voce exams
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Prizes, Grants & Funding
Oxford Travel Abroad Bursaries and Santander Academic Travel Awards
- open to Oxford undergraduate and postgraduate students to travel to a foreign country for any activity related to their current programme of study; up to £1,250; 4 December; www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/international/scholarships-exchanges/OTAB and www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/international/scholarships-exchanges/santander
Faculty of Philosophy: Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics
- open to undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at the University of Oxford in any subject; for best essay of 2,000 words on any topic relevant to practical ethics; £300 (winner) and £100 (runner-up); revised versions of the two winning essays will be considered for publication in the Journal of Practical Ethics; 9 February 2021; www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/5th-annual-oxford-uehiro-prize-practical-ethics
Job vacancies
University vacancies
- Saïd Business School; Dean; 9 November; https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=147956
College vacancies
- Christ Church; part-time Choir Manager (0.4 FTE); £10,376; noon, 13 November; www.chch.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
- Lady Margaret Hall; 9-month Junior Welfare Dean; £3,539 pro rata; noon, 3 November; www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/about-lmh/jobs/junior-welfare-dean-2
- Merton; Lecturership in French (1 January to 30 September 2021); £10,314; noon, 11 November; www.merton.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
- Wadham; 3-hour stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy; £6,878; noon, 17 November; www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about-wadham/jobs/academic/stipendiary-lecturer-in-philosophy1
Cambridge vacancies
- Downing College, Cambridge; Everitt Butterfeld Research Fellowship in any area of Biological Sciences related to Medicine or Clinical Sciences; £30,942; noon, 23 November; www.dow.cam.ac.uk/joindowning/academic-vacancies
- Murray Edwards College, Cambridge; Henslow Research Fellowship in Science; 23 November; www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/about/work-us
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