Council, Committees & Congregation
Elections (26 November)
Following the closure of the nomination period on 29 October, the following nominations were received (more information can be found on the Elections website).
Council
Humanities/Social Sciences vacancy
- Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
MPLS/Medical Sciences vacancy
- Professor F D Richard Hobbs
Non-divisional vacancy
- Professor Myles R Allen
- Professor Sir Rory Collin
Curators of the University Libraries
- Dr AJ Fairweather-Tall
Curators of the University Parks
- Dr Laura M Rival
Nominations Committee
- Anne Harkness
Pool for Constituting Panels under Statute XII
Humanities vacancies
- Karen Brill
- Professor T William Child
- Dr A J Fairweather-Tall
- Dr Elizabeth Gemmill
MPLS vacancies
- Janice French
- Dr Jocasta Gardner
Medical Sciences vacancies
- Liz Barnes-Moss
- Professor Robert Gilbert
- Gillian Morris
- Boyd Rodger
Social Sciences vacancies
- Professor A C L Davies
- Professor Andrew Dickinson
- Dr Nicholas Van Hear
- Charlotte Vinnicombe
GLAM vacancies
- Aisha Burtenshaw
- Laura How
- Linda Pope
UAS vacancies
- Christiana (Kirsty) Allen
- Anne Harkness
- Sara C Smith
Socially Responsible Investment Review Committee
- Professor H Bhaskaran
Panel for Constituting the Visitatorial Board under Statute XII Part C
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Divisional Board
Engineering Science vacancy
- Professor Martin Booth
Physics vacancy
- Professor Martin Bureau
Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature
- Dr Kate Kennedy
- Professor Paulina Kewes
- Professor Lloyd Pratt
- Professor Diane Purkiss
Board of the Faculty of History
- Dr John-Paul Ghobrial
- Dr Adrian Gregory
- John Nightingale
- Professor Natalia Nowakowska
Board of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
- Richard Ashdowne
- Sandra Paoli
- Dr Elinor Payne
Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies
- Professor Diwakar Acharya
- Professor Edmund Herzig
- Professor Dirk Meyer
- Professor Asli Niyazioglu
Board of the Faculty of Philosophy
- Professor Hilary Greaves
- Professor Philipp Koralus
- Professor Stephen Mulhall
- Professor Mark Wrathall
Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion
- Professor Carol Harrison
- Professor Joshua Hordern
- Professor Mark Wynn
Board of the Faculty of Law
Official Member vacancies
- Professor Horst Eidenmüller
- Professor Luca Enriques
- Professor Catherine Redgwell
Ordinary Member vacancies
- Sanja Bogojević
- Professor Adrian Briggs
- Ruth Chang
- Professor Tsilly Dagan
- Professor James Goudkamp
- Laura CH Hoyano
- Professor Jennifer Payne
- Professor Justine Pila
- Professor Fernanda Pirie
Register of Congregation
New members of register (SJA Buczacki; KM Kennedy)
University Notices
Focus on People programme
The Registrar’s blog this week encourages professional services staff to take advantage of professional development tools:
- 34 guides for newly appointed managers
- career profiles
- details of the pilot mentoring scheme
USS survey on sustainable investment
Members of USS are invited to take part in a survey on sustainable investment in partnership with Maastrict University.
People-related notices
Statutory/senior appointments
Vinerian Professor of English Law
Timothy Endicott was appointed to this professorship with effect from 1 July; he is also a fellow of All Souls
Other personnel notices
Appointments/reappointments
- DG Altshuler
- CL Beltrami
- P Bevan
- OJ Clarkson
- PJ Collyer
- CE Cooper-Davis
- OL Elder
- MS Erie
- MA Golf-French
- LM Hanson
- BA Harris
- TE Hodgson
- NK Jones
- S Jones
- R Konijnendijk
- E Morisi
- CP O'Brien
- JHC Patterson
- D Omlor
- AL Power
- CJ Power
- DJ Russell
- MY Schutz
- NE Shasore
- KR Stevens
- S Tuffnell
- O Vázquez-Medina
- C Veliz
- F Grisel
College obituaries
Events
Lectures & seminars
- Romanes Lecture (Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond: 'Law in a time of crisis'): 25 Nov
- Michael Dillon LGBT+ Lectures ('LGBT+ rights in a time of pandemic'): launch event 5.30pm, 18 Nov
- Oxford Martin School ('Building Back Better – lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic'): 5pm on Thursdays
Exams & Boards
Examination Regulation changes
- Social Sciences Board (Archaeology)
DPhil viva voce exams
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Prizes, Grants & Funding
Hester Cordelia Parsons Fund
- open to graduate students and early-career postdoctoral researchers of the University for research in experimental biological science to encourage the development of experimental methods at the boundaries of biological, physical and chemical sciences; awards range from £500 to £5,000; 22 February; www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/news/hester-cordelia-parsons-fund
Lee Placito Medical Fund
- Research Fellowship in gastro-intestinal disease, including gastrointestinal cancer; for a clinical or non-clinical research fellowship from within the University to undertake research into gastro-intestinal disease, including gastrointestinal cancer; maximum of £120,000 pa for a 3-year period; 11 December; www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/research/internal/funding-directory/lee-placito-medical-fund
Lockey Committee: Lockey Bequest
- open to members of Congregation (although grants for attendance at overseas scientific conferences, symposia etc by academic and research staff who hold a doctorate and applications may be considered from postdoctoral research workers who are not members of Congregation); up to £1,000; end of 7th week; www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/research/lockey-fund
Job vacancies
College vacancies
- Queen’s; Old Members’ Assistant; £25,941–£27,521; 8am, 18 November; www.queens.ox.ac.uk/old-members-assistant
Cambridge & other vacancies
- Newnham College, Cambridge; Archivist (full time or 4 days pw); £30,046–£33,797; 23 November; www.newn.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/archivist
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