Council, Committees & Congregation
GPC regulation changes
Establishments
- Bennett Chair of Evidence-Based Medicine (new professorship)
- Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery Fund (to support academic research activity in the field of NanoScience)
- Oxford University Ice Hockey Project Endowment Fund (to promote participation in the sport of ice hockey)
- Tanner Fund (to promote participation in the sport of athletics)
Changes
- Waynflete Professorship of Chemistry (updated wording & references)
Register of Congregation
New members of Congregation (L Bailey; JC Boddy; L Fraser; RE Fraser; A Guirguis; Y Khan; G Nicholson; LJ Powell; PG Thomson; B Verd; A Walsh)
Degree by Resolution
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University Notices
University Preachers
The following sermons will be preached during Trinity term:
- 11am, Sun 25 Apr: Dr Paula Gooder: St Mark’s Day Sermon, Magdalen
- 10.30am, Sun 9 May: Professor Andrew Dilnot: Commemoration Day Sermon, St Mary’s
- 9.45am, Sun, 23 May: Bishop Dr Joe Aldred: University Sermon (Whit Sunday), the Cathedral
- 6.15pm, Sun, 30 May: The Rt Revd Professor N T Wright: University Sermon (Trinity Sunday), Queen’s
- 5.45pm, Sun, 6 Jun: Dr Katharine Dell: University Sermon on the Grace of Humility, Merton
- 10.30am, Sun, 13 Jun: The Revd Dr Ayla Lepine: University Sermon, St Mary’s
- 10am, Sun, 20 Jun: The Revd Dr Peter Anthony: St John Baptist’s Day Sermon, Magdalen
Open Forum: Plans for Trinity term
1.15–2.30pm, 28 Apr: the Vice-Chancellor will host an Open Forum event. Panel members: the Co-Chairs of the Hilary and Trinity Coordination Group, the Registrar, the PVCs for People & GLAM, Development & External Affairs, Planning & Resources, Education, and Research. Register by 5pm, 26 April.
People-related notices
Appointments
MPLS
- Professorship of Materials Modelling (Saiful Islam)
- Other appointments/reappointments: Chris Beem, Patrick Farrell, James Newton, Paul Stavrinou, Standa Zivny
- Visiting Professorships: Alex Halliday, Frank Haselbach, Raymond Lohr, Ian Shott
Medical Sciences
- Appointments/reappointments: Samira Lakhal-Littleton, Edward Mann
- Visiting Professorships: Lieping Chen, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau
Social Sciences
Appointments/reappointments: Ngoc Son Bui, Agni Orfanoudaki, Martin Williams
College obituaries
Elections
Call for nominations
The nomination period for the elections below will remain open until 4pm on 13 May. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, the elections on 10 June will be conducted electronically. For further information, please contact the Elections Office.
Council
- MPLS/Medical Sciences faculty member (1 vacancy)
- Humanities/Social Sciences faculty member (1 vacancy)
- non-divisional member (1 vacancy)
Committees reporting to Council or one of its main Committees
- Nominating Committee for the Vice-Chancellorship (3 vacancies)
- Buildings and Estates Subcommittee (1 vacancy)
- Curators of the University Libraries (1 vacancy)
Other Committees and University Bodies
- Pool for constituting Panels under Statute XII (1 vacancy for Social Sciences faculty members; 8 non-divisional vacancies)
- Delegacy for Nomination of Candidates for Ecclesiastical Benefices (2 vacancies)
- Panel for constituting the Visitatorial Board under Statute XII Part C (3 vacancies)
Divisional Boards
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board (6 vacancies)
- Medical Sciences Board (8 vacancies)
- Social Sciences Board (2 vacancies)
Faculty Boards
- Board of the Faculty of Classics (6 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature (4 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of History (4 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of Music (2 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies (3 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion (3 vacancies)
Exams & Boards
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Doctor of Medicine viva voce exams
DPhil viva voce exams
Examination Regulation changes
Humanities
Medical Sciences
Prizes, Grants and Funding
Oxford Travel Abroad Bursary/ Santander Academic Travel Awards
Oxford Travel Abroad Bursary and Santander Academic Travel Awards; open to Oxford undergraduate/postgraduate students to travel outside the UK for any activity related to their current programme of study; up to £1,250; 31 May (a second application round will be held in late Michaelmas for those who have not yet confirmed their travel plans)
Job vacancies
University vacancies
- Faculty of History; Professorship of Modern History; noon, 14 May
- Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages; Schwarz–Taylor Professorship of the German Language and Literature; noon, 10 May
- Public Affairs Directorate; temporary Head of Campaigns and Digital Communications; £48,114–£55,750; noon, 23 April
- Department of Statistics; Research and Academic Support Administrator; £25,941–£30,046; 12 May
- University of Oxford; 1-year University Drama Officer (from late September 2021); £22,417; 21 May; trusts@admin.ox.ac.uk or john.livesey@admin.ox.ac.uk
College vacancies
- Brasenose; stipendiary Lecturership in Spanish; £11,463–£12,893 pro rata plus allowances; 29 April
- Brasenose; stipendiary Lecturership in Biochemistry; £9,170–£10,314 pro rata plus allowances; 30 April
- Brasenose; stipendiary Lecturership in Chemistry; £13,756–£15,471 pro rata plus allowances; 21 May
- Brasenose; stipendiary Lecturership in Geography; £9,170–£10,314 pro rata plus allowances; 14 May
- Brasenose; stipendiary Lecturership in Medicine; £9,170–£10,314 pro rata plus allowances; 4 May
- Brasenose; stipendiary Lecturership in English; £6,878–£7,736; 20 May
- Brasenose; Junior Dean; £3,235 pa; 5 May
- Corpus Christi; non-stipendiary JRFs; noon, 14 May
- Corpus Christi; Development Executive; £29,176–£34,804; 26 April
- Exeter; fixed-term Bennett Boskey Fellowship in Global History; £32,817–£40,322; noon, 3 May
- Exeter; fixed-term stipendiary Lecturer in French; £5,732–£6,078 plus benefits; noon, 7 May
- Exeter; fixed-term Staines Medical Research Fellowship; £9,057 pa housing allowance; noon, 17 May
- Harris Manchester; Junior Dean; £3,000 plus accommodation and meals; noon, 23 April
- Jesus; non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship in Chemistry; annual research allowance; noon, 10 May
- Jesus; non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship in Philosophy; annual research allowance; noon, 10 May
- Jesus; non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship in Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics; annual research allowance; noon, 24 May
- Lady Margaret Hall; 3-hr stipendiary Lectureship in Physics; £6,878–£7,736; noon, 30 April
- Lady Margaret Hall; 6-hr stipendiary Lectureship in Music; £13,756–£15,471; noon, 30 April
- Lady Margaret Hall; Career Development Fellowship in Early Modern Literature; £32,817–£40,322; noon, 14 May
- Magdalen; Home Bursar; £66,000–£76,000; noon, 7 May
- Oriel; 6-hour stipendiary Lecturer in Economics; £13,756–£15,471; 7 May
- Pembroke; stipendiary Lectureship (Career Development) in Politics (International Relations); £6,878–£7,736; 29 April
- Pembroke; stipendiary Lectureship in Politics (Comparative Government/Political Sociology); £6,878–£7,736; 29 April
- Pembroke; stipendiary Lectureship (Career Development) in History; £18,341–£20,628; noon, 28 April
- Pembroke; Junior Research Fellowship in Black British Studies; £30,000; noon, 26 April
- St Anne’s; Junior Research Fellowship in African and Comparative Literature; noon, 4 May
- St Hugh’s; Senior Tutor; 12 May
- St John’s; stipendiary Lecturership in Physics; £13,756– £15,471; noon, 7 May
- St John’s; stipendiary Lecturership in Computer Science; £13,756– £15,471; noon, 7 May
- St John’s; stipendiary Lecturership in History; £18,341– £20,628; noon, 23 April
- St Peter’s; College Lecturership in Philosophy; £9,170–£10,314; 6 May
- St Peter’s; part-time Deputy Librarian; noon, 3 May
- St Peter’s; College Lecturership in Human Geography; £6,878–£7,736; 29 April
- Trinity; Senior Tutor; £60,000–£65,000 plus benefits including £15,250 pa housing allowance; noon, 6 May
- Regent's Park; 2 Lillian Goldman non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellows; 28 May
- Regent's Park; 1-year part-time Stipendiary Lecturer in Ancient History and Director of Studies in Classics; 26 April
- Wycliffe Hall; Facilities Coordinator, Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford; 27 April
Cambridge & other vacancies
- Weidenfeld–Hoffmann Trust, Oxford University; Academic Fellow in Moral Philosophy (20 days; 1-year renewable contract); stipend dependent on experience; 30 April
- Weidenfeld–Hoffmann Trust, Oxford University; Digital Technologies and Communication Lead (1-year renewable contract); £26,500–£32,500; 30 April
- Christ’s College, Cambridge; 4-year fixed-term College Lectureship in Law associated with a Fellowship of Christ’s; noon, 14 May
- Christ’s College, Cambridge; 4-year fixed-term College Lectureship in Economics associated with a Fellowship of Christ’s; noon, 25 May
- Downing College, Cambridge; non-stipendiary College Teaching Associates to provide supervision for undergraduates of the college in the fields of Classics, Law, Natural Sciences (Ecology and Zoology) and Sociology; payment for supervisions at the standard intercollegiate rate plus benefits; noon, 30 April
- King’s College, Cambridge; non-stipendiary Research Fellowship in Biological and Medical Sciences 2021; 30 April
- Trinity College, Cambridge; 3-year research post in the History of Race; £28,214 plus benefits; 30 April
- Trinity Hall, Cambridge; fixed-term Fellowship in Mathematics (4 years from October 2021); £29,176; 26 April
- Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Walter Scott fixed-term Fellowship in Physics (4 years from October 2021); £29,176; 26 April
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