MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD, in association with
THE FACULTY OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Post
Official (Tutorial) Fellowship in History in association
with a University Lecturership (CUF) in Modern British
History
College
Magdalen
Department/Faculty Faculty of History
Division
Humanities
Contract type
Five years in the first instance, then reappointment to
retiring age upon completion of a successful review
Salary
Salary on a scale from £43,312 p.a., plus £12,000 p.a.
taxable and pensionable college housing allowance and
other benefits
Deadline for
applications
12.00 noon GMT on 29 November 2013
Overview of the post
The College proposes to elect an Official Fellow and Tutor in History from 1 October 2014. The
Fellowship will be held in association with a CUF Lecturership in Modern British History, in the
Faculty of History in the Humanities Division of the University of Oxford. The person appointed will
be expected to engage in advanced study or research in twentieth-century British History, and to
give high-quality tutorials, classes, lectures, and supervision in Modern British History at both
undergraduate and graduate level.
In making this appointment, the College and the University share the goal of developing and
strengthening the teaching and research capacities and capabilities of both the College and the
Faculty of History, as well as contributing, more generally, to the goal of maintaining Oxford
University as a leading centre for teaching and for research in the subject. For information, the
subjects taught on the Oxford BA courses in History and on the Faculty’s graduate curricula can be
found at http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/prospective.html.
The successful candidate will be a member of both the College and the University community. He
or she will be part of a lively and intellectually stimulating research community which performs to
the highest international levels in research and publications and will have access to the excellent
research facilities which Oxford offers. He or she will have a role to play in the running of the
College as a member of its Governing Body (a Charity Trustee).
Further information about Magdalen College, the University, and the terms and conditions of the
position are provided in the section ‘Information for Applicants’ below.
Candidates who wish to speak to someone informally about the process of the appointment or any
other aspects of the post may contact the Chair of the History Faculty Board, Prof. Jane Humphries
(email: jane.humphries@history.ox.ac.uk), or the Senior Tutor of Magdalen College, Dr Mark
Pobjoy (email: mark.pobjoy@magd.ox.ac.uk).
Queries about the application process should be addressed to Mrs Nancy Cowell, College
Secretary/Academic Administrator at Magdalen College (Oxford OX1 4AU; email:
nancy.cowell@magd.ox.ac.uk; tel. (+44) 0 1865 276113).
All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.
Duties of the post
College Duties
The Tutorial Fellow will be required by the College to engage in research and publication, to have
joint responsibility with the other College tutors for History and its associated Joint Schools,
including teaching, admission of new undergraduates, and general care of undergraduates in the
College reading History. The Tutorial Fellow will also be responsible as a College adviser for
overseeing the academic welfare of some of those graduates in the College reading for graduate
History degrees.
During Full Term the Tutorial Fellow will be required to undertake for the College on average eight
contact hours of undergraduate teaching per week (each of Oxford’s three Full Terms per year is
eight weeks long). The Tutor will teach undergraduates, usually in paired tutorials (or as required
in larger groups). Tutorials consist of an hour of academic discussion between Tutor and students.
Tutorial teaching also includes the marking of submitted essays. The teaching, which may be
given both to students of Magdalen College and to undergraduates from other Colleges, will be
within the range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century papers offered, currently as follows:
i.
ii.
Prelims (1st year): a) History of the British Isles 1815-1924 (BH VI) and since 1900 (BH
VII); b) part of Approaches to History; c) an Optional Subject;
Final Honour School (2nd and 3rd years): a) History of the British Isles 1815-1924 (BH VI)
and since 1900 (BH VII); b) Disciplines of History; c) a Special Subject and at least one
Further Subject; d) Thesis supervision.
See http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/prospective/undergraduate/studying/single-hons.html for more
information about Optional, Further, and Special Subjects, and about the other parts of the course.
It would be helpful if the successful candidate were able to teach General History XVI (The History
of the United States 1776-1877) and/or General History XVII (The History of the United States
since 1863), but this is not essential.
For the terms of appointment to the Fellowship, see below.
University Duties
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The appointee will be required to perform the following duties to the satisfaction of the Chair of the
Board of the Faculty of History:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
to engage in scholarly research and publication;
under the direction of the History Faculty Board, to give no fewer than 16 lectures or
classes (including graduate classes) in each academic year;
to take part in University examining when requested to do so;
to provide supervision or teaching for graduate students as requested.
It is hoped that the person appointed will develop and lead research projects. At present, for
example, Oxford historians of twentieth-century Britain are involved in a number of comparative
projects on subjects such as ‘Changing Character of War’; ‘Around 1968: Activism, Networks,
Trajectories’; ‘(De)Europeanisation and History: Concepts, Conflicts, Cohesion since 1890’;
‘History of Childhood’; and ‘Economic and Financial Organisation of the League of Nations’. With
the size of its History Faculty, its lively and varied research seminars and the major resources for
research, which include, among others, the outstanding collections of modern British political
papers held in the Bodleian Library, Oxford offers a uniquely attractive research environment
At undergraduate level the person appointed will in due course be expected to contribute to the
teaching of Optional, Further or Special Subjects in his or her area of expertise, and at graduate
level will be expected to contribute to the teaching of appropriate course options in Modern British
History and to supervise doctoral students. The Faculty will welcome new initiatives (including the
development of new courses) by the person appointed. There is also an expectation that in due
course the Lecturer will undertake a reasonable share of Faculty administrative duties.
The new postholder will be supported by a Faculty mentor, who will be available to give advice on
all aspects of the position (other than those relating exclusively to the College). A separate Faculty
assessor will also be assigned to the new postholder; the assessor is asked to prepare an interim
report to the Faculty Board after the first two years of the postholder’s service, and a final report
after five years, when the postholder is considered for reappointment to the normal retiring age
(see below, under ‘Standard Conditions’). These arrangements are intended to support the new
postholder in meeting the objective of reappointment. During the initial five years of the
appointment, the postholder will not normally be expected to undertake major Faculty or College
offices.
Information about existing courses in the broad area of Modern British History, at graduate and
undergraduate level, is provided on the History Faculty website at http://www.history.ox.ac.uk.
External work exceeding 30 days per annum requires the approval of the College. It is expected
that CUF Lecturers will limit their total commitments, and colleges their demands on them, so that
time will be available for research.
Selection criteria
Applications will be judged only against the criteria which are set out below. Applicants should
make sure that their application shows very clearly how they believe that their skills and experience
meet these criteria, and should ask their referees to address these criteria in their letters of
recommendation.
i.
A doctorate and research record and/or research potential, with a level of publication
appropriate to the stage of the candidate’s career, at a standard which will contribute to and
enhance the national and international profile of the Faculty of History, in any period of
twentieth-century British History.
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ii.
Evidence of excellence, or of the potential for excellence, at teaching History, particularly to
undergraduates; ability to contribute to specialist teaching on a range of topics within
nineteenth- and twentieth-century British History. In the case of candidates who have only
limited teaching experience, participation in teaching and learning seminars or some other
form of relevant training may be an advantage, as would be previous involvement with the
pastoral care of students and with administering a course of academic study.
iii.
Evidence of the ability to lecture at an appropriate level to undergraduate audiences and to
conduct graduate classes in an interesting and engaging manner, along with the personal
qualities needed to make a significant contribution to fostering a high level of achievement
in both undergraduate and graduate students.
iv.
Evidence of participation in conferences, seminars and other research meetings.
v.
Experience of, or potential for, participating effectively in the running and development of
the subject at Faculty level, including the development of externally-funded research
projects.
vi.
Evidence that the candidate would be willing to participate, and would be effective, in the
other work of the College and Faculty, in particular administration.
The appointment committee recognises that candidates can contribute to these goals in many
different ways and will use its professional judgment, based on the evidence available, to decide
how successfully candidates could make such contributions, bearing in mind the needs of the
College and the Faculty. It will take a particular interest in the likelihood that the candidate will
produce research and teaching of a high standard.
Oxford is committed to fairness, consistency and transparency in selection decisions. Chairs of
selection committees will be aware of the principles of equality of opportunity and fair selection and
there will be a member of each gender wherever possible.
Salary, benefits, and pension
Salary
The combined college and university salary will be on a scale from £43,312 per annum as at 1
August 2012 (as detailed below under ‘Standard Terms and Conditions’), the costs being met by
the College and University together. Different pay spine points may be adopted by the University
and the College.
University
The successful candidate will be appointed on the Oxford scale for CUF lecturers (£17,212 £23,112 per annum). Lecturers appointed below the top of this range will receive annual
increments until they reach the top point. There is also an annual ‘cost-of-living’ review. The
Faculty Board may also, in wholly exceptional cases, propose the awarding within the substantive
scale of additional increments to lecturers at any time during their appointment.
Additional remuneration is currently paid to those undertaking examining and graduate supervision.
Those holding administrative appointments within the Faculty may be eligible for additional
payments.
College
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The candidate will also be appointed by the College on the Oxford scale for tutors who are also
CUF lecturers (£26,100 - £35,045 per annum). Lecturers appointed below the top of this range will
receive annual increments until they reach the top point. The College will have particular regard to
the Fellow’s depth of experience in small group or tutorial teaching when determining the entry
point.
Pension
Eligible staff will be automatically enrolled in the Universities Superannuation Scheme. Details are
available on the University website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/finance/pensions/uss/.
College benefits
 Housing allowance
The Fellow is entitled to a taxable and pensionable housing allowance of £12,000 per
annum if he or she does not take up the right to single accommodation in College.
 Dining
Free luncheon and dinner in College are provided.
 Teaching and Research Support
If the Fellow does not take up the right to single accommodation in College, a room for
teaching and research is provided. Fellows’ research costs (including computers, travel and
books) can be reclaimed up to a current maximum of £1,113 per annum.
 Entertainment
The Fellow is entitled to an entertainment allowance of £290 per annum.
Faculty benefits
The History Faculty provides a robust and supportive framework within which to further research,
including:
 Financial support for research travel, research assistance, and editorial help
 A standard sabbatical leave system, with the possibility of additional leave in special
cases
 Peer mentoring and review of research plans and progress
 Research collaborations with other institutions, such as the Oxford-Princeton
partnership, and a variety of ad hoc arrangements
 Energetic encouragement and support of externally-funded research projects, and for
internal and interdisciplinary collaborations, through GHRC, CEMBIH, and MEHRC
 Support of, and engagement with, interdisciplinary teaching, such as within the MSt in
Modern British and European History
 A Research Development Officer to assist in the formation of teaching plans and
funding bids
The History Faculty enables all its postholders to request up to £800 per year for research
expenses, and makes additional funds available for organising conferences in Oxford. Annual
career development reviews identify those staff who may need extra support in achieving their
research objectives, e.g. through relief from teaching or administrative burdens. Some postholders
have been able to secure seed-corn funding for specific research projects from the University’s
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John Fell Research Fund, which has enabled them then to obtain major external funding. In
addition, the Faculty currently operates grant schemes for IT equipment, to which the postholder
will be eligible to apply, to supplement college provision as required.
The CUF postholder will be supported by a Faculty mentor, who will be available to give advice on
all aspects of the position (other than those relating exclusively to the College). A separate Faculty
assessor will also be assigned to the new postholder; the assessor is asked to prepare an interim
report to the Faculty Board after the first two years of the postholder’s service, and a final report
after five years. If the final review is satisfactory, the university appointment will be renewed until
the retiring age providing that evidence of lecturing competence is available, and on condition that
the appointment will end if the college teaching post is terminated. See also ‘Standard Terms and
Conditions’ below.
How to apply
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 12.00 noon GMT on 29 November 2013. The
application should be sent, by email if possible, to:
Mrs Nancy Cowell, College Secretary/Academic Administrator, Magdalen College, Oxford
OX1 4AU:
Email:
Telephone:
Fax:
nancy.cowell@magd.ox.ac.uk
(+44) 0 1865 276113
(+44) 0 1865 276094
Applications must include:

The completed application cover sheet (attached at the end of this
document), including the names and addresses of three referees.

A detailed covering letter, which should set out which subjects the candidate
could offer to teach for the College, and which for the Faculty.

A full curriculum vitae including a list of publications.
Candidates should supply each of their referees with a copy of these further particulars and
ask them to write directly to the College Secretary/Academic Administrator at the above
address by 12.00 noon GMT on 29 November 2013 without further prompting. Referees may
submit their references by email. The College and the Faculty of History wish to take this
opportunity to thank in advance those referees who write on behalf of applicants. Candidates
who wish to approach a referee or referees only if they are being called for interview or are in
receipt of a conditional offer are asked to state this explicitly alongside the details of the relevant
referee(s) on the application cover sheet.
The closing date for applications and the last date for receipt of references direct from
referees is 12.00 noon GMT on 29 November 2013. It is the responsibility of each
applicant to ensure that his or her application arrives by the deadline.
It is expected that interviews will be held on 3 February 2014 in Magdalen College. Shortlisted
candidates will be contacted in good time before the date of interview. All reasonable interview
expenses will be reimbursed.
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Candidates invited for interview will be asked to give a short presentation, aimed at an
undergraduate audience. The audience may include undergraduate students and members of the
selection committee. The presentation will be followed by an interview with the selection
committee. Overnight accommodation can be arranged.
Applications for this post will be considered by a selection committee containing members from
Magdalen College and the Faculty of History. The selection committee is responsible for
conducting all aspects of the recruitment and selection process; it does not, however, have the
authority to make the final decision as to who should be appointed. The final decision will be
made by the Governing Body of Magdalen College and the Humanities Divisional Board, on the
basis of a recommendation made by the selection committee. No offer of appointment will be
valid therefore until and unless the recommendation has been approved by both the Governing
Body of Magdalen College and the Humanities Divisional Board, and a formal contractual offer
has been made.
Special arrangements
Oxford welcomes applications from candidates who have a disability. These documents will be
made available in large print, audio or other formats on request. Applicants invited for interview will
be asked whether they require any particular arrangements to make the interview more convenient
and effective for them.
Recruitment Monitoring
A Recruitment Monitoring Form will be found at the following page on the Magdalen College
website:
http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies/
Applicants are requested to complete the form and return it to Human Resources, Magdalen
College, Oxford OX1 4AU (or by email to human.resources@magd.ox.ac.uk). Please note that the
form is anonymous and is used only to monitor and ensure equality of opportunity for all
candidates: it is not part of the selection process and will not be seen by any member of the
selection committee.
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Information for Applicants for the Tutorial Fellowship in History in
association with a University Lecturership (CUF) in Modern British
History
The University
The University of Oxford aims to sustain excellence in every area of its teaching and research, and
to maintain and develop its position as a leader amongst world-class universities. Placing an
equally high value on research and on teaching, the colleges, departments and faculties of Oxford
aspire both to lead the international research agenda and to offer a unique and exceptional
education to our undergraduate and graduate students.
Oxford’s self-governing community of scholars includes university professors, readers, and
lecturers, college tutors, senior and junior research fellows and over 2,500 other university
research staff. The University aims to provide facilities and support for colleagues to pursue
innovative research and outstanding teaching, by responding to developments in the intellectual
environment and society at large, and by forging close links with the wider academic world, the
professions, industry and commerce. The Strategic Plan, detailing strategy for the period 2013-18
can be found at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/pras/planning/.
Research at Oxford combines disciplinary depth with an increasing focus on inter-disciplinary and
multi-disciplinary activities addressing a rich and diverse range of issues, from deciphering ancient
texts and inscriptions using modern scientific and computational methods developed in Oxford,
through to global health, climate change, ageing, energy and the effects on our world of rapid
technological change.
Oxford seeks to admit undergraduate students with the intellectual potential to benefit fully from the
college tutorial system and small group learning to which Oxford is deeply committed. Meeting in
small groups with their tutor, undergraduates are exposed to rigorous scholarly challenge and learn
to develop their critical thinking, their ability to articulate their views with clarity, and their personal
and intellectual confidence. They receive a high level of personal attention from leading
academics.
Oxford has a strong postgraduate student body which now numbers nearly 10,000, nearly 45% of
the full-time students. Postgraduates are attracted to Oxford by the international standing of the
faculty, by the rigorous intellectual training on offer, by the excellent research and laboratory
facilities available, and by the resources of the museums and libraries, including one of the world’s
greatest libraries, the Bodleian.
For more information please visit www.ox.ac.uk.
The Oxford Collegiate System
There are 38 self-governing and independent colleges at Oxford, giving both academic staff and
students the benefits of belonging to a small, interdisciplinary community as well as to a large,
internationally-renowned institution. The collegiate system fosters a strong sense of community,
bringing together leading academics and students across subjects, and from different cultures and
countries.
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In general, the colleges select and admit undergraduate students, and select graduate students
after they have been admitted by the University; provide accommodation, meals, common rooms,
libraries, sports and social facilities, and pastoral care for their students; and are responsible for
students’ tutorial teaching and welfare. They also provide an extensive range of academic and
social facilities and support for their academic staff, including support for research, and many
research-related facilities.
The Conference of Colleges represents the common concerns of the colleges. It negotiates with
central University bodies on collegiate matters; appoints members of joint University/ College
committees; has representation on the Council of the University, its committees, and the four
Divisional Boards; and acts as a body for intercollegiate discussion and decision-making.
The first colleges began as medieval halls of residence for students under the supervision of a
Master. The 38 independent colleges are today each governed by a Head of House, and a number
of Fellows (usually 25-40), who are mainly academics specialising in a wide variety of disciplines,
and a majority of whom also hold University posts (Professor, Reader, Lecturer etc.). The six
Permanent Private Halls were founded by different Christian denominations, and still retain their
religious character, but have similar powers and duties as colleges. 30 colleges and all six PPHs
admit students for both undergraduate and graduate degrees; seven other colleges admit
graduates only; one (All Souls) has Fellows only; and one (Kellogg) specialises in part-time
graduate and continuing education.
For more information please visit www.ox.ac.uk.
Magdalen College
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord
Chancellor, on the site of the Hospital of St John, just outside Oxford’s East Gate, near the centre
of the city. It is one of the 38 independent, self-governing colleges which are at the heart of the
University of Oxford’s success in providing an exceptional education for the most able students.
Magdalen has many traditions, but enjoys a modern and progressive outlook. Its top priority is
academic excellence and it is committed to the tutorial system as a supportive and intellectually
challenging method for undergraduate teaching. It also seeks to provide an outstanding
environment in which graduate students may flourish. At any one time there are approximately 390
Magdalen undergraduates and 230 graduates.
Magdalen has a strong tradition in the Humanities and in the Social Sciences. In the Humanities,
besides a normal complement of four Tutorial Fellows in History, the College has three in Modern
Languages (Dr Toby Garfitt, Dr Reidar Due, and Dr Juan-Carlos Conde), three in English (Prof.
Laurie Maguire, Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, and Dr Simon Horobin), two in Music (Prof. Laurence
Dreyfus and Mr Daniel Hyde), two in Philosophy (Dr Lizzie Fricker and Dr Jeff Russell), and two in
Classics and Ancient History (Dr Felix Budelmann and Dr Alfonso Moreno). In the Social Sciences,
it has a normal complement of two Tutorial Fellows in Politics (Prof. Simon Caney and one
currently being appointed), two in Economics (Dr Thomas Norman and Dr Jennifer Castle), three in
Law (Mr Roger Smith, Dr Katharine Grevling, and Mr Roderick Bagshaw), with a fourth
appointrment in Law under way, and two in Anthropology (Dr Clare Harris and Dr Laura Fortunato).
Further information is available on the College website (http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk).
The three current Tutorial Fellows in History are Prof. Laurence Brockliss (early modern), with
research interests in the history of education, science and medicine in early modern France and
Britain and a general interest in the history of European ideas; Dr John Nightingale (medieval), with
research interests in Carolingian Europe, 800-1100, especially monasteries, nobles, ritual, and
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authority; and Prof. Nicholas Stargardt (modern European), with research interests in the social
history of Nazi Germany, including the Holocaust and the history of childhood.
The College currently admits about 15 undergraduates each year to read for degrees in Modern
History, either as a single Honours subject or in conjunction with a related subject (Ancient History,
Modern Languages, or Politics). In addition, Magdalen has approximately 15 graduate students
studying History.
The Humanities Division
The Humanities Division is one of four academic divisions in the University of Oxford, bringing
together the faculties of Classics; English; History; Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics; Medieval
and Modern Languages; Music; Oriental Studies; Philosophy; and Theology and Religion, as well
as the Ruskin School of Art. The Division has over 500 members of academic staff, approximately
4,100 undergraduates (more than a third of the total undergraduate population of the University),
1,000 postgraduate research students and 720 students on postgraduate taught courses.
The Division offers world-class teaching and research, backed by the superb resources of the
University’s libraries and museums. Oxford’s extraordinary resources facilitate research at the very
highest level. The Bodleian Library, one of the great libraries of the world, has a continuous history
reaching back to the late sixteenth century. Its historical collections are outstanding, and as a legal
deposit library it can claim a copy of every new title published in the UK. The Bodleian is now
second in size only to the British Library. The History Faculty also has its own library with nearly
100,000 volumes. Every college has its own library, many of which have important holdings of their
own. Such historic resources are linked to cutting-edge agendas in research and teaching, with an
increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary study.
The Division’s faculties are among the largest in the world, enabling Oxford to offer an education in
Arts and Humanities unparalleled in its range of subjects, from music and fine art to ancient and
modern languages.
For more information please visit: http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/.
The History Faculty
The Faculty of History in Oxford is the largest in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest in the
world. It has a very strong international reputation for its scholarship and its teaching of
undergraduate and graduate students, with particular strengths in the history of the British Isles,
continental Europe, imperial and global history, the United States, economic and social history,
intellectual history, and the history of science, medicine, and technology. Within the Faculty there is
also a department for the History of Art, and a Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine. Research
in the Faculty is focused around, and facilitated by, nine formal research centres and twenty
informal research clusters. Research centres provide focal points for major individual and
collaborative research projects, and for the organisation of conferences and workshops, and can
call upon administrative support from within the Faculty. The Modern European History Research
Centre (see http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/research/centre/mehrc.html) is the Faculty’s largest
research centre, organising events, co-ordinating international networks of scholars and regularly
securing external funding to support its activities. The Faculty’s recently-formed Oxford Centre for
Global History (see http://global.history.ox.ac.uk) provides a further impetus to emerging and
converging interests in extra-European and transnational history. Research clusters support
weekly or fortnightly seminars, which have provided the contexts and stimulus for the preparation
and writing of many publications by Faculty members. In addition to Faculty postholders, there are
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large numbers of other scholars involved in historical research and teaching in Oxford’s colleges,
museums and libraries.
More information about the Faculty can be found at www.history.ox.ac.uk.
The range of duties and expectations of a Tutorial Fellowship
Introduction
Tutorial Fellowships represent the College side of CUF (Common University Fund) and most
University Lecturerships. Both forms of Lecturership are joint appointments i.e. appointees are
selected and funded jointly by the College concerned and the University. The Tutorial Fellowship is
an unusual system in research-intensive universities. Its central feature is that scholars of major
research reputation are attached to particular Colleges, where they are members of an
interdisciplinary community of moderate size. In those Colleges they teach, and arrange teaching
for, a small cohort of undergraduates (characteristically able) in very small groups, and monitor
their progress individually over the whole of their course. The Tutorial Fellowship thus holds a key
place in the intellectual culture of the collegiate University of Oxford. This section aims to set out
the key features of this unusual role, and the general expectations that Colleges have of Tutorial
Fellows whatever their allotted tutorial duties (stints) in return for the element of financial and other
support (at whatever level) provided by Colleges.
Research and Academic Standing
The Colleges, equally concerned for the high academic status of Oxford, have the same interest as
the University in seeking to appoint to Tutorial Fellowships scholars of actual or potential major
research standing. In the case of joint appointments in the humanities and social sciences, the
Colleges normally provide an appropriate research environment; for all joint appointments Colleges
and the University jointly fund regular sabbatical research leave. The Colleges also have the same
interest as the University in seeking to appoint outstanding researchers who are willing and able to
engage in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, student support and pastoral work, and
administrative duties. These are key elements in being both a University Lecturer and a College
Tutorial Fellow, and all need to be taken into account in making joint appointments.
Teaching and tutorial responsibility
Those appointed to Tutorial Fellowships are obliged to perform for the College or for the benefit of
the College the stint of tutorial teaching specified in their contract or further particulars, under the
supervision of each College’s Senior Tutor. The timing of tutorials and the exact numbers in them
are usually matters for the individual tutor, though each College will have established conventions,
and the Senior Tutor and subject colleagues will provide advice and examples of past good
practice (e.g. intercollegiate teaching exchanges). Tutorial teaching is not the same as lecturing:
the key element is advice and guidance on the regular production of written work, usually weekly
(e.g. essay topics or problem sheets, reading lists); assessment and feedback on that written work
through regular marking and/or oral comment; and (above all) appropriately directed intellectual
interaction and creative dialogue with students. Appointees should have the human qualities
required to relate effectively to students and their academic and personal needs.
Tutorial Fellows are normally assigned sole or joint tutorial responsibility for a defined group of
students in their subject area within their College. This normally covers the following duties:
(i)
arrangement of tutorial and/or class teaching for each student in each term, whether the
teaching is done by the tutor or another;
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(ii)
pastoral care of undergraduates reading the subject in question;
(iii)
monitoring students’ progress through termly written reports, collections (regular tests of
performance), and/or assessment of vacation work;
(iv)
organisation of the admissions procedure for candidates applying to read the subject at the
College, including interviewing and selecting students;
(v)
writing references for students, and dispensing careers advice;
(vi)
appropriate liaison with College Officers;
(vii)
recommending and selecting books for their subject area in the College Library;
(viii)
delegation of responsibilities (a)-(g) above when on sabbatical leave, in consultation with
the Senior Tutor and subject colleagues.
Tutorial Fellows normally do their tutorial teaching in rooms provided for them in Colleges or in
their Departments, and should be easily contactable through their Colleges for the periods of Full
Term; absences elsewhere for more than a day or two at a time during those periods should
normally require consultation with and agreement from Colleges.
Pastoral Care of Students
The Oxford colleges set great store by the strong pastoral support which their small communities
provide for students. Here Tutorial Fellows play a key role: they will normally have responsibility for
pastoral care for a defined group of undergraduates, and also act as College advisers to small
groups of graduates in their general subject area. In such confidential pastoral work Fellows are
typically aided by other College Officers and by professionals such as medical advisers, a
Counsellor or Chaplain.
College Administration
Oxford Colleges are self-governing communities with wide responsibilities. All Tutorial Fellows are
members of College Governing Bodies, the sovereign bodies of Colleges. As such they are
trustees as well as employees. Non-academic managerial and administrative roles are commonly
performed by appropriate professionals, but in most Colleges certain key roles of academic
administration are performed by academic staff for agreed limited periods (usually of several years)
in return for additional stipend and/ or partial remission of tutorial teaching duties. At Magdalen
these roles are Tutor for Undergraduate Admissions, Tutor for Graduate Admissions, Dean, and
Clerk to the College (the College has a full-time Senior Tutor/Tutor for Graduates). Tutorial Fellows
are expected not only to take part in the government of the College but also to take a fair turn in
performing such key academic administrative offices when asked to do by their Colleges. The
normal expectation would be that every Tutorial Fellow would be willing to take on one of the key
administrative roles at some stage in their career, but not normally in their probationary period of
the first five years.
The Wider University
The duties of a Tutorial Fellow, whether a CUF or a University Lecturer, are not confined to the
College. All have an obligation to give University lectures, to supervise graduate students, and to
contribute to the research environment in their Faculty or Department. Furthermore, they have an
obligation to contribute both to discussion and to the exercise of functions at Faculty level: to
participate in debates, for instance, on the syllabus in the light of their tutorial experience, and to
revise their tutorial practice in the light of discussion with colleagues in other subjects. University
examining is an important part of a Tutorial Fellow’s duties. All Tutorial Fellows are also members
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of Congregation, the sovereign legislative body within the University, and have a right to vote on
matters before Congregation.
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Standard Terms and Conditions
College Terms and Conditions
The person appointed to the Tutorial Fellowship in History at Magdalen College will be required to
provide eight contact hours of teaching per week during Full Term (each of Oxford’s three Full
Terms per year is eight weeks long). The tutorial stint may be made up partly through tutorials
given to undergraduates from other colleges in the tutor’s field(s) of specialization. In addition to
giving tutorials, the Tutorial Fellow will be required to undertake the following: to hold meetings with
each student at the beginning and end of every term to discuss their programme of work and
academic progress; to report on their students’ progress to the Tutorial Board; to arrange outcollege tuition as required; to set and mark, or arrange to have marked, mock examination papers
(Collections) at the beginning of each term, except in the term following a University examination;
to assist with College Open Days; and to participate in the annual admissions exercise in
December.
The person appointed will become a member of the Tutorial Board, which is responsible for the
academic policy of the College. The Board meets three times per term.
The person appointed will be a member of the Governing Body of Magdalen College (a Charity
Trustee) and will be expected to play a part in the administration of the College, to assist with the
admission of undergraduates and postgraduates, and to take part, when required, in examinations
for Fellowships of Magdalen College. The Fellow will also assist where appropriate in advising the
College’s graduate students.
The Fellow will be elected in the first instance for a period of five years, but may (and normally will)
be re-elected for successive periods of not more than seven years until retirement. For its
academic staff (as defined by the College’s Statute XIV and associated Bylaws) the College has
adopted a retirement age of 30 September immediately preceding the 68th birthday. There is a
procedure for requesting an extension of employment beyond that date. Evidence of a satisfactory
performance in all the duties of the post is a prerequisite for re-election after the initial period of five
years. In the event of the termination of the CUF Lecturership, or other University office on which
the holding of this Fellowship is dependent, for whatever reason, the Tutorial Fellowship in History
shall itself terminate on the same date as the CUF Lecturership.
Each appointment (that by the College and that by the University) will be at an appropriate point on
the following scale (the figure in the final column gives the total when the College and University
salary are at the same point on the scale, which may not always be the case). These are the salary
figures applicable from 1 August 2012.
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Scale point
(national spine
point)
College salary University salary
£
£
Total salary
£
11
(52)
35,045
23,112
58,157
10
(51)
34,027
22,440
56,467
9
(50)
33,038
21,788
54,826
8
(49)
32,078
21,155
53,233
7
(48)
31,147
20,540
51,687
6
(47)
30,242
19,944
50,186
5
(46)
29,364
19,365
48,729
4
(45)
28,511
18,803
47,314
3
(44)
27,684
18,257
45,941
2
(43)
26,880
17,727
44,607
1
(42)
26,100
17,212
43,312
The Fellow will be entitled to rooms in College free of charge, or if he or she does not reside in
College, to a pensionable housing allowance (currently £12,000 per annum) together with a
study/teaching room in College. The College also offers a Joint Equity Scheme to assist in house
purchase. The Fellow will be entitled to the Common College dinner and luncheon free of cost,
and to an entertainment allowance (currently £290 per annum). In addition, the College operates a
scheme whereby Fellows’ research costs (including computers, travel and books) can be
reclaimed, up to a current maximum of £1,113 per annum.
The post carries an entitlement to join, or to remain a member of, the Universities Superannuation
Scheme (USS).
The Fellow will be entitled to apply for sabbatical leave from College duties, without deduction of
stipend, at the rate of one term’s leave for every six terms of service.
The College provides for maternity leave on a basis that exceeds the statutory provisions.
Provided that they have at least 26 weeks’ service with the College at the 15th week before the
expected week of birth, women are eligible for 26 weeks’ maternity leave on full pay, followed by
13 weeks of leave on Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and 13 weeks of unpaid maternity leave.
Magdalen has a priority claim on three places in the University nurseries. Arrangements are
available for paternity leave.
Following the offer of the position, appointment will be subject to (a) satisfactory completion of a
medical questionnaire, and (b) provision of proof of the right to work in the UK. Applicants who
would need a work visa if appointed to the post are asked to note that under the UK’s new pointsbased migration system they will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient points, and in
particular that (i) they have sufficient English language skills (evidenced by having passed a test in
basic English, or coming from a majority English-speaking country, or having taken a degree
taught in English) and (ii) that they have sufficient funds to maintain themselves and any
dependants until they receive their first salary payment. Further information is available at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier2/generalarrangements/eligibility/.
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Equal Opportunities
Magdalen College is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Further information can be obtained on the
College website at: http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/equality/.
Further Information
For details of how to apply for the post, see above. The Magdalen College website, which contains
details of current Fellows and Tutors as well as a variety of more general information, can be found
at: http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk.
University Terms and Conditions
Salary, benefits and pension
The successful candidate will be appointed on the Oxford scale for CUF Lecturers, (£17,212 £23,112). Lecturers appointed below the top of this range will receive annual increments until they
reach the top point. There is also an annual ‘cost-of-living’ review. Departments or Faculty Boards
may also, in wholly exceptional cases, propose the awarding within the substantive scale of
additional increments to lecturers at any time during their appointment.
The combined college and university salary will be on a scale up to £58,157 per annum as at 1
August 2012.
Additional remuneration is currently paid to those undertaking examining and graduate supervision.
Additional payments are also available for some tutorial teaching. Those holding administrative
appointments within the Faculty may be eligible for additional payments.
Eligible staff may join the Universities Superannuation Scheme. Details are available on the
website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/finance/pensions/uss/.
Length of appointment
Upon completion of an initial period of appointment (which is normally five years), a CUF Lecturer
is eligible for reappointment until retirement, subject to the provisions of the Statutes and
Regulations of the University. Evidence of lecturing competence and of substantial progress in
research are prerequisites for reappointment to retirement.
For all academic and academic-related staff the University has adopted a retirement age of 30
September before the 68th birthday. There is a procedure for requesting an extension of
employment beyond that date.
It is a condition of the appointment of a CUF Lecturer that he or she continues to hold the college
teaching post(s) in association with which the appointment to the CUF Lecturership is advertised.
In the event of the termination of the college teaching post(s), for whatever reason, the
appointment as a CUF Lecturer shall itself automatically terminate on the same date as the college
teaching posts(s).
Sabbatical leave/dispensation from lecturing obligations
The holder of a CUF Lecturership is eligible to apply for dispensation from lecturing obligations in
conjunction with sabbatical or other leave granted by the college. CUF Lecturers may be
dispensed from up to four courses of eight lectures or classes in any period of fourteen years, or
from up to two courses in any period of three years.
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Relocation expenses
Subject to HMRC regulations and the availability of funding, a relocation allowance may be
available. Further details are available on the website at
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/finance/expenses/relocationscheme/.
Family support
The University has generous maternity and adoption leave arrangements, and also offers support
leave to fathers and partners. Additional paternity leave of up to 26 weeks (for children born or
placed for adoption after 3 April 2011) is available where parents decide to share the 52 week
maternity leave entitlement. Details are available on the website at
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/during/family/.
All staff are eligible to apply to use the University nurseries (although there is a long waiting list for
nursery places), and the full range of tax and National Insurance savings scheme is in operation.
Details are available on the University’s childcare website at
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/childcare/.
The University will try to accommodate flexible working patterns as far as possible and there is
considerable flexibility in the organisation of duties. More information on family support and flexible
working policies is available on the website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/during/family/.
Facilities and services
The University has a range of facilities and benefits for its staff; more details are available on the
website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/staffinfo/benefits/.
The University Disability Office provides support to staff and students with a disability and may be
contacted through its website at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/disab/.
Equality of opportunity
The policy and practice of the University of Oxford require that all staff are offered equal
opportunities within employment. Entry into employment with the University and progression within
employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are
related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to
perform the job will be the primary consideration. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or
member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of age, disability, gender
reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or
sexual orientation.
Medical questionnaire and the right to work in the UK
The appointment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a medical questionnaire and the
provision of proof of the right to work in the UK.
Applicants who would need a work visa if appointed to the post are asked to note that under the
UK’s points-based migration system they will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient points,
and in particular that:
(i)
they have sufficient English language skills (evidenced by having passed a test in English,
or coming from a majority English-speaking country, or having taken a degree taught in English)
and
(ii)
that they have sufficient funds to maintain themselves and any dependents until they
receive their first salary payment.
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Further information is available at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working/tier2/general/
Data Protection
All data supplied by candidates will be used only for the purposes of determining their suitability for
the post 1 and will be held in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the
University’s Data Protection Policy (available on the website at
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/councilsec/dp/policy.shtml).
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But NB if the person appointed to the post is a migrant sponsored under the UK’s points-based migration
system, we are required to retain the applications of all shortlisted candidates for one year or until a UK Border
Agency compliance officer has examined and approved them, whichever is the longer period.
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Magdalen College
Oxford
Fellowship Application
Cover sheet
Please complete all sections of this form, in capitals, and submit it together with a detailed covering
letter, setting out the subjects you could offer to teach, and a full curriculum vitae including a list of
publications:
SURNAME:
TITLE:
.................................................... First Names: ...................................................................
..................
Nationality (we are obliged to
gather this information from
all candidates to comply with
reporting requirements):
Postal Address:
Telephone No:
Fax No:
E-mail address:
University/College attended:
(with dates)
Appointments held
(with dates):
Referees (please give name,
full address, and
e-mail address):
(If you wish to approach a
referee or referees only if you
are being called for interview
or are in receipt of a
conditional offer, please state
this explicitly alongside the
details of the relevant
referee(s)).
How did you hear of this post?
1.
2.
3.
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Signature: ...............................................................
Date: .................................................
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