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Salary range: £22,540 – £24,892 p.a.

Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AU

Exeter College, Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DP

Start date: 1 October 2026

Applications are invited for a part-time fixed-term Stipendiary Lecturership in Ancient History, tenable for one year from 1 October 2026. The successful candidate will be required to provide on average 5.33 contact hours of tutorial teaching per week in Full Term. Approximately one third of this teaching will be for undergraduates of Exeter College studying Ancient History.

Applicants should hold a doctorate or be close to completion. The successful candidate will need to show evidence of successful relevant teaching experience at undergraduate level, and must show the ability to provide a high standard of tutorial teaching in Ancient History. The further particulars are located below. Applicants are asked to email a completed application, containing the cover sheet (including the names and addresses of two referees), a detailed letter, which sets out the papers the candidate could offer to teach for the College, and a full curriculum vitae, to Miss Liz Howdill, Academic Administrator (liz.howdill@magd.ox.ac.uk) by noon on Tuesday 1 September 2026. Applicants should ask referees to email their references directly to the Academic Administrator by the same deadline without further prompting. Interviews are scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday 15 September 2026.

Magdalen College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Further Particulars

Cover Sheet

Recruitment Monitoring Form

The College proposes to elect a Dean of Divinity who will be a fixed-term Official Fellow of the College and a member of the Governing Body. The Dean of Divinity must be either an Anglican priest or a priest of a church in full communion with the Church of England, and must have completed at least one curacy. This is a Career Development post with a fixed term of seven years and is not renewable.  It is intended to allow the postholder the opportunity to become an intrinsic part of a diverse and flourishing academic institution and choral foundation, developing skills that would be valuable in leadership roles in church, cathedral, diocese and/or educational environments.

The Dean of Divinity acts as a pastoral adviser to the whole College community of staff, students and academics and is responsible for all services in the College Chapel. Applicants should have an Honours degree, wide pastoral experience and excellent interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

The Dean of Divinity will be paid a stipend between £53,754 and £63,285 p.a., depending on experience, plus a pensionable and taxable Tutorial Allowance of £9,386 p.a. and other allowances. If required, College accommodation may be made available for an appropriate rent. The Dean of Divinity will be entitled to partake of the Common College Lunch and Dinner free of charge, and will be eligible to join, or to remain a member of, the Universities Superannuation Scheme.

Further Particulars and details of how to apply below. The deadline for applications is Friday 4 September 2026. Incomplete and late applications will not be accepted.

Applicants should also ask three referees to email their references to dd@magd.ox.ac.uk by the closing date.

Magdalen College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Each year the College proposes to elect up to four Fellows by Examination (elsewhere known as Junior Research Fellows). Each Fellowship is tenable for three years. The Fellow is a member of the Governing Body of the College for the first two years and is entitled to free lunches and dinners in College and a research allowance. Fellows by Examination are expected to live in the Oxford area, and his/her research base must be in Oxford.

You may contact us via email (jrf@magd.ox.ac.uk) regarding Fellowships by Examination (Junior Research Fellowships) but please be aware that your query may not be answered immediately.

The 2027 Fellowship by Examination competition will open in September 2026.

Each year the College elects a Visiting Fellow or Fellows for periods of one year or shorter during an academic year. In addition, a Robert S. Campbell Visiting Fellow may be elected for research in law, especially commercial or competition law. A Visiting Fellowship is intended to offer an established scholar, either from abroad or from the United Kingdom, an opportunity to pursue his or her own study and research as a member of the College.

You may contact us via email (jrf@magd.ox.ac.uk) regarding Visiting Fellowships but please be aware that your query may not be answered immediately.

The 2026 Visiting Fellowship competition is now closed. If you have submitted an application, please go to the My Account page to view your data: https://www.magdjrf.co.uk/vf_2026/auth/

The 2027 Visiting Fellowship competition will open in September 2026.