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Other Academic Vacancies
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 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.
Joint Academic Vacancies
Research Fellowships
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.
Visiting Fellowships
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.