Visiting Fellowships
Visiting Fellowships are intended to enable their holders to carry out study and research in Oxford and to participate in the academic life of the University. Visiting Fellowships are awarded for one, two, or three terms of an academic year. Applications will be considered from staff of any university or other institution of higher learning, and from other suitably qualified persons who wish to carry out scholarly work in Oxford. Visiting Fellowships are open in all subjects, and to men and women from all countries. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2018-2019 academic year. Links to the application form and further particulars can be found in the panel on the left of this page. Applications must be submitted by 4pm (UK time), Friday, 25 August 2017.
Visiting Fellowships 2018-2019: Further Particulars
Each year the College offers a number of Visiting Fellowships to people who intend to engage in study and research in Oxford and are prepared to participate in the academic life of the College. Visiting Fellows are expected to be resident in Oxford during the tenure of the Fellowship. A Visiting Fellow may be elected for a period of one, two, or three terms within the Oxford academic year. Three term applications are particularly encouraged.
The dates of term at Oxford for 2018–2019 are:
Michaelmas Term (from Sunday, 7 October to Saturday, 1 December, 2018)
Hilary Term (from Sunday, 13 January to Saturday, 9 March, 2019)
Trinity Term (from Sunday, 28 April to Saturday, 22 June, 2019)
Visiting Fellows are expected to be normally resident in Oxford during term. The period of the Visiting Fellowship extends for an additional two weeks either side of each term. Accommodation for Fellows who are elected for the Michaelmas term should be available from mid-September, and for Visiting Fellows with school-age children it is usually possible to arrange an earlier arrival, or later departure, date in order to harmonise with school terms. Visiting Fellows who are elected for more than one term may also be in residence during the vacation(s) between those terms.
The College usually aims to accommodate nine or ten Visiting Fellows in each term.
Eligibility
Most Visiting Fellows are holders of university posts, but the College welcomes applications from others, including those in public life (e.g. in law, public policy, journalism, or the arts) who wish to carry out scholarly work in Oxford. Visiting Fellowships are not normally offered to candidates who before the end of their tenure of the fellowship would have reached the retirement age in force for academic fellows of the College (67). There is no limitation upon the field of study. There is no lower age limit, but candidates with recent doctorates are unlikely to succeed in the competition. It is the College’s policy not to offer Visiting Fellowships to persons holding posts in Oxford or who are already resident in or near Oxford.
What the Fellowship Offers
Although Visiting Fellows are not members of the governing body of the College, they enjoy nearly all the privileges of ordinary Fellows (including lunches and dinners without charge). The College normally provides without charge a study in College and fully-furnished residential accommodation in Oxford. This accommodation is large enough to accommodate a partner if wished, and accommodation suitable for Visiting Fellows accompanied by very young or school age children can usually also be provided.
There is no salary attached to Visiting Fellowships and Visiting Fellows are expected to meet their own visa and medical insurance costs. In exceptional circumstances the College may offer limited financial help. Any candidates desiring to take advantage of this provision should indicate this at the time of application in the ‘Financial Subvention’ section of the online form
Selection Procedures
The College has to choose every year from among a large number of well-qualified applicants, in widely varied fields of study. In making this choice, we give weight to intellectual quality, to the interest and feasibility of the research project, and to the benefit of carrying it out in Oxford. We therefore ask applicants to include with their application form a full statement, of not more than a thousand words, of the scholarly project they would pursue during their tenure of a Visiting Fellowship, and of the benefit of carrying it out in Oxford.
Equal Opportunities
Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. In order to enable the College to monitor the effectiveness of its equality policy and procedures, all candidates are invited to complete the confidential recruitment monitoring form which is processed entirely separately from the applications, and plays no part in the selection process.
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