Lincoln College
Oxford OX1 3D
SHAW FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN LAW
(FIVE YEARS, FIXED-TERM)
FURTHER PARTICULARS
Lincoln College invites applications from graduates, either men or women, for a five-year fixed-term Shaw Foundation Fellowship in Law with effect from 1st September 2014 to 31st August 2019. This Fellowship is funded by the generosity of the Shaw Foundation in Singapore.
About Lincoln College
Lincoln is one of the oldest Oxford Colleges with fine historic buildings located in the centre of the City of Oxford. It has a strong sense of collegiality with a reputation for integrating its graduate and undergraduate students in a highly successful traditional community. There are currently 38 permanent, and 10 fixed-term, Fellows of whom 28 are also College Tutors responsible for teaching and the welfare of students. About 92 undergraduates and 120 graduates, in a wide range of subjects, are admitted to Lincoln each year and over 600 are in residence at any one time. In recent years the College has figured consistently in the top ten ranking of all Colleges for their academic performance in Final Examinations.
Law at Lincoln College
Lincoln currently admits an average of eight undergraduates per annum to read for the BA in Jurisprudence (Law). There are currently three Fellows involved in teaching this school: Professor Simon Gardner and Professor Stefan Enchelmaier, who hold permanent posts, and Dr Noam Gur, the outgoing Shaw Foundation Fellow. The College has a significant cohort of graduate students in Law. Each year 10-12 students are admitted to read for the Oxford Law Faculty’s various Master’s degrees, and a further number of students (currently 10) are reading for the research degrees of MPhil and DPhil.
Further information about the College can be obtained from
Teaching and other Duties for the College
The duties of the Shaw Foundation Fellow shall include the pursuit of original research, teaching, and participation in the governance and administrative work of the College, under the By-Laws of Lincoln College. The Shaw Foundation Fellow will be a member of the Governing Body of the College. He or she will also be required to lead the College’s Academic Outreach programme to Singapore. In recognition of this commitment to international outreach the Fellow will not be required to undertake any other administrative roles in College.
Teaching and associated administration: The Fellow will be required to provide 6 hours per week of teaching averaged over the three eight-week terms of the academic year. He or she will be required to assist generally in the organisation of Law teaching in the College, in the supervision of students, including setting and marking Collections (termly College examinations), and will also be expected to participate in the annual undergraduate admissions exercise in December each year.
The Shaw Foundation Fellow will be expected to give tutorial teaching for Lincoln College students in any two of the Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Jurisprudence papers for the Oxford University BA in Jurisprudence. But this requirement will probably not exhaust his or her 6 hour stint, so there should be time to undertake additional teaching besides. Subject to discussion with the College’s permanent Law Fellows, this could take the form of teaching the same two subjects for other colleges, and/or giving tutorials, seminars or lectures in a further paper from one of the Oxford Law Faculty undergraduate or graduate degree programmes, whether to Lincoln College students or others. (Further details of these programmes may be found at Candidates should state in their application which two of the three named papers they will be ready to teach, and indicate any other paper(s) they would be interested in teaching.
The Fellow may also act as (non-teaching) College Advisor to a limited number of post-graduate students in Law in the College. An additional payment will be made in respect of this role.
Outreach work: The Shaw Foundation Fellow will be expected to act as a point of contact for key schools, universities and educational agencies in Singapore and to provide advice and information on opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study in the University of Oxford in all subjects. No prior knowledge of the Singaporean context is required and the Fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in other parts of the collegiate university similarly engaged in encouraging relationships between Oxford and Singapore. The Fellow is expected to visit Singapore from time to time to promote this work. He or she will work with the College in developing these outreach visits and will be able to benefit from the presence of a strong network of Lincoln alumni in Singapore.
Criteria for Appointment
The successful candidate will normally be someone in the early stages of an academic career and applicants will normally have recently obtained, or be about to obtain, a Doctorate in Law. Consideration will be given to potential in teaching and research, and ability to engage in academic outreach work.
Stipend and Allowances
The salary offered currently ranges from £30,728 p.a. to £34,565.This corresponds to points 30-34 on the national scale for university lecturers. Appointment to a point on the scale is made on the basis of experience.
The Fellow may be offered single-person accommodation in College, if available, at a subsidised rent . If the Fellow lives out of College, the use of a teaching room will be provided.
The Fellow is entitled to full common room rights, including free lunch and dinner; to draw on the Fellows’ Research and Equipment Funds (which includes the purchase of books) and which currently stands at £1,582; a hospitality credit currently £475; and to some secretarial assistance to help with his or her academic work. The Fellow will be offered membership of USS pension scheme and may elect to join the College’s group private health insurance scheme (BUPA).
The College will contribute to reasonable removal expenses consequent upon appointment.
Terms of Employment: Probation and Sabbatical Leave
Under the College Statutes, elections to Fellowships are for a probationary year in the first instance, and a probationary review covering all aspects of the postholder’s duties will take place at this point.Thereafter, the Shaw Foundation Fellowship will be tenable for a further four years and will not be renewable. It is one of a limited number of such fixed-term posts, intended to provide a career development opportunity for people aspiring to an academic career. The appointment therefore carries with it no commitment to a subsequent career appointment within the College.
The Shaw Foundation Fellow will be entitled to sabbatical leave subject to the provisions of the College By-Laws.
This appointment is subject to the receipt of a satisfactory medical questionnaire and, if necessary, a subsequent medical examination by a Doctor appointed by Lincoln College.
Points Requirement
Applicants who would need a work visa if appointed to the post are asked to note that under the UK’s new 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 (evidence 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 dependents until they receive their first salary payment.
Further information is available at:
Academic Staff Development
Arrangements have been made by the Oxford Institute for the Advancement of University Learning (IAUL) for Fellows in the initial period of their appointment to receive help and guidance in the development of teaching skills, and also training in interviewing skills for the annual Undergraduate Admissions exercise. Newly appointed Fellows are expected to attend the three-day introductory programme held in late September.
Equal Opportunities
The policy and practice of Lincoln College require that entry into employment within the College and progression within employment be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria that are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treated less favourably than another because of his or her age, race, religion or belief, gender, disability, sexual or political orientation or any other basis. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
The post is subject to recruitment monitoring to ensure that the selection process is consistent with the law and the College’s Equal Opportunity Policy and Code of Practice: to this end, applicants will be asked to complete a recruitment monitoring form, which will play no part in the selection process, and will not be seen by any member of the selection panel.
Data Protection
All data supplied by applicants 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 College’s Data Protection Policy.
Application Process
Applicants are asked to submit the following items by email to the Academic Adminisitrator at :
- a completed application form
- a covering letter
- a curriculum vitae
AND
- by a separate email, copies of two examples of published or unpublished work equivalent in length to a chapter or article .
If it is necessary to send application materials by post please send these to
the Academic Administrator,
Lincoln College,
Turl Street,
Oxford,
OX1 3DR. (Tel: 01865 279801; fax: 01865 279802; )
It is the candidates responsibility to ensure that materials are posted in good time to arrive by the deadline
The closing date for applications is 1.00pm (GMT) on Monday 10th March 2014.
Candidates should supply each of their referees with a copy of these further particulars and ask them to write directly to the Academic Administrator at the above address, by the same deadline. Referees may submit their references by email, provided that these are written upon the official headed paper of their institution or are sent from an institutional email account. The College wishes to take this opportunity to thank in advance those referees who write on behalf of applicants.
The College hopes to interview shortlisted candidates in April 2014
Informal enquiries about the process of appointment, or any other aspect of the post, can be made to the Senior Tutor, Dr Louise Durning at Lincoln College:
e-mail: , tel: 01865 287347.
IF YOU WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL TO RECEIVE THIS MATERIAL IN AN ALTERNATIVE FORMAT PLEASE CONTACT THE ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATOR AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE.
Lincoln College is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Lincoln College
Oxford OX1 3DR
APPLICATION FORM - SHAW FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN LAW
Post Reference Number: AC2014/01
Please complete this form and attach a full curriculum vitae together with a letter of application explaining why you are applying for this position and how you meet the selection criteria outlined in the further particulars.
Full Name & TitleAddress for correspondence / Telephone number
Daytime:
Home:
Fax number:
Email(s)
Details of three referees, at least one of whom must represent your current or most recent employer / institute of education. Please ask your referees to send their references directly to the Academic Administrator by the closing date.
Name
Address
Telephone
Relationship to you / Name
Address
Telephone
Relationship to you / Name
Address
Telephone
Relationship to you
Details of Higher Education (name of degree(s), subject(s), grade(s), institution(s) and dates):
Teaching Offered: Please indicate here which two of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Jurisprudence you are offering to teach, and specify any other paper on an Oxford Law degree programme that you would be interested in teaching.
Details of two examples of published or unpublished work to be submitted with this application:
1.
2.
Details of current and previous posts / employment (name of institution, job title, dates and reason for leaving):
Have you any unspent criminal convictions to declare in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974?
If so please specify on a separate sheet. / YES / NO
Do you have current and valid permission to be in the United Kingdom and to do the type of work offered?
(Documentation will be required.) / YES / NO
Will you need a work visa under Tier 2 of the points based migration system?
See / YES / NO
To the best of my knowledge the answers given to the questions and all statements made both on this form and within all other documents associated with this employment application are true and accurate. Any falsification may be considered sufficient cause for rejection, or if employed, dismissal.
Signature of Applicant…………………………………..…….…Date………………
All data supplied by applicants will be used only for the purposes of determining their suitability for the post, and will be held in accordance with the principals of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the College’s Data Protection Policy.
It is the College’s policy to employ the best qualified personnel and provide equal opportunities for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of age, colour, disability, ethnic origin, marital status, nationality, national origin, parental status, race, religion or belief, gender, or sexual orientation, or length or type of contract of employment.
The deadline for receipt of applications and references is 1pm (GMT) on Monday,March 10th 2014.
[1]But NB if the person appointed to the post is a migrant sponsored under the UK’s new points-based migration system, we are required to retain all applications for the duration of the sponsorship.