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  • Appointment of Bursar's Secretary
    May 9, 2012

    Grade 5: £23,121 to £27,578 per annum

    Applications are invited for the post of Bursar’s Secretary at Worcester College at the University of Oxford.

    The Secretary is responsible for running the Bursary Office and will be required to provide the highest level of administrative and secretarial support.  You should have experience in minute taking, general office skills and IT system skills (using Microsoft Office applications), the ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels, to prioritise your workload, a flexible attitude and the ability to work in a team, or independently.  The post is available for a fixed-term period of up to 2 years.

    The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 8 June.  Interviews will be held on Tuesday 26 June 2012.

    Full details can be downloaded below, or obtained from Phillipa Tarver (e-mail: phillipa.tarver@worc.ox.ac.uk), Executive Assistant to the Bursar, Worcester College, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HB (01865-278337).

    Worcester College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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    Download Application Cover Form

    Download Recruitment Monitoring Form

  • Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship in English Literature (1640 - 1830)
    May 3, 2012

    The College proposes to award a Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship in English Literature, tenable from 1 October 2012 for three years, with the possibility of renewal for a further year. The post is intended to be a career development position suitable for someone who is close to completing a doctorate, or is of post-doctoral standing in the early stages of their academic career.

    The Junior Research Fellow will be required, in term time, to give up to 6 hours per week of tuition in English, and should be able to teach broadly within the period 1640-1830.  The postholder will also be required to take part in the annual undergraduate admissions procedures. Candidates must have a minimum qualification of a Bachelor of Arts degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, a record of successful undergraduate teaching in the relevant subject areas, and evidence of a high standard of research ability or potential (commensurate with the candidate’s career).

    The stipend is £12,260 to £13,789 p.a. plus allowances of up to £4,958 p.a., depending on accommodation arrangements. The postholder will have a teaching room in Worcester College.

    Application forms and further particulars, including details of the allowances, may be downloaded below or obtained from the Academic Registrar, Worcester College, Oxford OX1 2HB (Tel.: +44 (0)1865 278342, e-mail: jane.gover@worc.ox.ac.uk).  The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 1 June 2012.

    The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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    Download Application Cover Form

    Download Recruitment Monitoring Form

  • Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship in Music
    May 3, 2012

    The College proposes to award a Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship in Music, tenable from 1 October 2012 for three years, with the possibility of renewal for a further year. The post is intended to be a career development position suitable for someone who is close to completing a doctorate, or is of post-doctoral standing in the early stages of their academic career.

    The Junior Research Fellow will be required, in term time, to give up to 6 hours per week of tuition in Music, comprising topics in the history of Music ranging across nine centuries, analysis, and supervision of dissertations and options for final year students. The postholder will also be required to take part in the annual undergraduate admissions procedures. Candidates must have a minimum qualification of a Bachelor of Arts degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, a record of successful undergraduate teaching in Music in the relevant subject areas, and evidence of a high standard of research ability or potential (commensurate with the candidate’s career).

    The stipend is £12,260 to £13,789 p.a. plus allowances of up to £4,958 p.a., depending on accommodation arrangements. The postholder will have a teaching room in Worcester College.

    Application forms and further particulars, including details of the allowances, may be downloaded below or obtained from the Academic Registrar, Worcester College, Oxford OX1 2HB (Tel.: +44 (0)1865 278342, e-mail: jane.gover@worc.ox.ac.uk).  The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 25 May 2012.

    The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

    Download Further Particulars

    Download Application Cover Form

    Download Recruitment Monitoring Form

  • Press Release - 28th February 2012
    February 28, 2012

    NEW LECTURE THEATRE AND KITCHENS – MAJOR DONATIONS AND APPOINTMENT OF ARCHITECTS

    Worcester College is pleased to announce that plans for a new lecture theatre and kitchens are moving forward.   In February 2011 the College, together with the Royal Institute of British Architects, launched an architectural competition that attracted over 100 submissions.    Rick Mather Architects, whose most notable projects in Oxford include the magnificent expansion of the Ashmolean Museum, two academic buildings for Keble College and an auditorium for Corpus Christi, are now working with the College on this exciting project, which will transform its facilities for the benefit of fellows, students, staff and visitors.

    This has been made possible by the enormous generosity of two Old Members.  Firstly, Sir Timothy Sainsbury, a supporter of the College for many years, had the foresight to recommend the architectural competition and agreed to fund it through the Headley Foundation.  The Foundation has continued to support the project by pledging a further £1.5m.  Sir Timothy said: “Rick Mather has produced a brilliant design, which blends well with the existing college buildings.  It provides all the facilities that we hoped to obtain, including as a bonus, a link to the Junior Common Room”.

    A second major donation came from HRH Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, the Crown Prince of Perak, who studied PPE at Worcester in 1976.  He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and a PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.  His Royal Highness has donated £5m, the largest single gift in the history of the College.  HRH Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah said: “ I am very pleased to be able to help the College with this project, which I understand will be a major element in marking its 300th anniversary.  I look forward to playing a continuing role in the life of the College”.

    Provost Jonathan Bate said: “This building will give us the opportunity to host events and high profile lectures that will bring Worcester to the heart of Oxford’s public intellectual life, while new catering arrangements will add further to our terrific sense of community. The College is extraordinarily grateful to these most munificent of donors, and I wish to express my personal thanks to my predecessor, Dick Smethurst, for fostering these relationships.”

    The College is currently working with local planners and anticipates that building will commence in early July 2013.  In the meantime, fundraising continues as the overall target for the project is in the region of £10m.

  • The Wigmore Benefaction and the University Teaching Fund
    August 12, 2011

    The preservation of the tutorial system is a shared priority for the College and the University and as Oxford faces a series of steep budget cuts in the years ahead the importance of securing funding, particularly for academic posts has become a real priority.

    Barrie Wigmore, who came to Worcester in 1964 to read PPE, and his wife, Deedee, saw an opportunity through the creation of the Oxford Teaching Fund to endow in perpetuity three tutorial Fellowships in History, Economics and Philosophy.  Their donation of £3.6 million, combined with £2.4 million from the Teaching Fund, amounts to a total gift of £6 million.

    The College is immensely grateful to the Wigmores for their gift and for their enthusiasm for and continuing support of the College.  This is a superb benefaction.  As Barrie (a former pupil of the recently retired Provost Richard Smethurst) said “Deedee and I are delighted to be able to support the College and Oxford in this way, in the hope that future generations of students will be able to benefit from its incomparable tutorial system”.


    Barrie and Deedee with recently retired Provost Richard Smethurst (centre) signing the contract

  • New College CD
    July 1, 2011

    The Chapel Choirs have recently released a CD in honour of Richard  Smethurst, who is retiring as Provost this summer. It is a recording of the final College Evensong of Trinity Term 2011 including music by Parry, Bairstow, Howells and Leighton. For information about how to  obtain a copy please contact the Chaplain, jonathan.arnold@worc.ox.ac.uk.

  • Election of New Provost
    June 30, 2011

    Jonathan BateThe College is pleased to announce the election of Professor Jonathan Bate as Provost, to take office in the summer of 2011 on the retirement of Mr Richard Smethurst, who has been Provost since 1991.

    Jonathan Bate, born in 1958, was educated at Sevenoaks School and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, where he read English Literature. After completing his doctorate, he was a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was appointed King Alfred Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool in 1990. Since 2003, he has been Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick.

    Well known as a critic, biographer and broadcaster, Jonathan Bate has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA. Among his books are a biography of Shakespeare, Soul of the Age, and a history of his fame, The Genius of Shakespeare. He is on the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company and was chief editor of the RSC edition of Shakespeare’s Complete Works. His biography of the poet John Clare won Britain’s two oldest literary awards, the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. His one-man play for Simon Callow, The Man from Stratford, is currently on national tour. A Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, he was made CBE in the Queen’s 80th Birthday Honours.

    Commenting on his election Jonathan Bate said “I am surprised, honoured and delighted to be asked to lead one of Oxford’s loveliest and friendliest colleges through the challenging years that everyone in higher education is about to face. My top priority will be the preservation of Oxford’s distinctive tutorial system, while ensuring that access to the College is available to students of high potential, whatever their background. To achieve that goal we will need the support of all the College’s Old Members and friends, as we plan a campaign of renewal leading up to Worcester’s tercentenary in 2014.”

    Photograph by Eamonn McCabe.

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