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  • Lodge Porter/Receptionist
    February 10, 2012

    Worcester College is seeking to appoint a Lodge Porter/Receptionist.  The College Lodge is staffed 24 hours a day and plays a crucial role in the College community as the reception point for all students, staff and visitors.  The Lodge is also responsible for the security of the College.  The successful candidate will be required to work shifts and is expected to have excellent communication skills, the ability to remain calm and polite under pressure and experience of working in a role in which customer service is of key importance.  Salary will be in the range of £17,329 p.a. to £19,972 p.a., according to qualifications and experience.

    Further particulars and application details can be downloaded below or obtained from the Head of Security (Tel: 01865 278334; e-mail: david.roche@worc.ox.ac.uk).  The closing date for applications is Wednesday 29th February 2012.

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  • Communications and Research Officer
    January 31, 2012

    Worcester College is seeking to appoint someone efficient and effective as well as enthusiastic to work in a very busy and highly successful fundraising office.  Working with the Development Director he/she will plan and execute a communications strategy and proactively assist with prospect research which will include writing briefs for events and producing profiles of current and prospective donors.

    The successful candidate must be educated to degree level or equivalent, have strong communications skills, experience editing publications, web content management and ideally have prospect research experience.  They must be able to work as part of a small team and independently.  Excellent IT skills are essential.  The post is available immediately. Salary according to experience and qualifications, will be in the range of £22,971- £27,428 p.a. (reflecting the University support staff scale, grade 5).

    Further particulars and application details can be downloaded below or obtained from the Development Office (Tel: 01865 278374;     e-mail: gemma.howard@worc.ox.ac.uk ). The closing date for applications is Monday 27th February 2012.

    The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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  • Annual Giving Officer
    January 31, 2012

    Worcester College is seeking to appoint an efficient and enthusiastic person to work in a very busy and highly successful fundraising office.  Working with the Development Director he/she will plan and execute an effective Annual Giving Programme, increasing participation rates and funds raised.

    The successful candidate must be educated to degree level or equivalent, have strong communications skills and have experience working in fundraising and / or marketing in a charity or higher education environment.  They must be able to work as part of a small team and independently.  Excellent IT skills are essential.  The post is available immediately. Salary according to experience and qualifications, will be in the range of £22,971- £27,428 p.a. (reflecting the University support staff scale, grade 5).

    Further particulars and application details can be downloaded below or obtained from the Development Office (Tel: 01865 278374; e-mail: gemma.howard@worc.ox.ac.uk ). The closing date for applications is Monday 27th February 2012.

    The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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    Download Recruitment Monitoring Form

  • Fixed-Term Lectureship in Ancient History
    January 27, 2012

    Applications are invited for a fixed-term lectureship in Ancient History at Worcester College, tenable for two years from 1 October 2012.  The lecturer will be required to teach Ancient History for up to 6 hours per week during term for the College. The lecturer will also be expected to assist with the administration of the subject at Worcester College, including participation in the admissions process and undertaking the pastoral care of students. Some teaching in Archaeology may also be available. The successful candidate will have a minimum qualification of a Bachelor of Arts degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or in relevant subjects, the ability to be an effective teacher, and achievement or potential in a field of research relevant to the subjects being taught.

    Stipend will be in the range £12,185-£13,714 p.a., according to qualifications and experience. The lecturer will be entitled to the use of a teaching room in Worcester College, and to Senior Common Room membership, with free lunches and dinners.

    Further particulars and information about how to apply may downloaded below or obtained from the Academic Registrar, Worcester College, Oxford, OX1 2HB (jane.gover@worc.ox.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)1865 278342). The closing date for applications, including receipt of references, is noon on Thursday 1 March 2012.  Informal enquiries may be made to the Academic Registrar.

    Worcester College is an equal opportunities employer.

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  • 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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