Non-Stipendiary College Associations for Research Staff

The college welcomes the talents and experience of those outside its direct membership of Fellows, staff and students, and seeks to open its doors to a wide range of colleagues within the parameters of its charitable objectives. It thus, for example, has schemes for Visiting Fellowships and a growing number of Associate Research Fellows.

Reuben’s ‘Associate Membership of Common Room’ adds to these initiatives. Elected AMCR membership is for academics and professionals with academic connection to the College’s interests and themes. Election follows a gathered field application round, with the majority of associate members expected to be drawn from the University’s postdoctoral researchers, but with capacity also both to elect post holders more established in their career, and/or from outside of the University.

Benefits of Association: Associate Members of Common Room will receive the College Term card and the right to book onto advertised Reuben College dinners (for example Formal Halls and Tuesday night talks) and events (such as seminars, talks and conferences) at guest rates.

For more details, please see: https://reuben.ox.ac.uk/associate-member-common-room 

The deadline for receipt of applications is Tuesday 15th April

Non-Stipendiary Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences 2025 - Wolfson College

Research Members of Common Room are elected through an application process led by the Research Coordinator. Membership gives post-doctoral researchers a chance to contribute to and enjoy college life. The application process occurs annually and applications are made to the Academic Administrator, with a reference and statement as to how one would contribute to the life of the College, and are approved by the Research Coordinator.

Membership is renewable annually, coterminous with holding a (paid) research post in the University and attending an annual meeting.

RMCR are required to act as College Advisors. The College Academic Office will assign a maximum of 9 students to each member.

University cards allowing access to University buildings and the Bodleian as well as various online access are distributed through the members’ departments only. Kellogg will add a College ‘link’ on University cards to enable access to the College Hub.

RMCR are offered the use of meeting rooms, and short-term accommodation when available. Membership comes with discounted lunches and Guest Night Dinners as well as being invited to College-wide seminars and events.

For more information, please contact: academic.office@kellogg.ox.ac.uk

Fellows - Kellogg College (ox.ac.uk)

Common Room members are proposed to Academic Committee by Official Fellows and agreed by Governing Body. Members can be non-academics, or academics whose standing is not regarded as of a Fellowship level. The membership is £60 per annum.

The length of membership is one year and renewable annually with payment.

If invited by the President or Senior Tutor and approved by the Academic Committee, Common Room Members may act as student advisors, in which case the £60 fee will be waived. The College Academic Office will assign around 6 students to each member.

Common Room Members will receive discounted lunches and Guest Night Dinners as well as being invited to College-wide seminars and events

Kellogg does not offer University cards to Common Room Members.

St Antony’s offers the opportunity to apply for Associate Membership to anyone who does not already have an affiliation with any college in Oxford and is on the payroll of any of those departments from which the college recruits graduate students, essentially all departments in the Social Sciences Division (plus the Oxford Martin School) and the Faculty of History and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in the Humanities Division.

Associate members cannot apply directly but must be nominated by their Head of Department or Chair of Faculty and must be willing to be a college advisor for up to 4 (occasionally 5) graduate students. College advisors are supported by the Head of the Academic Office, Dean and Senior Tutor and the role involves offering support for students on the non-academic aspects of their time in Oxford. College advisors are matched with students outside their academic departments to avoid any conflict of interest.

Associate members are entitled to free lunches throughout the year and the use of the Senior Common Room. They are encouraged to attend College academic seminars and workshops. The memberships are coterminous with the applicant’s university contracts up to a maximum of three years.