Role: Visiting Senior Research Fellowship

Closing date and time: 13/02/2026 11:59 pm

Jesus College, Oxford offers a Visiting Senior Research Fellowship to a scholar of international distinction in research who holds a remunerated post in another University or equivalent and who wishes to spend time in Oxford to pursue their research. The Fellowship is tenable from 1 October 2026, for a minimum of one term and a maximum of one academic year. The College seeks applications from candidates in any field of research, although there is a preference this year for candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

The Fellowship provides free living accommodation at the College’s East Oxford annexe site (see Further Particulars for more details), an office space in College (equipped with a standard Windows desktop PC and black & white printer), Senior Common Room membership and full lunching and dining rights.

Further information on the Visiting Senior Research Fellowship may be obtained from the link below.

Further Particulars:
Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellowship-2026-27.-Further-Particulars-1.pdf

How to apply:

Applicants should complete the online form by the closing date of Friday, 13 February 2026.

 

It is the responsibility of applicants to ask their referees to upload their reference letters via the reference submission portal by the same date.

Queries may be addressed through the Principal’s PA, Helen Gee (helen.gee@jesus.ox.ac.uk).

Jesus College welcomes and celebrates diversity. We strive towards creating an inclusive environment, where our staff and those associated with the College feel valued and respected. We want them to thrive, regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Our staff are an integral part of our community, and we cherish equally those qualities that make each of us unique, and those that bring us together.