Stipendiary Lecturer in French

Location: Somerville College - Oxford

Contract Type: Fixed-term

Closing Date: 19 January 2026

Salary: £34,732 p.a.

Specific Hours : 12 hours of teaching per week

Stipendiary Lecturer in French

Somerville College proposes to appoint a 12-hour Stipendiary Lecturer in French for the 2026-27 academic year to support the College’s needs whilst Simon Kemp, the College’s Tutorial Fellow in French, is on leave. This is a full-time, fixed-term contract based at Somerville College. The lecturer will be required to give on average twelve (weighted) hours per week of tutorials for Somerville College during the eight-week term and be available during both term and for some periods of the students’ vacations to offer organisational, pastoral and admissions support. 

Duties of the Post

  • The post holder will be required to teach papers for the Preliminary (first year) course, Paper III ‘Short Texts’ and Paper IV ‘French Narrative Fiction’ and for the Final Honour School course, Paper VIII ‘Modern Literature (1750 to the present) and Paper XI ‘Modern Prescribed Authors II’. The lecturer will also be required to provide language teaching to students at different stages in the degree programme, including translation into English. Current course descriptions available from the French Sub-Faculty’s web site https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/french

 

  • The post holder will be required to undertake 12 weighted hours* of teaching per week, in tutorials or small classes, averaged over three eight-week terms.

 

  • The lecturer will be required to act as personal tutor and organising tutor for some undergraduate Language students, and may be asked to act as college adviser to some postgraduate French students.

 

  • The Lecturer will be expected to arrange teaching and to set and mark collections (termly exams held in college).

 

  • The lecturer, together with the ML fellows, will be required to play a significant role in the undergraduate admissions process, and will be required to participate in appropriate admissions training by the beginning of November 2026 if they have not already done so.

 

  • The Lecturer will be a member of the Somerville College Education Committee and will be expected to attend its meetings.

 

  • The lecturer will be expected to help with open days, and support access initiatives of the college. 

For full details of the role, including the selection criteria, benefits and application process, please download the further particulars from the link below:

Stipendiary Lecturer in French - Further Particulars

The deadline for completed applications is 12:00 noon 19 January 2026

 

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