University of Oxford: Varley-Gradwell Travelling Fellowships in Insect Ecology; value: up to £2,500; tenure: one year; closing date: 31 March 2012; further particulars: email claire.harvey@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
Brasenose College: Nicholas Kurti Fellowships in Science (Junior and Senior) and William Golding Fellowships in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (Junior and Senior); non-stipendiary, but include Senior Common Room membership with free lunches and dinners, and research and entertainment allowances; tenure: three years for the Junior Fellowships and five years for the Senior Fellowships (the latter may be renewed); closing date: 26 February 2012; further particulars for all posts: http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/357/brasenose-college-vacancies-39/academic-vacancies-231.html.
Exeter College: Bennett Boskey Career Development Fellowship in History; salary: £29,099–£35,788 a year, commensurate with experience and inclusive of housing allowance; closing date: noon on 27 February 2012; further particulars: http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/college/vacancies.
Lincoln College: Hardie Post-Doctoral (Non-Stipendiary) Fellowship in the Humanities; closing date: 29 February 2012; further particulars: http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/index.php?page=Hardie+Post-Doctoral+_Non-Stipendiary_+Fellowship+in+the+Humanities
Kemp Post-Doctoral (Non-Stipendiary) Fellowship in Medical Sciences; closing date: 29 February 2012; further particulars: http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/index.php?page=Kemp+Post-Doctoral+_Non-Stipendiary_+Fellowship+in+Medical+Sciences
New College: Herbert Nicholas Junior Research Fellowship in Modern British History; stipend: £18,844 a year (subject to review), plus housing and other allowances; closing date: 5 p.m. on 24 February 2012; further particulars: http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/news/Nicholas_JRF.
St Hugh’s College: Bursar; salary: £70,000–£80,000 a year; closing date: 24 February 2012; further particulars: http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk.
University College: Junior Research Fellowship in the Medical Sciences; salary: £19,560 a year with additional benefits; closing date: 9 March 2012; http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news_and_announcements/vacancies/.
Wolfson College in association with the Ashmolean Museum: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Classical Art; to study, research, and catalogue Greek and Roman marble sculpture in the collection of classical art in the Musée d’Art in Mougins, France, but primarily based in Oxford; salary: £27,000 a year; tenure: two years; closing date: 2 March 2012; further particulars: email milena.melfi@classics.ox.ac.uk.
A new edition of Shaw’s Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland has recently been published by the Burgon Society. Further details about the book are available at http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/shaws-academical-dress-of-great-britain-and-ireland/18698017. For more information on the Burgon Society, see http://www.burgon.org.uk.
Details of appointments in Commonwealth Universities can be found at http://www.acu.ac.uk/.
The Maison Française d’Oxford, the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, the University of Aix-Marseille, and the Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Sociologie are holding a conference entitled Universities in the ‘performance age’: issues and change in higher education in France and the United Kingdom. The conference will take place on Friday, 17 February and Saturday, 18 February 2012. For further details, see http://www.mfo.ac.uk/en/events.