Fixed-Term Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Music

2 years, fixed-term, full-time, salary £39,424 per annum

Applications are invited for a Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Music at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, tenable from 1 October 2026. This is a two-year, fixed-term, full-time position, not renewable, and suitable for an early-career researcher who has completed a doctorate. Applications will not normally be considered from candidates who have previously held a postdoctoral fellowship or equivalent post of 12 months’ duration or more.

The Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship is open to those whose PhD research has been in an area of musicology that relies on historical enquiry (i.e. research that does not include living human participants). The position is not intended for those whose doctorate is in composition or includes significant practice-based elements.

The Fellow will also have associate membership of the Faculty of Music in the University of Oxford.

The primary purpose of this post is research. The successful candidate will be expected to use the period of the Fellowship to build or continue building an international research profile by publishing outputs originating from their doctoral research and embarking on a new, defined research project.

The basic stipend of the Fellow will be at National Pay Spine Point 29/Grade 7.1 (currently £39,424 per annum), progressing to Grade 7.2 in the second year of the Fellowship (£40,514). These figures include the Oxford University Weighting.

The Fellow will have membership of the Senior Common Room (for which there is a small annual charge) and will be entitled to all meals free of charge while working and when the kitchens are open.

The closing date for receipt of applications and references is 9.00am on Friday 6 February 2026.

Applications should comprise only:

• a completed application form which includes a section asking for an outline of doctoral work (200 words) and a section dedicated to a new research project (800 words);
• a curriculum vitae, including publications, no longer than two sides of A4.

Candidates are also asked to complete an equal opportunities form and to return it to academic.recruitment@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk) at the same time as the application but as a separate file. This form is used for monitoring purposes only and will not be seen by any member of the selection committee.

Application form

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Equal opportunities form

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