Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2022-23
The Faculty is offering Graduate Teaching Assistantships for 2022-23 in the following subjects:
- Advanced Criminal Law
- Civil Dispute Resolution
- Criminal Law
- Criminology
- Employment Law
- Feminist Perspectives on Law
- Human Rights Law (FHS)
- Comparative Human Rights, Comparative Equality Law (BCL/MJur)
- Medical Law and Ethics
- Moral and Political Philosophy
- Personal Property
- Public International Law
Further details of these roles are provided below.
To be eligible to apply, you must be a current research student in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Please also see our general page about the GTA programme.
Remuneration
Each GTA will be paid an honorarium of £2,170 (subject to national 2022-23 pay uplift when finalised) by the Faculty, paid in three termly instalments. The GTA is expected to provide up to 48 hours of undergraduate tutorial teaching (for colleges) and/or provide teaching support for the Faculty over the course of the academic year (which might be for programmes other than FHS). We have sought to be as clear as possible in these advertisements about what work will be required of the GTA, but inevitably some hours may vary slightly from what is advertised, so please note that all work should only be undertaken at the express request of the relevant Convenor.
The GTA may work up to the weekly limit on paid work specified by the Faculty (8 hours per week, or a common-sense average across the year).
College teaching will be paid for by colleges at the Senior Tutors' Committee rates (from £28.06 per tutorial hour, subject to 2022-23 pay uplift when announced). Colleges will also pay for collection setting and marking.
Duties other than college teaching
If requested by the Convenor and included in the advertisement, the GTA role may include tasks not directly connected to the GTA's own teaching, such as: answering queries from students on behalf of the Convenor, organising tutorials for other tutors, or updating the core reading list. Such work will be agreed with the convenor at the time of appointment, including the number of hours of work, and payment will be made upon the submission of approved timesheets. It will be remunerated by the Faculty at University Grade 6 point 1 (currently £15.60 per hour but subject to national 2022-23 pay uplift when finalised).
For payroll purposes, annual leave will be assumed to be taken in the month in which it was accrued.
How to apply
Please write by e-mail to geraldine.malloy@law.ox.ac.uk by the deadline stated above, indicating clearly for which subject or subjects you wish to be considered, and outlining your suitability for the position. Please also attach a brief CV.
Although previous teaching experience will not be required, applicants should demonstrate evidence of aptitude for teaching if they are able to do so.
Applicants must have completed the parts of the Faculty's PLTO that are available online on Canvas. Applicants must also arrange for two referees to write directly to geraldine.malloy@law.ox.ac.uk by the same deadline.
GTAs from previous years may reapply.
The selection process
Applications and references will be sent to the relevant Convenor, and eligible candidates will be interviewed by a panel, with at least two members of the teaching group. In the event of any subject having a large number of applicants, the subject group members may draw up a shortlist and only interview the shortlisted candidates.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as possible.
The Graduate Teaching Assistantships available:
1. Advanced Criminal Law
Convenor: Rebecca Williams
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): Enforcement
Tutorial hours: 8 approx. (depends not only on number signing up to course but also on the number signing up for a tutorial on enforcement within the course. Students choose 4 tutorials from a range of 6)
Administrative and related tasks: maintaining Canvas site and reading lists, organising tutorials for one external tutor, answering queries from students and liaising where necessary with external lecturers. Marking one round of Part A written work. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
2. Civil Dispute Resolution
Convenor: Andrew Higgins
Number of GTAs required: 2
Term(s): Michaelmas 2022 and Hilary 2023, and Collection marking at the beginning of Trinity Term 2023
Topic(s): At least 3 of: Fair Trial, Litigation Procedures, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Theory of Procedure and History of Procedure, after discussion with the Convenor
Tutorial hours: approximately 22 per GTA
Administrative and related tasks: marking College Collections, and administrative/ organisational support for the BCL option during Hilary Term 2023. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
3. Criminal Law
Organiser: Kate Greasley
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): Introduction to criminal law; omissions and strict liability; issues in mens rea; offences against the person; sexual offences; property offences; homicide; general defences; complicity
Tutorial hours: 6 hours per week, throughout the 8 weeks of Hilary Term 2023
Administrative and related tasks: organising tutorial teaching; essay marking. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
Explanatory note: under the variation of duties (work and wellbeing) scheme, a GTA is required in Criminal Law to run a mixture of criminal law tutorials and classes in Criminal Law for eight first year students at Hertford College throughout Michaelmas Term. The GTA will work under the supervision of Dr Kate Greasley. The role will include teaching set of tutorials and classes that cover the entire Mods criminal law course, using a reading list that will be provided, and marking essays and problem questions. Under this unique scheme, all payments will be made by the Faculty at standard Faculty rates, including for college tutorials, so the GTA should not opt for payment from the college when submitting reports.
4. Criminology
Convenor: Samuel Singler
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2021
Topic(s): Criminal Justice topics (to be confirmed)
Tutorial Hours: around 32 (4 per week) during Michaelmas Term 2022
Administrative and related tasks: none
5. Employment Law
Convenor: Anne Davies
Number of GTAs required: 2
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): spread across the whole syllabus
Tutorial Hours: one GTA will do 3 topics for 7 tutorial groups (21 hours) and the other will do 4 topics for 7 tutorial groups (28 hours). Between them they will cover the whole course.
Administrative and related tasks: GTAs to organise their own tutorial times with the students, returning marked collections. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
6. Feminist Perspectives on Law
Convenor: Barbara Havelkova
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): n/a – not a teaching GTA
Tutorial hours: n/a – not a teaching GTA
Administrative and related tasks: co-ordinating teaching and work on reading lists (large number of seminar leaders involved); answering queries from students. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
7. Human Rights Law (FHS)
Convenor: Nick Bamforth
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary and Trinity Terms 2023
Topic(s): human rights in a multi-layered system; proportionality, margin of appreciation and extra-territoriality; prohibition of torture, rights to fair hearing and to liberty; rights to privacy, expression, religion and belief; right to freedom from discrimination; revision tutorials
Tutorial Hours: 24 in total including revision classes
Administrative and related tasks: answering queries, handling organisation of lectures, tutorials and seminars, participating with the course convenors in updating reading lists and circulating documents to students. Lectures and seminars are weekly, and the work in relation to them will be averaged out with the GTA for the Comparative Human Rights BCL option); with additional hours in weeks when assistance with updating material or tutorial provision is needed (averaged, this will not exceed two hours per week per GTA). (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
8. Comparative Human Rights, Comparative Equality Law (BCL/MJur)
Convenor: Nick Bamforth
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary and Trinity Terms 2023
Topic(s): n/a – not a teaching GTA
Tutorial Hours: n/a – not a teaching GTA
Administrative and related tasks: answering queries, handling organisation of lectures, tutorials and seminars, participating with the course convenors in updating reading lists and circulating documents to students. This GTA will work closely with the GTA in Human Rights Law on areas of overlap (e.g. invitations to visiting speakers). (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.) (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
9. Medical Law and Ethics
Convenor: Imogen Goold
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): n/a – not a teaching GTA
Tutorial hours: n/a – not a teaching GTA
Administrative and related tasks: organising tutorials, answering queries, updating reading lists, managing external lecturers. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
10. Moral and Political Philosophy
Convenor: Grant Lamond
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): (1) objectivity/subjectivity of morality; (2) amoralism; (3) utilitarianism; (4) Kant and the ethics of duty; (5) Aristotle and the virtues; (6) plural and conflicting values; (7) responsibility; (8) moral luck; (9) liberty; (10) justice; (11) equality; (12) democracy.
Tutorial hours: 30
Administrative and related tasks: organising tutorials, answering queries, and updating the core reading list. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
11. Personal Property
Convenor: William Swadling
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023
Topic(s): two of the following: (i) Protection of Property Rights in Goods; (ii) Types and Creation of Property Rights in Goods; (iii) Transfer of Property Rights in Goods; (iv) Destruction of Property Rights in Goods and Security Rights. The topics will be agreed with Professor William Swadling and Dr Luke Rostill.
Tutorial hours: 16
Administrative and related tasks: organising own tutorials, answering queries. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
12. Public International Law
Convenor: Catherine Redgwell
Number of GTAs required: 3
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2022, Hilary Term 2023 and Trinity Term 2023
Topic(s):
1. Nature and Sources of International Law
2. The Law of Treaties
3. International Persons
4. Jurisdiction and Immunities
5. International Dispute Settlement
6. Use of Force
7. State Responsibility
8. Revision
Tutorial Hours:
To be shared between three GTAs:
7 cycles of substantive tutorials and 1 revision session
(35 students x (8x1 hour tutorials) = 296 contact hours)
Administrative and related tasks: arranging tutorials, updating tutorial guide template. (Hours worked to be agreed in advance with the Convenor.)
Added 25 July 2022
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