BCL/MJur Tutorials
Tutorial buyouts, and how to count BCL/MJur tutorials against stint
Updated: 9 April 2026
Post holders may receive recognition or remuneration for BCL/MJur tutorials by one or more of the following:
1. Counting tutorials against Faculty stint. As of 1 October 2026, a one-hour graduate tutorial counts as 1.5 units of stint. Claiming this on your teaching return does not require Faculty approval.
2. BCL/MJur college tutorial buyouts, for those with spare college stint and who are giving a substantial number of BCL/MJur tutorials. It is possible to organise a buyout of college tutorial teaching for the purpose of BCL/MJur tutorial provision. This is an exceptional arrangement that applies only to BCL/MJur tutorials, as the Faculty cannot ordinarily buy out college stint to cover Faculty teaching. It is the responsibility of the postholder to obtain approval for this buyout from their College first.
To be eligible for this type of buyout, the postholder must expect to fully meet their University stint through other means, and have the equivalent spare college stint available to be bought out. The College will be asked to confirm that they will reduce the postholder's tutorial stint by the corresponding amount. Faculty approval will always be conditional upon College approval, which must be obtained first. Please ensure that you alert your College to the Faculty's special BCL/MJur buyout rate (Old System Higher Buy-out Rate) at the time you make the request for the buyout.
How to apply. BCL/MJur tutorial buyouts must be requested via an online form, the link to which was emailed to postholders on XXX (from hoaf@law.ox.ac.uk), deadline noon on Monday of Week 8 of Trinity Term, 15 June 2026.
What the scheme supports. The Faculty has its own standard rate for BCL/MJur tutorial buyouts. The basic 2025-26 rate is £2,733 per annualised hour (i.e. assuming 24 tutorials). This is based on the former 'higher' rate set by the Senior Tutors' Committee (STC); it is published in the STC Register of Approved Payments where it is referred to as an "Old System Higher Buy-out Rate" and is based on a whole job rate divided by a number of anualised hours.
This option requires advance approval by the Vice Dean and must be renewed annually if required for more than one year.
The BCL/MJur tutorial buyout scheme (and rates) applies uniquely to this type of buyout. For all other tutorial buyouts, e.g. in respect of a Faculty Officer role or a research grant, the usual Senior Tutors' Committee Rates (rate A; B or C depending on circumstance) will apply. New STC rates for 2026-27, incorporating any increase for inflation, will be published in MT26.
3. Overstint payment by the Faculty. BCL/MJur tutorials are the only type of teaching for which an overstint payment may be made. For academic postholders with a teaching stint, payment is automatically made at the end of the year after the submission of the Annual Teaching Return, provided the Teaching Return is completed by the end of June. Payment for overstint tutorials will not be processed on the basis of teaching returns completed after that date.
Rate of pay will be based on University Grade 7.1 (the Departmental Lecturer Grade), which from October 2026 equates to £20.38 per hour, and overstint BCL/MJur teaching is processed as 4 hours per one-hour tutorial.
4. BCL/MJur Collections
The Faculty will pay for setting and marking BCL/MJur collections using the standard Senior Tutors’ Committee rates. This work cannot be counted against stint, and payment should be claimed on an overtime form, obtained from the HR Manager, Emma Gascoigne (payroll@law.ox.ac.uk).
Anyone who does not hold a teaching post in the Faculty should refer to the page on Additional Teaching.
Report writing
Faculty members are reminded that reports on BCL and MJur students should be sent to the BCL/MJur Course Administrator in Week 7 of each term.
BCL/MJur/MSc Criminology Faculty Advisors should claim their supervision payment on TMS, and will be paid a fixed top-up fee in addition to this.
All fees and rates of pay will be updated for 2026-27 when the rates are known.