Opportunities for limited employment
Work Permits and Visa Information
If you wish or need to find paid employment and you come from outside the European Union, you will need to check your right to work in the UK. The latest information can be found at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/recruit/preempcheck/compulsorychecks/righttowork/ and at https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk. As a non-citizen you have a responsibility to ensure that you comply with the conditions of your visa. For advice to help you make sure that you meet the necessary requirements and all matters relating to visas, please contact the Centre administration and also refer to https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/visa?wssl=1.
Research Assistance Opportunities
Subject to funding and right to work eligibility, DPhil students can undertake research assistance at the request of Faculty members. Opportunities for becoming a research assistant are advertised from time to time through the Faculty email lists. Although the hourly rate may vary, it is currently set at around £15-£16 per hour. You are strongly advised to consult your supervisor before taking this or any other job that is not related to your research project.
There are some restrictions on employment that students are allowed to undertake. You may not work as a Research Assistant until you have passed your Qualifying Test. You are restricted to the University's weekly limit on paid work undertaken by graduate students of about 8 hours per week. The Law Faculty will not fund more than 120 hours of research assistance in one year by any student. Since claims for payment are submitted after the work is done, it is your responsibility to make sure that you do not go over the limit. Please note that you may not work as a research assistant to your own supervisor without the prior approval of the Director of the CSLS.
Teaching Opportunities
Both for financial reasons and in order to gain experience, you may want to do some teaching during your period as a research student. Subject to right to work eligibility, research students are permitted to undertake teaching once they have transferred to D.Phil. status.
CSLS itself, being a research centre, cannot offer any teaching opportunities. However, the Faculty of Law has a programme of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) for students in areas specified by the Faculty’s subject convenors. GTAs are expected to provide up to 48 hours of tutorial teaching over the course of the academic year, and may teach up to the weekly limit on paid work undertaken by graduate students (including preparation and marking time). GTAs may, in exceptional circumstances, and with the permission of the Graduate Studies Committee, hold GTA positions in tandem with other posts as long as the total of teaching hours per week is within the limit specified by the University. The teaching itself will be paid for by colleges at senior tutors' rates (approximately £20 per hour of tutorial time). Appointment to one of these positions is competitive and applications are due in Trinity Term (you will be advised of the precise dates in due course). More details will be distributed via the law postgraduate e-mail list, as will announcements about other teaching and other paid work opportunities during the year.