Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2021-22
Deadline for applications: 5pm on Friday 30 July 2021
The Faculty is offering Graduate Teaching Assistantships for 2021-22 in the following undergraduate subjects:
Civil Dispute Resolution
Competition Law and Policy
Criminology
Human Rights Law
Labour Law
Medical Law and Ethics
Moral and Political Philosophy
Public International Law
Further details of these roles are 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 £2,137.80 (subject to national 2021-22 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 over the course of the academic year. They 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), which includes preparation and marking time.
The teaching itself will be paid for by colleges at the Senior Tutors' Committee rates (from £27.65 per tutorial hour). Colleges will also pay for collection setting and marking.
Duties other than college teaching
If required by the Convenor, the GTA role may also 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 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 Grade 6 point 1 (currently £15.37 per hour but subject to national 2021-22 pay uplift when finalised) plus holiday pay.
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 Faculty's Preparation for Teaching and Learning at Oxford programme. 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.
Subject: Civil Dispute Resolution
Convenor: Andrew Higgins
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas 2021 and Hilary 2022
Topic(s): At least 3 of Fair Trial, Litigation Procedures, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Theory of Procedure and History of Procedure
Tutorial hours: 18-24
Administrative tasks: none
Subject: Competition Law and Policy
Convenor: Ariel Ezrachi
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas 2021, Hilary 2022
Topic(s):
Michaelmas Term (weeks 6, 8)
- Article 102 TFEU – Dominance and Market Power (1.5 hours)
- Article 101 TFEU – Horizontal & Vertical Agreements (1.5 hours)
Hilary Term (weeks 1, 3, 5)
- The European Merger Regulation (1 hour)
- Enforcement and Extraterritoriality (1 hour)
- Competition law and policy (1.5 hours)
Administrative tasks:
Organize group allocation and tutorial teaching by others (number of groups will depend on number of students taking the course)
First point of contact for queries concerning tutorials.
Subject: Criminology
Convenor: Julian Roberts
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2021
Topic(s): Criminal Justice topics (to be confirmed)
Tutorial Hours: around 40 in total
Administrative tasks: none
Subject: Human Rights Law
Convenors: Nick Bamforth - FHS Human Rights Law; Sandy Fredman - BCL/MJur Comparative Human Rights, Comparative Equality Law (teaching is required for FHS, with some additional background support for overlapping aspects of the BCL/MJur courses)
Number of GTAs required: 2
Term(s): Michaelmas 2021, Hilary and Trinity 2022
Topic(s): FHS Human Rights Law tutorials
Tutorial Hours: 5 tutorials for roughly 3 groups; additional revision classes for each group
Administrative tasks: answering queries, handling organization of lectures, tutorials and seminars, participating with the course convenors in updating reading lists and circulating documents to students. Since lectures and semianrs are weekly, the work in relation to them is likely to involve some five hours per week (averaged) per GTA, 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).
Subject: Labour Law
Convenor: Anne Davies
Number of GTAs required: 2
Term(s): Michaelmas Term 2021, Trinity Term 2022
Topic(s):
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 tasks: GTAs to organise their own tutorial times with the students
Subject: Medical Law and Ethics
Convenor: Imogen Goold
Number of GTAs required:
Term(s): Michaelmas 2021, Hilary 2022
Topic(s): none
Tutorial hours: none
Administrative tasks: Organising tutorials, answering queries, updating reading lists, managing external lecturers, running Medical Law and Ethics discussion group. Hours to be discussed with the convenor.
Subject: Moral and Political Philosophy
Convenor: Grant Lamond
Number of GTAs required: 1
Term(s): Michaelmas 2021
Topic(s): Moral Philosophy and Political Philosophy
Tutorial hours: 48 (four hours per week in Moral Philosophy, two hours per week in Political Philosophy)
Administrative tasks: organising tutorials and updating the core reading list
Subject: Public International Law
Convenor: Catherine Redgwell
Number of GTAs required: 3
Term(s): Michaelmas 2021, Hilary and Trinity 2022
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
(33 students x (8x1 hour tutorials) = 264 contact hours)
Administrative tasks: arranging tutorials (2 hours), updating tutorial guide template (8 hours)
Updated 23 July 2021
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