Stipendiary Lecturer in Music

Somerville College and St Catherine’s College jointly propose to appoint a permanent Stipendiary Lecturer in Music to support their teaching needs in music analysis and musicology.

• Teach Analysis and Musicology to undergraduate students in tutorials and classes for eleven weighted hours each week averaged over the academic year (split between the two colleges as detailed above).
• Prepare, set, and mark written work, and provide feedback to students (including the timely submission of termly reports).
• Act as personal tutor and organising tutor for undergraduate Music students at Somerville College, and act as college adviser to some postgraduate Music students at Somerville College and St Catherine’s College if required.
• Arrange teaching and to set and mark collections (termly exams held in college).
• Play a significant role in the undergraduate admissions process, and will be required to participate in appropriate admissions training by the beginning of November 2026 if they have not already done so. This involves assisting with shortlisting candidates for both colleges, and interviewing primarily for Somerville College. In years when Somerville College does not need additional interviewers, the postholder will be expected to interview for St Catherine’s College.
• Be a member of the Somerville College Education Committee and will be expected to attend its meetings.
• Contribute to select access and outreach initiatives, including during vacation periods, for both colleges.

The successful candidate should be able to teach the following, as defined in the current exam paper syllabus definitions:

• Prelims Analysis and Musicology: first-year undergraduate tutorials/classes in Analysis and musicological topics.
• Final Honour School: second- and third-year undergraduate tutorials/classes in Musical Analysis and Criticism, Analysis Portfolio, and musicological topics.

For details of the selection criteria and further information please download the further particulars from the link below:

The closing date for completed applications is noon (UK time) on 19 June 2026.