St John's College Oxford is currently advertising for a Career Development Research Fellowship (CDRF) in Computer Science. Analogous to a Junior Research Fellowship at some other places. This is a great opportunity: basically to be a postdoc on your own project rather than someone else's.
It is a full-time, four-year research position with effect from 1st October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is open to early career researchers who have recently completed or are close to completing a doctorate (and will have submitted their thesis no later than three month before the start date of the post), or who have recently been awarded a doctorate. It offers an outstanding opportunity to establish a research profile as a member of a collegiate community and the wider University of Oxford. Applications for this post are particularly welcome from women and Black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in computer science in Oxford.
The primary obligation of this Fellowship is to engage in full-time research in computer science and its dissemination. The successful candidate is expected to propose, plan, and deliver a high-quality programme of original research; publicise the outcomes of that research through conference presentations and publications; and engage in the life and activities of the College.
The annual salary is equivalent to point 7.5 on the University Scale (currently £40,521) plus a pensionable £1,500 per annum Oxford University Weighting payment which will be paid in equal monthly instalments and pro-rated for part time appointments. The appointee will automatically be enrolled in the Universities Superannuation Scheme pension.
More details can be found here:
https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vacancies/career-development-research-fellowships-2025/
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@jer_gib I have two comments.
First, the stated annual salary is insulting: even before taxes it’s less than the annual tuition fee for a CS degree at Oxford.
Second, it is still higher than that of an entry-level Assistant Professor at UCL.
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@ilyasergey What do you mean? £40521 is considerably higher than any of our tuition fees! [Correction: higher than home tuition fees. We charge some overseas students more than that.]
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@ilyasergey Grade 7 is our typical grade for postdocs. This is generous by starting at point 5 on the scale, not the bottom.
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@ilyasergey But if you're complaining that UK salaries don't compare with SG ones, I won't argue with you...
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@jer_gib this is not just about absolute values. The stated figure is £2,724 take-home monthly. An average rent of one-bedroom flat in Oxford is ablut £1,350, before utilities, internet, phone etc.
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@ilyasergey And your point is? UK postdocs are in general poorly paid?
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@jer_gib not just postdocs, UK academics in general (although I admit, I don’t have the full picture, as I never made it to the Full Professor level, where it might go off the scale).
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@ilyasergey Trust me, it doesn't.
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@jer_gib @ilyasergey It very much starts on the scale (so people tell me), but there's more room to bargain if you can manage a position of apparent strength (as unrelated to merit).
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@pigworker @ilyasergey Don't get me started on Oxford's gappy career ladder.
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@ilyasergey I stand corrected. Our fees for overseas undergraduates are outrageous!
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@jer_gib @ilyasergey Mutter mutter surplus value...
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