College Officers

The Senior Tutor's position has three elements: tutor for the fellows, tutor for the undergraduates and tutor for visiting students. The proper running of the College's tutorial system is the principal responsibility of the
post. The first point of contact for undergraduates with academic needs (beyond those dealt with by their tutors) should be the Academic Administrator for Tuition, in the Academic Office (4 OB 5).

The Bursar is the College officer responsible for the endowment, the finances, and constitutional/legal matters. He also deals with student financial aid, and a range of grants and bursaries on offer from College. Appointments to see him should be made through his secretary, who works in the Bursar's Office (4 OB 1).

The Chaplain is a Fellow who is also a Priest in Holy Orders with responsibility for the Chapel Services. The Chaplain resides in College and presides over its religious life. They are also part of a College team concerned with pastoral care, which includes, for example, the Cox-Salveson Junior Fellow(s), the College Nurse and the College Doctor. The Chaplain is happy to discuss matters of any sort with students.

The Chattels Fellow is in charge of the College’s artwork and fittings, encompassing things as disparate as the El Greco of St James of Compestella, medieval sculpture, stained glass, the Hall panelling, and the copper pots in the College’s Medieval kitchen. There are also some fine individual items such as the celestial and terrestrial globes given by Warden Oglander, and some curiosities including the two suits of armor purchased during the Commonwealth by Warden Pincke for the Fellows to enable them to protect the College against the infidel.

Like all large and historic institutions, such objects represent 700 years of the College’s continuity and the generosity of its benefactors, and much of the work involves receiving gifts and presentations. It also includes administering the College’s loans to museums both in the United Kingdom and abroad; recent loans have included those to Tate Britain for ‘Rude Britannia: British comic art’, and to the Fundación Juan March in Madrid for ‘Wyndham Lewis, 1882-1957’. The Chattels Fellow also administers the use of images of the College’s objects.

Those wishing to contact the Chattels Fellow should do so through the Chattels Fellow’s secretary, Jacqui Julier, jacqui.julier@new.ox.ac.uk.

Photographs and related reproduction rights of many of the College’s objects can be obtained from the Bridgeman Art Library, http://www.bridgemanart.com/. 

Decisions about the admission of undergraduates are made by the subject tutors. The Tutor for Undergraduate Admissions organises and oversees the process of admission of undergraduate students, including organising Open Days and access events, receiving applications and arranging interviews. He is also responsible for the induction of new students at the beginning of their course. He is assisted by the Academic Administrator (Admissions and Access).