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The Decanal Team

The Dean is in charge of the discipline of the College’s Junior Members. The role is wide-ranging, and although it excludes individual pastoral matters, does take account of the general welfare of Junior Members. Particularly, the Dean is concerned with matters of policy and with the College’s rules, which are set out in the College Handbook. Junior Members should feel free to approach the Dean on any appropriate matter, particularly if it involves non-pastoral difficulties outside the College, and indeed, are urged to do so. Junior Members may also be summoned to see the Dean, and they are reminded that such summons take priority over any academic, sporting or social engagement.

The College also has an Assistant Dean, and three Junior Deans. The role of the Assistant Dean is focused on managing day-to-day issues; Junior Members wishing to hold events should ensure that they approach him first. The Junior Deans deal with disciplinary matters on the ground, and one Junior Dean is rostered to be on duty every night from weeks nought to nine.

Those wishing an appointment to see the Dean or the Assistant Dean on non-urgent matters should contact the Deans’ secretary, Jacqui Julier jacqui.julier@new.ox.ac.uk. If the matter is urgent, the Junior Member should contact the Dean via the College Lodge, or directly on 07786 061 613.

jacqui.julier@new.ox.ac.uk
Michael Burden
Dean

Michael's biography can be found on his fellow's information page.

Office: SH G2 A

Room: 12 OB 3

Office phone: 71976

Room Phone: 79526

Mobile: 07786 061 613

michael.burden@new.ox.ac.uk
Gideon Elford
Assistant Dean

Formerly a Junior Dean at New College for the past three years, Gideon has recently completed his DPhil in Political Theory. Gideon studied for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at New College and is now a lecturer in Political Theory at Exeter College. He is currently working on issues in egalitarian distributive justice and individual responsibility.

Gideon is a film lover and an amateur screenwriter. He is also a fitness enthusiast, spending his much of his time either in Iffley gym or out on the road training for his next half marathon. A keen sportsman, Gideon has played for the College 1st XI football team for several years and is a member of the Oxford University Boxing squad.

As Assistant Dean, Gideon is in charge of granting permissions for events held in College.

Room: Weston Buildings, House 8, Flat 5

Room Phone: 81085

Mobile: 07941 785381

gideon.elford@new.ox.ac.uk
Sebastian Hartford Davis
Junior Dean

Sebastian is a DPhil student in the department of law, having completed the BCL (distinction) at Keble College last year. Before coming to Oxford as a Menzies scholar, he practiced in Sydney as a qualified solicitor and prior to that worked as Associate to the Chief Justice of Australia.  

Sebastian has played football at the highest amateur level in both Sydney and Canberra. Prior to transferring to New College in Michaelmas Term, 2011, he was a member of the cuppers-winning Keble College Rugby team. In the 2012 season he kept wicket for the cuppers-winning New College 1st XI cricket team, and participated in the rise and rise of the great New College XV rugby club. Sebastian also plays Aussie Rules football for the University.

Room:Weston Buildings, House 8, Room 2

Room Phone:

Mobile: 07584 134843

sebastian.hartforddavis@new.ox.ac.uk
Megan Robb
Junior Dean

Megan Robb joined the New College decanal team Michaelmas Term 2012. Megan is a D.Phil candidate in Oriental Studies. Megan also has an M.Phil from Oxford in Modern South Asian Studies, and studied at Indiana University in the United States (BA 2008) where she was a member of the university rowing team. During the Summer of 2012 she worked in the Office of International Religious Freedom in the United States State Department, providing research and advice on issues relating to South and Central Asia.

Megan has served on a number of committees of Oxford societies including the Oxford United Nations Association, where she was the Secretary-General of the International Model United Nations Conference in 2009. She was also captain of the Wolfson College Rowing team, where she rowed in the first VIII.

Room: Warham House, Room 1

Room Phone: 21121

Mobile: 07557 501091

megan.robb@new.ox.ac.uk
Alex Shabala
Junior Dean

Alex Shabala is a DPhil student at the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Before coming to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 2009 , Alex studied Physics in Australia (BSc Hons, UTas, 2008). Previously a member of Balliol College, he served on the MCR committee for two years, and has acted as a teaching assistant, revision tutor and practical demonstrator in a number of undergraduate mathematics courses at Oxford.


Alex has played club rugby and cricket in Tasmania, as well as for Balliol College. He has defended Oxford's honour in Australian Rules Football against Cambridge for the past 3 years. He is also a keen long-distance runner, and enjoys most forms of outdoor activities, particularly hiking and surfing.

Room: Sacher Building, Staircase 1, Room 18

Room Phone:

Mobile:  07503 464622

alex.shabala@new.ox.ac.uk

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