Associate Membership of Common Room
The founding of Oxford’s newest graduate college, supported by a generous benefaction from the Reuben Foundation, has offered an exciting opportunity to bring together academic researchers focused on exploring some of the most important questions of the 21st century. Reuben College provides an environment that stimulates and facilitates interdisciplinary research, while emphasising the qualities of innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. It supports a community of scholars who embrace opportunities to interact with researchers beyond the boundaries of their own disciplines and to engage with colleagues beyond the realm of academia. The College’s Associate Membership of Common Room is an important component of that project.
The Reuben Common Room comprises the students, staff and fellows of the College, along with the President. Governing Body may also elect members outside of the college to Associate Membership of Common Room (AMCR) under procedures in place at any time. This provides defined access to college events, under the terms and conditions in place, as well as the privilege of college common room association.
Membership entails:
Membership brings with it the opportunity to attend meals and events at the College at guest rates and access to ground floor areas of the College as well as the dining hall.
If you wish to speak to a member of the College regarding this please contact President's EA, Chloe Mak president-pa@reuben.ox.ac.uk. Queries regarding Associate Membership of (Graduate) Common Room - for student alumni and partners of current students - should be addressed to academic.office@reuben.ox.ac.uk.
Membership Categories
Associate Membership of the Common Room (AMCR) is either associated with the post the member holds or held, because of an academic or other interest shared with the College, or with special circumstances. Association in every case must be offered in the reasonable expectation, and in line with the College’s objectives as a graduate society, of advancing graduate-level studies.
For Associate Membership of (Graduate) Common Room - for student alumni and partners of current students - please see here.
Associate Membership of Common Room
Reuben College welcomes the talents and experience of those outside of its direct membership of Fellows, staff and students, and seeks to open its doors to a wider range of colleagues within the parameters of its charitable objectives. It thus, for example, has schemes for Visiting Fellowships, and Associate Research Fellows. Reuben’s ‘Associate Membership of Common Room’ (AMCR) adds to these initiatives, to provide further opportunities for mutually beneficial exchange between Reuben members and the wider community in which the College sits.
Elected AMCR membership is for academics and professionals with an academic connection to the College’s interests and themes. The majority of associate members expected to be drawn from the University’s postdoctoral researchers, but the College also has the capacity both to elect postholders more established in their career, and/or from outside of the University.
Benefits of Association: Associate Members of Common Room will receive the college term-card and the right to book onto advertised Reuben College dinners (for example formal halls and Tuesday night talks) and events (such as seminars, talks and conferences) at guest rates and without the need for a college ‘host’. They will be given a College-only access card to a variety of college areas.
How to apply for Associate Membership of Common Room
Demitting (and previous) Fellows of the College
By virtue of the post previously held with the College. To be held for up to two years, with renewal by application thereafter.
- Demitting (and previous) Governing Body Fellows of the College (Official Fellows and Fellows by Special Election) who have held College Fellowship beyond any agreed renewal period (renewal set for two and a half years for Official Fellows).
- Demitting Research and Senior Research Fellows of the College who have held College Fellowship beyond any agreed renewal period (renewal normally set at one year).
- Demitting Associate Research Fellows of the College who have held this position for over one year.
- Other categories of Fellows demitting office (for example, Senior Research and Visiting Fellows), normally dependent on their having completed a renewal process in post, where eligible, or otherwise a full term of office, where renewal is not permissible.
Agreement to membership is automatic on application (application form), provided the applicant has been a Fellow of the College for at least the required period, and applies within five years of leaving office. Membership will be for two years in the first instance and can be applied to be renewed annually thereafter.
