To Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Principal, Somerville College, and Chair of Conference of Colleges,
To John Bowers QC,Principal, Brasenose College, and Deputy Chair of Conference of Colleges,

To Prof Sir John Vickers, Warden, All Souls College,
To Dr Nicola Trott, Senior Tutor, Balliol College,
To Dr Simon Smith, Senior Tutor, Brasenose College,
To Prof Dirk Aarts, Senior Censor, Christ Church College,
To Dr Mark Wormald, Senior Tutor, Corpus Christi College,
To Dr Chris Ballinger, Academic Dean, Exeter College,
To Dr Alison Stenton, Senior Tutor, Green Templeton College,
To Prof Lesley Smith, Senior Tutor, Harris Manchester College,
To Prof Claire Vallance, Senior Tutor, Hertford College,
To Dr Alexandra Lumbers, Academic Director, Jesus College,
To Dr Alisdair Rogers, Senior Tutor, Keble College,
To Dr Yasmin Khan, Senior Tutor, Kellogg College,
To Dr Anne Mullen, Senior Tutor, Lady Margaret Hall,
To Dr Jane Hovers, Senior Tutor, Linacre College,
To Dr Lydia Matthews, Senior Tutor, Lincoln College,
To Dr Mark Pobjoy, Senior Tutor, Magdalen College,
To Dr Helen Lacey, Acting Senior Tutor, Mansfield College,
To Dr Jane Gover, Senior Tutor, Merton College,
To Dr William Poole, Senior Tutor, New College,
To Dr Eleni Kechagia-Ovseiko, Senior Tutor, Nuffield College,
To Prof Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, Senior Tutor, Oriel College,
To Ms Nancy Braithwaite, Academic Director, Pembroke College,
To Prof Seth Whidden, Senior Tutor, The Queen’s College,
To Dr Caroline Mawson, Senior Tutor, Reuben College,
To Dr Shannon McKellar, Senior Tutor, St Anne’s College
To Prof Christopher Gerry, Senior Tutor, St Anthony’s College,
To Prof Marc Mulholland, Senior Tutor, St Catherine’s College,
To Dr Joanna Ashbourn, Senior Tutor, St Cross College,
To Prof Robert Wilkins, Senior Tutor, St Edmund Hall,
To Dr Sarah Norman, Senior Tutor, St Hilda’s College,
To Prof Robert Vilain, Senior Tutor, St Hugh’s College,
To Dr Matthew Nicholls, Senior Tutor, St John’s College,
To Prof Mark Moloney, Senior Tutor, St Peter’s College,
To Dr Stephen Rayner, Senior Tutor, Somerville College,
To Dr Rebecca Bullard, Senior Tutor, Trinity College,
To Dr Andrew Bell, Senior Tutor, University College,
To Dr Michael Froggatt, Senior Tutor, Wadham College,
To Ms Emily Eastham, Senior Tutor, Wolfson College
To Prof Daniel Neyland, Senior Tutor, Worcester College


We, the undersigned, are writing to you as students, staff, and alumni of the University of Oxford, in solidarity with the graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, tutors, and stipendiary lecturers who teach for the Collegiate University.

Tutorials are at the heart of Oxford’s “world leading” undergraduate teaching. Many of the academic workers who deliver this teaching are severely underpaid. Once the hours spent preparing sessions, marking work, and completing the associated administrative tasks are factored in, many are earning significantly less than the Oxford Living Wage of £10.31.

The lack of predictable working hours, secure contracts, and transparent systems for allocating teaching work, all contribute to the precarity and uncertainty that these tutors face. The petition calls on the collegiate University to provide paid training, fair pay and contracts for the casualised staff who teach undergraduates across Oxford colleges. At present, this work is underpaid and precarious - a situation that benefits neither tutors nor their students.

The petition is here: https://forms.gle/PKydkgxVc4cG8Y76A 
We urge you to contact the Oxford UCU branch to discuss these issues further.

If you would like to sign on behalf of a group, society or campaign, then please email us at oxfordanticas@gmail.com

If you are a postgraduate student, postdoc, tutor, or stipendiary lecturer who teaches undergraduate students for the Collegiate University, you can sign Oxford UCU's petition here: https://forms.gle/PKydkgxVc4cG8Y76A

While the central University recognises trades unions, Oxford’s constituent colleges do not. Although this means UCU cannot collectively bargain with colleges, we can and frequently do offer guidance and support to members who are employed on college-only contracts. If you are an enrolled PhD student who is also contracted to teach at the higher education institution at which you are registered for your PhD studies, we offer free membership for up to four years. Join UCU online here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/join