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About the Role

OSS is seeking a Medical & Biological Sciences Academic Consultant to provide expert academic input for the Science, Innovation & Technology Stream, focusing on Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, and Psychology. This role involves supporting content development, quality assurance, and providing detailed feedback on student essays to ensure high academic standards.

Responsibilities

Provide expert advice on academic content for the Medical & Biological Sciences Stream.
Advise on appropriate topics, concepts, research, case studies, and current developments in medicine, biology, chemistry, psychology, and related disciplines.
Recommend subject-specific approaches and academic skills for university preparation.
Review proposed content and suggest improvements.
Review lectures, seminars, tutorials, and learning materials for academic accuracy, relevance, and depth.
Identify gaps, inaccuracies, or areas needing clarification in academic content.
Support the maintenance of high and consistent academic standards across the Stream.
Provide subject-specific input into the development of essay questions and prompts.
Advise on academic skills and competencies students should demonstrate.
Contribute to Stream-specific assessment criteria and feedback guidelines.
Help establish clear standards for strong pre-university academic work.
Assess student essays according to agreed criteria.
Nominate essays that merit an Excellence Award.
Provide detailed, constructive, and individualised written feedback on student essays.
Maintain consistency in applying assessment criteria.
Identify recurring strengths, challenges, or learning needs from student work and share observations.
Collaborate with other Academic Consultants to improve the essay assessment and feedback process.
Contribute subject-specific recommendations for programme improvement.

Requirements

A degree in a relevant discipline at Master’s level or above, either currently being undertaken or completed, or confirmed acceptance onto a relevant Master’s programme.
Deep subject knowledge in at least one area covered by the stream, with a broad grasp of adjacent areas.
Excellent written communication skills.
Ability to give detailed, individual feedback that is encouraging but honest.
Experience teaching, lecturing, supervising, or assessing students at university or sixth-form level (desirable).
Experience marking written work against set criteria and giving clear, constructive feedback (desirable).
Active research, publications, or industry experience that brings real-world perspective to the stream (desirable).

Skills

Subject-matter expertise in Medical & Biological Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Psychology)
Academic content development
Quality assurance
Assessment support
Essay assessment
Individualised feedback
Written communication
Critical analysis
Interpretation of evidence
Application of subject knowledge
Scientific reasoning

Location

Fully remote

Work Type

Remote
Part-time
On-demand

Experience Level

Master's level or above

Education Level

Master's degree or higher

About the Company

Oxbridge Summer Scholars (OSS) runs two-week residential summer and winter programmes in Oxford and Cambridge colleges for students aged 14 to 18.
Students explore chosen streams, build university-study skills, and experience Oxbridge life through rigorous lectures, seminars, and tutorials.
Each student writes an essay and receives detailed individual feedback from a subject specialist; the strongest essays earn Excellence Awards.