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About the Role

Oxbridge Summer Scholars (OSS) runs two-week residential summer and winter programmes in Oxford and Cambridge colleges for students aged 14 to 18. We are seeking a Law, Politics & International Relations Academic Consultant to provide expert academic input into the OSS Science, Innovation & Technology Stream, focusing on Law, Politics, International Relations and Philosophy. The role involves supporting content development, quality assurance, and providing detailed feedback on student essays.

Responsibilities

Provide expert advice on the academic content of the Law, Politics & International Relations Stream.
Advise on appropriate topics, concepts, theories, cases, debates and current developments across law, politics and international relations.
Recommend subject-specific approaches and academic skills for university preparation.
Review proposed content and suggest improvements.
Review selected lectures, seminars, tutorials, learning materials for academic accuracy, relevance, depth, and level.
Identify gaps, inaccuracies, or areas requiring clarification.
Support the maintenance of high and consistent academic standards.
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 a clear standard 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.
Maintain consistency in applying assessment criteria.
Identify recurring strengths, challenges, or learning needs from student work.
Collaborate with other Academic Consultants to improve the essay assessment and feedback process.
Contribute subject-specific recommendations to continuous 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, encouraging, yet honest feedback.
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 (desirable).

Skills

Subject-matter expertise in Law, Politics & International Relations
Academic feedback
Content review
Quality assurance
Assessment
Written communication

Location

Fully remote

Work Type

On-demand
Part-time

Experience Level

Master's level or above

Education Level

Master's degree

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 their chosen stream, 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.