Academic Vacancies

Welcome to our Academic Vacancies page.

Here you’ll find current opportunities to join Magdalene College’s academic community. We are committed to excellence in teaching and research across all disciplines, and we welcome applicants who will contribute to the academic life of the College and support our students in reaching their full potential.

Visiting Fellowship

The College is delighted to invite submissions for Visiting Fellowships for one term during the academic year 2026-2027.

1. Visiting Fellows are elected for one term. Applicants should provide: 
   Statement of research: a brief description by the applicant (not more than one page of A4) of the work that will be undertaken during the period of the Visiting Fellowship.
2. A CV.
3. Two letters of references: referees should write their references for applications on headed paper and address their reference to the President of Magdalene College.

At least one referee must be either a Fellow of Magdalene College or an academic working at the University of Cambridge.

This is a non-stipendiary post although meals for Visiting Fellows are covered by the College and are subject to the same arrangements as apply to other Fellows. Accommodation is not routinely provided. 

It is helpful, though not required, if applicants can indicate their term of preference in their application.

2026-27 Term Dates

• Michaelmas Full Term: Tuesday 6 October - Friday 4 December
• Lent Full Term: Tuesday 19 January - Friday 19 March
• Easter Full Term: Tuesday 27 April - Friday 18 June 

Any offer will be subject to confirmation of eligibility for an academic visa (if necessary).  More information can be found on GOV.UK at Visit as an academic. It would be helpful to indicate if an ATAS certificate will be required to allow time to obtain this. 

Applications should be made via the CASC Fellowship Application System:
 

The Visiting Fellowship 2026-27 Competition Application

Closing date: 12:00 pm, 30 January 2026
Deadline for references: 12:00 pm 31 January 2026

Yip Visiting Fellowships

The College is delighted to invite submissions for its annual YIP Fellowships for visitors during the academic year 2026-2027.

The Yip Visiting Fellowships were generously endowed by Professor George Yip for academics from the United States of America (since 2005) and academics from the People’s Republic of China (since 2013). 

Those wishing to apply for a Yip Visiting Fellowship for American academics must be full-time Faculty members of a recognised US academic institution and hold American citizenship. Those applying for a Yip Visiting Fellowship from China will be a full-time Faculty member of a recognised Chinese academic institution (or of a standing such that a secondment as a Yip Visiting Fellow would bring distinction to the College, and whose primary affiliation is in China). He or she must be a citizen of Mainland China or one of the two SARs of the PRC (Hong Kong or Macau). Both Fellowships are unrestricted as to the field of interest. 

Yip Visiting Fellows are elected for one term only; the College provides accommodation (if required), but is not able to offer this for partners and/or families. Meals and accommodation are covered and are subject to the same arrangements as apply to other Fellows in College. This is a non-stipendiary post.

It is helpful, though not required, if applicants can indicate their term of preference in their application.

2026-27 Term Dates

• Michaelmas Full Term: Tuesday 6 October – Friday 4 December
• Lent Full Term: Tuesday 19 January – Friday 19 March
• Easter Full Term: Tuesday 27 April – Friday 18 June

Any offer will be subject to confirmation of eligibility for an academic visa (if necessary). More information can be found on GOV.UK at Visit as an academic. It would be helpful to indicate if an ATAS certificate will be required to allow time to obtain this. 

Applications should be made via the CASC Fellowship Application System; the link to the system can be found on the College webpage. Applicants should provide a CV, statement of research (a brief description of the work that will be undertaken during the period of the Visiting Fellowship, not more than one A4 page) and two references. 
 

The Yip Visiting Fellowship 2026-27 Competition Application
 

Closing date: 12:00 pm, 30 January 2026
Deadline for references: 12:00 pm, 31 January 2026

‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition

Magdalene marked the centenary of the death of Charles Stewart Parnell by establishing the Parnell Fellowship in 1992. This Fellowship allows visiting Irish academics to spend a year in Cambridge focusing on Irish Studies. In addition to the visiting Fellowship Magdalene College has now joined with the University of Notre Dame to provide an additional three-year junior research fellowship in Irish studies, with eighteen months based in Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the succeeding 18 months based at the University of Notre Dame.

Applications are invited from graduates of any University and the post is regarded as an early career appointment. Whilst the Fellowship has a post-doctoral status, it may, at the discretion of the selection committee, be awarded to a person whose doctoral thesis is near completion but has yet to be submitted. Upon mutual agreement between the two appointing bodies this appointment may be offered to a candidate who will submit their dissertation for the award of PhD within 6 months of the offer being made. If a candidate will require a visa to work in the UK they will need to have obtained their PhD in order to be eligible for a Global Talent Visa. If a visa is required to work in the US the post holder will need to meet the requirements of the J1 visa.

The current gross stipend (2025-2026) for a Junior Research Fellowship at Magdalene College Cambridge is £30,345 p.a. The stipend for JRF position at the University of Notre Dame is currently $62,652 p.a. paid on the 15th and 30th/31st of the month.

Whilst at Magdalene College Junior Research Fellows may take advantage of single accommodation in College and will receive dining privileges. Whilst in post at Notre Dame the post holder would be expected to secure their own accommodation either in or around the campus.

The University of Notre Dame will provide an additional research fund of up to $2,500 p.a. for all three years of the post. This fund can be used to retrospectively reimburse costs associated with conference travel and research activities.

Applications for the Parnell Junior Research Fellowship position must be made through the CASC FAS online application system, including the submission of two references. Candidates will be expected to submit a 2-page summary of their curriculum vitae and a summary document outlining the candidate’s aims during the three-year post.
 

‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition Application

Closing date: 9 am, Monday 16 February 2026