Vacant Roles relating to OSCCA

Opportunities for academics and administrators to get involved with OSCCA processes

Whilst OSCCA handle and advise on student cases, we rely on volunteers to act as decision-makers in our cases.

Volunteers can act as decision-makers for one or more of the following roles:

For academic staff who are members of Regent House:

  • Reviewers for the Review of Decisions of University Bodies Procedure (the role reviews decisions made by University Bodies including the Examination Access & Mitigation Committee, the Postgraduate Committee, and Faculty Boards)
  • Examination Review Officers (the role considers whether a candidate's examination results should be reconsidered)
  • Examination Review Reviewers (the role reviews the decision of the Examination Review Officer)

For academic or administrative staff who are members of Regent House:

  • Student Complaint Officers (the role considers whether eligible student complaints are upheld and if so, suggests a remedy)
  • Student Complaint Reviewers (the role reviews the decision of the Student Complaint Officer)
  • Discipline Committee Panel member (the Discipline Committee considers students' alleged breaches of rules under the University's disciplinary procedure)
  • Appeal Committee Panel member (the Appeal Committee considers appeals made under the Student Disciplinary Procedure, for example on decisions of Discipline Committee's decision)
  • Student Discipline Officer - please see the SDO role description www.studentcomplaints.admin.cam.ac.uk/staff-support/role-description-student-discipline-officer.

Please contact the Interim Head of the Office of Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals (OSCCA), Nikki Bannister (nikki.bannister@admin.cam.ac.uk) with any questions or to submit an expression of interest, and a member of the OSCCA team will be in contact for an informal conversation about the available roles. Decision-makers are asked to undertake appropriate training, following which decision-makers are proposed for approval by the appropriate University Body. Ongoing support is offered to decision-makers and there is no requirement for appointed decision-makers to consider any cases unless they have the capacity to do so.