Colleges vary in their arrangements. There will be a Tutor for Graduates with overall responsibility for graduate members. The college receives a copy of the supervisor s report each term. Many graduate students ignore the role their college can play in supporting their work, which is a pity. The college adviser can provide helpful advice, and may also be someone with related academic interests.
Some colleges are prepared to provide ancillary financial help to their students.
The Faculty of Theology consists of all the resident teachers of Theology who have been enrolled on the faculty list, which is published each year as a supplement to the Oxford University Gazette. A list of members of the Faculty giving their research interests is available. The Faculty is more a collective noun than an institution, but it elects a Chairman and Secretary and meets once a term. The Board of the Faculty is the executive body of the Faculty and consists of the holders of the eight Professorial Chairs, together with eight elected Ordinary Members and a limited number of co-opted members. It elects a Chairman, who customarily serves for two years, currently Prof. Christopher Rowland, The Queen's College, and meets twice a term on the Thursdays of first and sixth weeks.