 Jones was also Chair of Council at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, when the college suffered much publicity because of allegations of bullying against its principal, Richard Turnbull.The majority of the academic staff left the college and wrote to the "Church Times" expressing grave dissatisfaction at the failure of the Council (under Jones as Chair) to allow mediation and address substantive issues.Former principals wrote to the press to object at the way the Council and Chair had handled the issue.