Standard Format for Curriculum Vitae Submission
Version 1.0
Last amended: July 2015
STANDARD FORMAT FOR CURRICULUM VITAE SUBMISSION
(Please refer to ‘Notes On Completion’ below)
CURRICULUM VITAE
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B.
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RECORD OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
School/Department:
Present Appointment:
Commencement Date of Present Appointment:
Promotional Job Family Level applied for:
Focus of role and promotion application - Research and Teaching (combined),
Research or Teaching and Learning:
Previous Appointments (please indicate career history by listing them in reverse
chronological order):
Periods of leave or of part-time working (please detail any significant periods of leave
or part-time working other than study leave, or other long term absences during your
period of employment with the University such as career break,
maternity/paternity/adoption/parental or carers leave, long term sickness,
secondment). This list is not exhaustive, please list any personal circumstances which
you consider to have had an impact on your output.
Qualifications (please include date of award, title of award, subject, class and
awarding body):
Honours and Distinctions (please include dates):
TEACHING AND LEARNING
School Duties: teaching responsibilities (including post-graduate supervision and
Clinical Teaching) for the Academic Year 2014-2015 (see B1 of ‘Notes on Completion
of CV’ below).
(i)
Other Teaching: 2014-2015.
(ii) External Examining: 2014-2015.
Publications related to Teaching and/or Scholarship e.g. textbooks (please see B3
‘Notes on Completion of CV’).
Contribution to School’s strategy on Teaching and Learning.
Significant personal achievements in teaching and learning.
Teaching and Learning innovation.
PGCHE (or equivalent).
Please refer to ‘Guidelines for Evidence of Teaching and Learning’ detailed in the
Guidelines for Evidence of Teaching & Learning document. SET scores must be
included here for applications through the research & teaching and teaching & learning
route.
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UNIVERSITY AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
School responsibilities.
University Committee responsibilities.
Other service to the University (including Continuous Professional Development)
Activities in support of internationalisation, including the overseas campuses.
Academic and Professional Activities outside of the University.
Outreach activities.
Significant personal achievements in academic services.
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RESEARCH
Research supervision.
Promotion & Regrading
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Publications related to Research and/or Scholarship (See B3 – ‘Notes on Completion of
CV’).
Top five published research outputs.
Prizes, invitations to address conferences, consultations, research grants or contracts.
Inventions, patents and commercial exploitation of research.
Contribution to School’s Research Strategy.
Engaging with business/external stakeholders (knowledge exchange).
Significant personal achievements in research and scholarship.
NOTES ON COMPLETION OF CURRICULUM VITAE FOR PROMOTION
General Notes:
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All pages must be consecutively numbered. Please give surname and initial as a ‘header’ on
top of each page.
Details in the CV should be kept as concise as possible and information provided on the CV
should not be repeated on the relevant promotion Pro Forma.
With regard to publications, applicants are asked to indicate, in bold, in the left hand
margin the following:
(PP) = all research published since promotion to current post;
(PA) = all research published since appointment to current post;
(T) = all publications specifically about Teaching and Learning;
(PR) = all publications subject to peer review (if publications are not marked as such it will
be assumed they are not subject to peer review).
(FC) = all publications the applicant wishes to bring to the attention of the Promotions
Panel which are not yet published but have been finally accepted for publication.
When listing jointly authored work (e.g. research articles, teaching publications, conference
papers, patents, etc), please list all authors and estimate your own contribution as a
percentage, indicating if you were the main contributor.
In addition, in the left hand margin, please star (*) what you consider to be especially
significant publications, indicating very briefly the impact factor (for journals) or standing of
the publisher (for books) as appropriate.
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Reference may be made to reviews of an applicant’s own publications if the review
appeared in publications of acknowledged scholarly standing. Review by applicants of the
work of others may be listed in the CV if these are judged to be of major significance. It
will be for the Promotions Committees to decide on their relevance in consideration of a
case for promotion.
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When describing teaching activity and successes please include details of both
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision.
Specific:
SECTION A – PERSONAL INFORMATION
A1-10 Personal Information – please complete in full.
A8
If your career has been interrupted in a way which in your opinion has had a significant
effect on your career profile, please include such gaps together with an explanation.
SECTION B – TEACHING AND LEARNING
B1
List the lectures, laboratory or exercise classes, tutorials, field courses, including the
level of courses etc, for which you are responsible to your unit during the 2014-2015
academic year. Estimate the number of undergraduate and postgraduate students
involved in each and the total number of contact hours on an annual basis, presenting
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the information in a table. Describe your contribution to undergraduate and
postgraduate course preparation, teaching and assessment for University
qualifications. Note any unusual features such as vacation courses, exceptionally
demanding classes or teaching in a clinical setting. If you do not regard this as a
normal teaching year, indicate in which respects it is different.
B2
Describe briefly any teaching you may do in other Schools or outside this University.
External examining of taught courses elsewhere may be included.
B3
If you are applying through either the teaching and learning or the combined career
path at Level 6 or the teaching and learning path at Level 7 then your complete
publication list should appear in this section.
All forms of published output may be listed, including patents, editions, works of art,
consultancy papers, etc. (See general note above).
Please provide a complete list of publications, under topic headings if desired, in
chronological order, giving title and full publication details. Distinguish between
articles, reviews, books (or contributions to books), refereed conference proceedings
etc; give the lengths of contributions to books and of articles. If any review of your
work has appeared, please add the date and its location.
Candidates must make it clear as to the status of publications. Publications not yet
published and available for peer review will normally be excluded. Future publications
can only be included in this promotion application if already accepted for
publication and a letter of acceptance is attached to the CV. Other completed
works not yet published may be mentioned in your statement and the Promotions
Committees reserves the right to have the discretion to take into account forthcoming
publications. All forms of publication, e.g. films, distance learning packages, research
software and databases, web sites/web site design/CD-ROM should be included.
B4
Please provide a brief summary and evidence of your successful contribution to your
School’s strategy on Teaching and Learning (no more than 100 words).
Enter word count (
B5
/100)
Please provide a brief summary of your significant personal achievements in teaching
and learning in the course of your career so far (no more than 100 words).
Enter word count (
/100)
B6
Please provide evidence of teaching innovation e.g. evidence of an innovative clinically
integrated veterinary curriculum or successful and sustainable leadership in innovative
course design or curriculum development. Include any knowledge transfer activity e.g.
professional short courses for government/industry/outreach.
B7
Please provide a copy of the letter from Professional Development (or equivalent)
confirming the completion of 30 credits of PGCHE (or equivalent). If exempt from
PGCHE, please indicate reason and provide any relevant evidence.
B8
Please refer to ‘Guidelines for Evidence of Teaching and Learning’. SET scores must
be included under this section for applications through the research & teaching and
teaching & learning route.
SECTION C – UNIVERSITY AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
C1
Describe very briefly any administrative/management duties you currently fulfil in
your School such as admissions, examinations, timetables, seminars, library
accessions, safety officer, computing rationing, responsibilities for technical staff or
specialised laboratory services.
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C2
List the University, Faculty or School Committees you currently attend.
C3
You are invited to comment briefly (in less than 200 words) on any other points which
you wish to be considered. The following questions may suggest relevant points.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Have you any other University responsibility, e.g. Hall Tutor, University
Representative?
Have you previously served the University in ways not mentioned under C1
and C2?
What significant Continuous Professional Development activities have you
undertaken over the last three years?
Enter word count (
C4
You are invited to comment briefly (in less than 200 words) on activities in support
of internationalisation, which may include (but are not restricted to) support for the
overseas campuses, by, for example, international assignments, developing and/or
delivering teaching modules, and supporting from the UK.
Enter word count (
C5
/200)
/200)
You are invited to comment briefly (in less than 200 words) on any academic and
professional activities undertaken outside of the University. The following questions may
suggest relevant points.
(a)
Do you have any responsibilities in connection with Colleges of Education?
(b)
Have you served on local or national committees of learned or professional
societies?
(c)
Have you any training in administration or management or any experience of
these outside the University?
Enter word count (
/200)
C6
You are invited to give details of any outreach or community activities in which you
have participated e.g. going out to schools to promote your discipline.
C7
Please provide a brief summary of your significant personal achievements in
Academic Service (no more than 100 words).
Enter word count (
/100)
SECTION D - RESEARCH
D1
Numbers of research students supervised (current and total and whether principal or
second supervisor) and number of successful theses over the last 3 years. Please
tabulate year of initial registration, indicating year of submission.
D2
These should be arranged as in B3 above (and please see general note above).
If you are applying for promotion through the research path or promotion to Level 7
through the combined or research career path then your complete publication list
should appear in this section.
D3
For applications to Levels 5, 6 and 7 please provide details of your top five published
research outputs over the last 6 years judged to be REF returnable (a monograph could
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be equivalent to two publications) and attach electronic copies of these documents
(either pdf or Word).
D4
This should include such forms of recognition as prizes, invitations to address
conferences or learned societies, membership of any national or international
committees, external examinations of higher degrees, consultations, research grants or
contracts. Please indicate any editorial or refereeing responsibilities.
D5
Please give appropriate details which may include any contribution you have made to
the maximization of commercial activity, resulting in the positive flow of income to the
University.
D6
Please provide a brief summary and evidence of your successful contribution to your
School’s Research Strategy (no more than 100 words).
Enter word count (
D7
Please provide a brief summary of your engagement with business/external
stakeholders (knowledge exchange) (no more than 100 words).
Enter word count (
D8
/100)
/100)
Please provide a brief summary of your significant personal achievements in your
chosen field of research (no more than 100 words).
Enter word count (
/100)
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