UCL Senior Promotions
Academic, Research and Teaching Fellow Staff
Presented by: Eileen Harvey – Senior Human Resources Consultant
June 2015
UCL aims to
• support staff in advancing their careers by
 encouraging and rewarding the development of skills, achievement
and excellence, and
 rewarding outstanding teaching, research, knowledge transfer and
enabling
We have a process that is transparent and equitable with no
bias
Academic Stream
Lecturer
Senior
Lecturer
Reader
Professor
Senior Lecturer or Reader?
Senior Lecturer
Reader
Predominant achievement in teaching
or
Balanced achievement of all 4 criterion
The predominant criterion is research
Research recognition at a national level
Research recognition at an
international level
Innovation in teaching
Ability to continue research achievement
Research Stream
Teaching Fellow Stream
Career Planning
• Annually review strengths/weaknesses of CV - set goals
• Know your discipline and career track
• Building up your teaching portfolio
Promotion is based on
• Excellence and the quality and quantity of outputs
• National and international reputation
• Your achievements
The Main Criteria
Research
Academic Stream
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Research Stream
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Teaching Fellow Stream
Teaching


Knowledge Enabling
Transfer
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Research
• Seminal contribution(s) to the body of knowledge including
published works
• Research grants and other income (as appropriate)
• Impact factors, citations, reviews
• Invited talks, key note speeches
• Peer reviewing activities
• Cross institutional collaboration
• Successful research student supervision
• Prizes – Winning awards
Creative Output
• What were the key research methods used?
• What is the precise nature of the research content within
the project?
• Are the research methods and content interdisciplinary,
and if so, how?
• In what ways does the research content offer an original
contribution to architectural or artistic knowledge?
• How was this original contribution to knowledge
disseminated to others?
• In what ways was the significance of the research content
acknowledged by external bodies?
• What wider impacts have been achieved by the work?
Teaching
•
Development of the curriculum or new modes of delivery
•
Development of new teaching materials
•
Development of new assessment techniques
•
An innovative approach to admissions criteria
•
Distinguished Teacher Award
•
Excellent peer review and student feedback
• Strong record of personal teaching activity (Portfolio)
Teaching portfolio
• Documented evaluation of teaching activities by peers or
students
• Participation in teaching activities which are openly visible
to the Head of Department and colleagues
• Publication records and grants awarded
• Publishing a textbook or other teaching materials
• Leading (or initiating) a joint staff/student seminar or
discussion session
Knowledge Transfer / Exchange
• Consultancy, inventions, patents, licenses, spin outs
• Public engagement
• Contribution to public policy
• Improving quality of life in the community
• Development of mechanisms to support transfer
• Involvement in UCL Projects
Enabling
•
Active involvement on Departmental/Faculty Teaching
Committee
•
Involvement in management of the Department
•
Contribution to the work of the Graduate School etc.
Senior Promotions Process
Cases submitted
(applicant )
Submissions close November
Referees contacted
(HR)
December, to be submitted by February
School Committee
assessment
April – May
APC assessment
May – June
Outcomes provided /
published.
July with promotions
effective 1 October
Promotion Committees
• School Committee 1: Deans and nominated Professors
from the School of Arts & Social Sciences
• School Committee 2: Deans and nominated Professors
from the School of Built Environment, Engineering Science
and Maths & Physical Sciences
• School Committee 3: Deans and nominated Professors
from the School of Life and Medical Sciences
• Academic Promotions Committee: UCL President and
Provost and all Faculty Deans
How do you apply?
A complete case will consist of:
• Your curriculum vitae (CV).
• A brief self-assessment
• Your publications list
• Head of Department supporting statement
• Personal Circumstances (if applicable)
• The relevant number of referees
Referees
Candidate Nominations
HoD Nominations
INTERNAL
EXTERNAL
INTERNAL
EXTERNAL
Professor (research based)
1
3
0
3
Professor (teaching based)
2
2
1
2
Reader
1
3
0
3
Senior Lecturer
1
1
2
1
Professorial Research
Associate
1
3
0
3
Principal Research Associate
1
3
0
3
Principal Teaching Fellow
1
1
1
1
Statistics 2013 - 2014
Professor Male
Professor Female
Reader Male
Reader Female
Senior Lecturer Male
Senior Lecturer Female
Principal TF Male
Principal TF Female
Principal RA Male
Principal RA Female
Professorial RA Male
Professorial RA Female
Total Gender Split
Applicants 2013
Successful 2013
Applicants 2014
Successful 2014
45
93%
58
97%
23
83%
26
92%
43
91%
32
94%
21
90%
23
100%
34
91%
38
100%
22
95%
19
100%
1
100%
5
100%
1
100%
3
100%
4
100%
2
100%
4
75%
3
100%
3
100%
1
100%
0
N/A
0
N/A
Male 65%
Female 35%
Male 65%
Female 35%
• Link
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/proms/index.php
• Process Contacts
Julie Wake ext45675
j.wake@ucl.ac.uk
Leila Edwards ext48392
leila.edwards@ucl.ac.uk
• HR Consultancy Services Contacts
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/staff/hr_staff_contacts_cons.php