Professorial Zoning Form
The University introduced a zone based pay & reward structure for professorial staff in January 2012. The set of 4 zone descriptors specific
to each College provide the criteria against which each professor will be measured – College Zone Descriptors.
New Professors are requested as a one-off exercise to submit the form below, duly completed, outlining career highlights, for some areas
focusing on the most recent six year period. You are also required to attach a full publication listing. Should you wish to include citation
data, the University library can provide you with the relevant InCites (web of Science) reports which can be requested by e-mailing libraryincites@glasgow.ac.uk.
The submitted documentation will be assessed against College specific zone descriptors. The information that you choose to submit is
central to the decisions making process, since it is an opportunity for you to outline the continuing development of your recent career
highlighting your contributions to the Subject, School, College and/or University. The information you provide should therefore address each
heading under Research & Scholarship, Knowledge Exchange and Impact, Teaching & Learning, Academic Leadership and Management
and Indicators of Esteem. Reference to activity associated with internationalisation should be recorded under the relevant heading i.e.
Learning & Teaching, Leadership & Management, etc.
Zoning panels will have access to Russell Group and sector median data by subject discipline and publication databases. There will be
external professorial expertise on the University wide panel in the interests of consistency and moderation.
It is recognised that distinction in all of the areas detailed in the zone descriptor will very rarely be achieved. Professors will be placed into
the appropriate zone, normally on the basis of ‘best’ fit with the criteria outlined across the range of academic activity in the relevant College
zone descriptor and ultimately to the zone to which there is an overall preponderance of conformance. Please complete each section as
fully as possible.
Relevant documentation for the zoning of your post into the zone based pay & reward structure should be submitted to the following:
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Recruited Professors – to the Recruitment Department, by email to recruitment@gla.ac.uk.
Promoted Professors - to the Performance, Pay & Reward Team, by e-mail to hr-ppr@glasgow.ac.uk.
If you have any queries in relation to the zoning process, please contact the Performance, Pay & Reward Team at hr-ppr@glasgow.ac.uk or
on ext. 3004.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name / Employee Number
Date of Professorial Appointment
School / Research Institute
Zone Level Sought
Qualifications
Academic - degrees and class, diplomas, etc.
Institution, date.
Professional - names of institutions, including
standard abbreviations of Qualifications.
Current roles/appointments, including date of
appointment, within and outwith the University of
Glasgow.
Previous roles / appointments, including dates of
appointment, within and/or outwith the University of
Glasgow.
Please detail any interruptions to full time
employment such as career breaks, maternity leave,
long term sickness absence, employment status e.g.
full/part time, etc in accordance with the University’s
equality and diversity policies.
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
SECTION A: RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Output
(A1)
Please detail your top 4-6 outputs in
the recent (6 year*) period stating the
date of publication.
Please specify the justification (in
accordance
with
your
subject
discipline) for inclusion of the outputs
that you have selected and where
these are joint authorships, state
your contribution to each publication.
You may wish to place this 6-year
record in context of your whole
career
* Note: Please attach/append full
publication listing to the end of this
document.
Award
Generation
(A2)
Recent
(6-year*)
grant/contract
award(s). Please state the number
and value of awarded grants. Where
appropriate, state the number of Post
Doctoral Research Assistants/year
and PGR students that these grants
support(ed).
Click here to complete Appendix 1: Grant Calculation spreadsheet. Copy to be returned with zoning
form.
Supervision
(A3)
Recent (6-year*) record for PGR
student supervision. Name the PGR
students supervised and state
supervision
loading
(i.e.
%
responsibility of student supervision).
Click here to complete Appendix 2: Phd Calculation spreadsheet. Copy to be returned with zoning
form.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/humanresources/rgbenchmarkinfo/
(* 6 year record is based upon academic year(s). This may include employment outwith the University of Glasgow).
SECTION B : KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND IMPACT
Industrial connectivity, partnership with
private or public sector agencies or
companies; influencing public policy; public
engagement.
SECTION C: LEARNING & TEACHING
Recent (6-year*) record of substantive
contribution to Learning and Teaching,
including normal routine activity. For example,
external examination of UG and PG level,
contribution/leadership
of
PGT
growth.
Leadership and innovation in improving the
student experience. Roles in education policy
development at local, national or international
levels.
(* 6 year record is based upon academic year(s). This may include employment outwith the University of Glasgow).
SECTION D: LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Record of substantive contribution to
Leadership and Management (with emphasis
on last 6-years*).
For example, leadership of strategic initiative
and/or policy at school, college, national or
international level. Leadership in the shaping
of school/discipline in the University.
Leadership in shaping the discipline nationally
and/or internationally. Membership of key
external committee(s) at both national and
international level.
(* 6 year record is based upon academic year(s). This may include employment outwith the University of Glasgow).
SECTION E : ESTEEM INDICATORS
Record of external esteem indicators
(with emphasis on last 6-years*). For
example, winner of prizes and medals
at national and international levels.
Memberships/fellowships of learned
societies
and
committee
membership/chairmanship.
Press/public profile. Invited/plenary
talks at international conferences.
Reviewing of grant applications and
appointments both nationally and
internationally.
(* 6 year record is based upon academic year(s). This may include employment outwith the University of Glasgow).
SECTION F : MISCELLANEOUS
Please detail any other information
regarding career highlights which you
would wish to include as key to your
role as a professor within the
University that has not been provided
for within the criteria outlined above.
Signed: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
(Employee)
Date: …………………………..………