APPLICATION FOR ACADEMIC PROMOTION
2015 - 2016
SECTION A: APPLICANT DETAILS
Forename
Surname
Title
Staff Number
College / University Services
School / Research Institute / Service
Track (e.g. R&T, R-Only, TLS, Vet. Clinical etc.)
Current Grade
Current Designation (Job Title)
Date appointed to current position:
Date appointed to the University:
PgCAP Completion Date
2014/2015 PDR Outcome
Have you applied for promotion before? If yes,
in which year?
Are you currently on ECDP or Academic Probation?
YES
FTE
NO
If yes, please complete the following:
Academic Probation/ECDP
Current Year (Year 1, Year 2 etc)
PgCAP Status
PROMOTION APPLIED FOR
Track (e.g. R&T, R-Only,
TLS, Vet. Clinical etc.)
Change
in Track?
Grade
Designation Sought
When considering the promotion criteria for the level that you are applying, are there any personal
circumstances that may have had an impact on your ability to achieve the required standard in one or
more areas on which your application will be assessed. If yes, please provide details below:
(Examples: Parental leave; disability; long-term absence due to ill health; time off to care for dependants etc.)
PROMOTION CRITERIA
Your application will be assessed against the promotion criteria relevant to your chosen career track, on
the basis of the documentation submitted, including your curriculum vitae and publication listing. You
should ensure that when completing your application you demonstrate that you meet a preponderance of
the criteria for the level that you are seeking.
The academic promotion criteria can be found in Appendix 1 – 9.
Applications for Professorship will be based on academic activity in the recent six-year period.
SECTION B: RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
OUTPUTS
A report of all publications, sourced from Enlighten, should be included with this application. Please
detail below your top (4-6) outputs, specifying the justification (in accordance with your subject discipline)
for the inclusion of the outputs that you have selected. You may wish to place this six-year record in
context of your whole career.
Title:
Type (e.g. journal article, book chapter etc.):
Year of Publication:
% Contribution (if joint authorship):
Author(s):
Justification for Inclusion:
Title:
Type (e.g. journal article, book chapter etc.):
Year of Publication:
% Contribution (if joint authorship):
Author(s):
Justification for Inclusion:
Title:
Type (e.g. journal article, book chapter etc.):
Year of Publication:
% Contribution (if joint authorship):
Author(s):
Justification for Inclusion:
Title:
Type (e.g. journal article, book chapter etc.):
Year of Publication:
% Contribution (if joint authorship):
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Author(s):
Justification for Inclusion:
Title:
Type (e.g. journal article, book chapter etc.):
Year of Publication:
% Contribution (if joint authorship):
Author(s):
Justification for Inclusion:
Title:
Type(e.g. journal article, book chapter etc.):
Year of Publication:
% Contribution (if joint authorship):
Author(s):
Justification for Inclusion:
AWARD GENERATION
Detail all successful grant/contract award(s). Please state the number and value of awarded grants.
Where appropriate, state the number of Post-Doctoral Research Assistants/PGR students that these
support(ed).
Title of Grant
Awarding
Body
Year of
Award
Duration
%
Contribution
Value
PDRA/PGR
No.
PGR/RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Detail your record for PGR student supervision.
Name of Student
Type of
Student*
%
Responsibility
Year of
Enrolment
Current or
Completed
* PhD, Masters, etc.
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SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Please provide a statement supporting the information that you have provided in section B which
demonstrates your capacity to perform at the level which you are seeking. The statement should be no
more than 250 words.
SECTION C: KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE & IMPACT
Outline how you have met, or exceeded, the University’s criteria for promotion whilst demonstrating your
capacity to perform at the level you are seeking.
You may wish to consider your involvement with: industrial connectivity; partnership with private or
public sector agencies or companies; influencing public policy; public engagement.
This statement should be no more than 250 words and be evidence based listing up to four examples.
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SECTION D: TEACHING & LEARNING
Outline how you have met, or exceeded, the University’s criteria for promotion whilst demonstrating your
capacity to perform at the level you are seeking.
Consider your recent (six-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.
This statement should be no more than 250 words.
SECTION E: LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Outline how you have met, or exceeded, the University’s criteria for promotion whilst demonstrating your
capacity to perform at the level you are seeking.
Consider your record of substantive contribution to Leadership and Management. 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.
This statement should be no more than 250 words.
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SECTION F: ESTEEM INDICATORS
Outline how you have met, or exceeded, the University’s criteria for promotion whilst demonstrating your
capacity to perform at the level you are seeking.
Consider your record of external esteem indicators. 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.
This statement should be no more than 250 words.
SECTION G: APPLICANT’S STATEMENT
Please detail any other information regarding career highlights which you would wish to include as key to
your role within the University that has not been provided for elsewhere in this form. This statement
should be no more than 500 words.
For those applying for Reader, please use this space to evidence your achievements, demonstrating a
sustained and distinguished research profile that has brought external recognition to you and the
University in addition to satisfying the criteria for Senior Lecturer.
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SECTION H: HEAD OF SCHOOL / DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH INSTITUTE’S STATEMENT
Do you support this application for promotion?
Yes ☐ No ☐
Please provide a statement that supports your decision specifically addressing the merits of the case for
promotion when assessed against the relevant Promotion Criteria and College Zone Descriptors.
SECTION I: CONSENT & SIGNATURES
For your application to be assessed it will be necessary for this form to be shared with members of the
College Promotion Committee and Principal’s Board of Review. By submitting your application you are
consenting to your information being shared with others involved with this process.
Signature of Applicant
Date
Head of School / Director of Research Institute’s Signature
Date
Applications should be signed (typed signatures will not be accepted) and completed applications should
be returned, together with the following documentation, by the deadline date noted within the Academic
Promotion Timetable to hr-ppr@glasgow.ac.uk:
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Curriculum Vitae
Enlighten Publication Report (create from the author browse view page in Enlighten and export
as HTML Citation (option at the top of the page) and then cut and paste into a word document)
Referee Nomination Form (for application to Grade 9, Reader or Professor)
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