New Academic Job Titles
Role Profile
Current Title
New Title
Research and Teaching
Professor
No change
Reader
Associate Professor
Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor
Lecturer
Assistant Professor
Professorial Fellow1
Professor
Senior Teaching Fellow1
Associate Professor
Teaching Fellow1
Assistant Professor
Teaching Assistant
No change
Professorial Fellow1
No change2
Senior Research Fellow
No change
Research Fellow
No change
Research Associate
No change
Research Assistant
No change
Teaching Dominant
Research dominant
Notes
1
Retain a distinctive role descriptor.
2
In a case where an individual has a prestigious externally awarded fellowship of professorial status then they may wish
to use that title; otherwise, Professor is the preferred title.
The use of the personal title of Professor will be restricted to full Professors.
At its meeting on 4 December the Senate agreed the following:

For personal purposes a former title should only be used in addition to the new title (e.g.
Associate Professor and Reader, but not Reader on its own).

The HR record and public listings should show the new title. HR records will show the basis for
the appointment;

The former title may be used by existing staff but not by new staff or by staff promoted to that
grade in the future.
The Senate agreed that to reflect the new academic titles, the University’s honorary titles (e.g.
Honorary Professor, Honorary Lecturer) should be modified. It was noted that such titles are
conferred for a fixed term and that the majority are conferred as honorary professorships. It was
agreed that the new titles should apply to those conferred following the approval of the new
academic titles. It was also agreed that current honorary appointees should retain the existing title
for the remainder of their appointment. The changes to the titles will require modifications to be
made to Ordinance 23: Honorary Titles.