Academic careers
This Academic Careers Framework is designed to support our ambition of academic excellence, and to enable colleagues to be the best they can be in whatever academic career path they pursue at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø.
Whether colleagues deliver teaching and research in equal measure, specialise in external engagement or professional practice, focus on research, or on teaching and scholarship, the framework is designed for colleagues and line managers to ensure that personal contributions are valued and measured consistently across the University, support the University’s objectives, and reflect our values. It aims to provide clarity about the type and level of expectations at different career stages with respect to teaching, research, and citizenship and leadership, enabling colleagues to plan and build their individual career paths, and assisting line managers with supporting their development, and where necessary with managing performance.
The Framework has been developed to support our institutional strategy and priorities, providing an overview of what being an academic member of staff at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø is about. It aligns with the expectations and criteria expressed in other relevant University processes and policies, such as academic probation, the personal titles process, and professorial review. It also draws on and reflects the values and principles that govern how we work together as a University Community – the 3Rs of Resourceful, Respectful, and Responsible, and the University’s Values for Working Together and Professional Behaviours, which set out how we can all most productively work together.
