Academic Promotion Schemes

Academic Promotion Schemes

Academic Promotion Schemes 2022

Promotion from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer

The scheme for individuals to apply for promotion from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer is now open for applications. The scheme is open to applicants on either a Standard Academic Contract or a Teaching Focused contract.

A copy of the full guidance notes for the scheme, including further details on the eligibility criteria and supporting information required, are available here.

Application forms are:

Some individuals may also wish to submit an Equality Related Circumstances form alongside their application. Further details on the appropriate use of the Equality Related Circumstances form are included in paragraph 1.16 of the guidance notes and the form is available here.

Please note that all applications need to have been considered by your Head of School and, where supported for further consideration by the promotions panel, also subsequently submitted to SLPromotion@worc.ac.uk by no later than 5pm on Tuesday 10th May 2022. Please ensure therefore that you are aware of and adhere to any earlier submission deadlines set locally by your Head of School. As confirmed in paragraph 3.2 of the scheme guidance notes, it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their application is received by the Head of School by the given deadline. A Head of School will have the right to decline to consider an application if the given deadline is not met.

Any promotions confirmed by the panel will take effect from 1st July 2022.

 

 

Promotion from Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer

The scheme for individuals to apply for promotion from Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer is also now open for applications. The scheme is open to applicants on either a Standard Academic Contract or a Teaching Focused contract.

A copy of the full guidance notes for the scheme, including further details on the eligibility criteria and supporting information required, are available here.

Application forms are:

Application for Promotion from Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer (SAC)

Application for Promotion from Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer (Teaching)

Some individuals may also wish to submit an Equality Related Circumstances form alongside their application. Further details on the appropriate use of the Equality Related Circumstances form are included in paragraph 1.14 of the guidance notes and the form is available here. 

Please note that, as well as evidencing their past experience, applicants are also required to identify how, if promoted to Principal Lecturer, they will be able to make an ongoing, positive contribution to the School and the University as a Principal Lecturer. A Principal Lecturer is expected to provide added value to the School and University, both in terms of leadership and motivation of more junior colleagues as well as professional leadership and networking, and therefore Heads of School and the Promotion Panel will apply extra weight to this section when assessing applications. Applicants are therefore encouraged to seriously consider the information they can include within this section of their application, rather than just focusing on their past achievements.

Please note that all applications need to have been considered by your Head of School and, where supported for further consideration by the promotions panel, also subsequently submitted to plpromotion@worc.ac.uk by no later than 5pm on Thursday 23rd June 2022. Please ensure therefore that you are aware of and adhere to any earlier submission deadlines set locally by your Head of School. As confirmed in paragraph 3.2 of the scheme guidance notes, it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their application is received by the Head of School by the given deadline. A Head of School will have the right to decline to consider an application if the given deadline is not met.

Any promotions confirmed by the panel will take effect from 1st August 2022.

 

Process to transfer from a teaching-focused to standard academic contract or from standard academic to teaching-focused contract

The University is also now offering a process through which an individual can request to transfer from either a teaching-focused to a standard academic contract, or from a standard academic to a teaching-focused contract. Any transfers will be at an individual’s current level and grading (i.e. Lecturer (Teaching) to Lecturer (Standard Academic)).

A copy of the full guidance notes for the scheme, including further details on the eligibility criteria and supporting information required, are available here.

Application forms are:

Application for transfer from a teaching-focused to standard academic contract

Application for transfer from a standard academic to teaching-focused contract

Some individuals may also wish to submit an Equality Related Circumstances form alongside their application. Further details on the appropriate use of the Equality Related Circumstances form are included in paragraph 1.11 of the guidance notes and the form is available here. 

Please note that all applications need to have been considered by your Head of School and, where supported for further consideration by the panel, also subsequently submitted to Sam Bateman, Deputy HR Director (Employee Relations) at s.bateman@worc.ac.uk by no later than 5pm on Thursday 23rd June 2022. Please ensure therefore that you are aware of and adhere to any earlier submission deadlines set locally by your Head of School. As confirmed in paragraph 2.5 of the scheme guidance notes, it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their application is received by the Head of School by the given deadline. A Head of School will have the right to decline to consider an application if the given deadline is not met.

Any transfers confirmed by the panel will take effect from 1st August 2022.