R&T pathway: what to include in your application

When completing the application form via the ACP Application Portal, you will be guided through the following sections of the form:

Application details

  • Which office you are applying for, choosing from Professor at Grade 12, Clinical Professor, Professor (Grade 11) or Associate Professor (Grade 10).
  • If applying for an Associate Professorship (Grade 10), you must indicate whether you want your application to be evaluated by reference to Option 1 weighting (research-weighted) or Option 2 weighting (teaching-weighted). These options are explained in more detail in the Scoring section.  You are advised to discuss this with your Head of Institution and/or ACP Application Support Scheme Adviser prior to applying.
  • If applying for a Professorship at Grade 12, a Clinical Professorship or a Professorship (Grade 11), you will be asked to provide the proposed title for your Professorship/Clinical Professorship, should your application for promotion be successful.  Your title should be relevant to your field, and you must discuss and agree the proposed title with your Head of Institution before submitting your application.
  • You will be asked if your application is multidisciplinary.  If it is, your personal statement should explain the multidisciplinary nature of your work and indicate which institutions your work mostly concerns.
  • You will be asked if you would like your College Teaching to be considered as part of your application.
  • You will be asked if you hold a clinical/NHS contract, or if you carry out clinical veterinary work. If you answer yes to either of these questions, please ensure you refer to these details in your personal statement. 
  • You will be asked if you believe that contextual factors should be taken into consideration when evaluating your application. More details on this can be found on here.

Personal Details

These details will be pre-populated but can be edited if necessary.  If you use a different surname professionally, please provide it in this section.

Personal Statement

Please refer to this page for more details.

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

This section can be completed using the online layout on the form or uploaded as a PDF.  This should be a concise CV of no more than two sides of A4 (500 words), including any annotations. Please note that if you complete the online layout of the CV, when a PDF version of the application is generated, the CV may slightly exceed the two-page limit, which is permissible.

If preferred, you can choose to provide a narrative CV but please ensure that it still contains the information below to ensure consistency in the information received by committees.

Your CV should include the following:

  • Professional History, including all current and previous professional appointments held. Please include your role title, place of work, start dates and end dates (where applicable).
  • Education and Qualifications, including details of degrees, diplomas and/or other qualifications, and where and when obtained.
  • Appointments and Affiliations, including memberships of professional bodies, learned societies, advisory bodies, peer review activities (grants, journals, books etc), editorships etc, with start, and where relevant, end dates
  • Prizes, Awards and Honours, including elections to prestigious professional/scientific bodies, providing the full name of the awarding/electing body and the year of the award/election.