Timetable

Before Application

• Potential applicants are encouraged to participate in mentoring support provided by the Learning and Organisational Development Team.
• Heads of Institution should be ensuring that the Staff Review and Development (SRD) appraisal process is followed for all employees in their institution. 
• Applicants seek advice on promotion from their Head of Institution (or other senior academic).
• The Head of Institution actively reviews the list of eligible employees (provided by HR) and offers them the opportunity to discuss promotion.
• Committee memberships are agreed and meeting dates confirmed.
• School and Institution-specific Indicators of Excellence are reviewed and updated as appropriate.

Applications and Deadline for Submission

• Applicants use the ACP application portal to apply for promotion in line with the specified Assessment Criteria.
• Applicants agree referees with their Head of Institution and include these in their application.  

Faculty Committee (FC)

• The Faculty Committee (FC) Chair/Secretary checks applications are complete, decides on appropriate FC-nominated referees for each applicant in collaboration with the applicant's Head of Institution, requests references and statements, reviews application content and takes necessary steps in preparation for the FC meeting.
• At the FC meeting, the applications are evaluated, scores are awarded and applications are ranked in accordance with the Assessment Criteria.  

Submission of documentation to School Committee (SC)

• Complete and checked applicant documentation is submitted to the HR Reward Team through the ACP administration system, to be progressed to the School Committee (SC).

School Committee (SC)

• The SC reviews the ranking and scores of each application, checks the scoring has been consistently applied, decides scores under the Assessment Criteria and creates a single ranked list of applicants for each academic office.

Vice-Chancellor's Committee (VCC)

• The VCC moderates between each of the SCs to ensure a consistent approach has been achieved. Recommendations are made to the General Board (GB) for approval.  

General Board (GB)

• The GB receives the recommendations from the VCC and confirms its support for promotion under the ACP R&T scheme.
• A Report is published in the Reporter in June confirming approval of Associate Professorships (Grade 10) and recommending the establishment of Professorships (Grades 11 and 12) and Clinical Professorships.    
• Applicants are advised of the outcome.
• Titles of Professors and Clinical Professors are published in a Notice in the Reporter in July/August.
• Promotion effective from the start of next academic year, 1 October.

Feedback and Appeals

• Final date for feedback to unsuccessful applicants from Heads of Institution (early in July).
• Final date for the lodging of Appeals (later in July).

Appeals Committee

• Appeals are considered.
• If the Appeal stage of the exercise is not completed by October, applicants who wish to re-apply can submit applications before the outcome of the appeal is known.