Scoring: Associate Professorships/Applications for Grade 10

Scoring Associate Professorships (Grade 10)

Progression to and within Associate Professor (Grade 10) is via the ACP R&T Progression Schemes A and B and is intended to recognise and reward academic staff who are fulfilling the relevant Assessment Criteria.

Progression to Associate Professor (Grade 10) (via ACP R&T Promotion Scheme A) is determined by reference to the scoring scheme for promotion to Professor but adapted to reflect the fact that the balance between research, teaching  and researcher development and service can shift in different directions over the course of an individual’s career. 

The ACP R&T Promotion Scheme A has the flexibility to accommodate the non-linear progression of many academic careers. 

Scoring applications for promotion to Grade 10 from staff with curatorial, conservation and associated responsibilities

Those who currently hold Grade 9 offices or unestablished posts with curatorial, conservation and associated responsibilities in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and the Fitzwilliam Museum who wish to apply for promotion to Grade 10, must select the "Associate Professor (Grade 10)" option in the application portal.  Curatorial, conservation and associated staff are necessarily more focused on research and service than on teaching, so are expected to choose Option 1 as outlined below.  Additionally, committees assessing these applications would ordinarily be expected to use the non-standard scoring methodology available under Option 1 for these applicants, to reduce the weighting of the score awarded for Teaching and Researcher Development to a maximum of 20/100.

Applications from curatorial, conservation and associated staff for promotion to Grade 10 will be scored and ranked alongside applications for this grade from Assistant/Associate Professors (Grade 9).

ACP R&T Promotion Scheme A: Option 1

Applicants are assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology:

• Research and Research Leadership (50/100);
• Teaching and Researcher Development (30/100); and
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (20/100). 

A case may be made to transfer 10 points from Teaching and Researcher Development to either Research and Research Leadership or Service. 

The lowest two bandings (‘Clearly Unsatisfactory’ and ‘Insufficient/Unclear Evidence’) are deemed to be below the threshold for promotion.

*A score in the Outstanding Evidence banding would be expected for applications which demonstrate the applicant has delivered exceptional accomplishments, demonstrated in their achievement of the Assessment Criteria.

**A score in the Strong Evidence banding would be expected for applications which demonstrate the applicant has exceeded expectations, demonstrated in their achievement of the Assessment Criteria.

ACP R&T Promotion Scheme A: Option 2

Applicants are assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology:

• Teaching and Researcher Development (50/100);
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (30/100); and
• Research and Research Leadership (20/100). 

A case may be made to transfer 10 points from Service to Teaching and Researcher Development, or Research and Research Leadership. 

The lowest two bandings (‘Clearly Unsatisfactory’ and ‘Insufficient/Unclear Evidence’) are deemed to be below the threshold for promotion.

*A score in the Outstanding Evidence banding would be expected for applications which demonstrate the applicant has delivered exceptional accomplishments, demonstrated in their achievement of the Assessment Criteria.

**A score in the Strong Evidence banding would be expected for applications which demonstrate the applicant has exceeded expectations, demonstrated in their achievement of the Assessment Criteria.

Applicants already at Associate Professor (Grade 10) seeking progression to the higher salary points (Scheme B) will need to demonstrate outstanding and sustained excellence in teaching, and outstanding and sustained service and contributions to the University and the academic community beyond the University.