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Swansea University
Promotion to Senior Lecturer (Grade 9) Criteria and Procedures
1. AIMS

The University needs a workforce with the differentiated skills necessary to ensure that it can deliver excellence in research, teaching, learning, and the wider student experience, including outreach and enhanced employability, and impact. The criteria for Senior Lecturer reflect these ambitions which are articulated in the Academic Career Pathways (ACP) that has been designed to ensure that academic strengths whether in research, teaching, the wider student experience, leadership, innovation and engagement, are all appropriately recognised, developed, valued, and rewarded. Criteria All post holders should provide evidence against three of the core criteria and two sets of enhanced criteria. N.B. It is accepted that for some staff (e.g. those who hold Research may have limited or no teaching responsibilities. Core criteria comprise: teaching and learning, research, scholarship and contribution to the profession , academic leadership and student support. Enhanced criteria comprise: enhanced teaching, scholarship and contribution to the profession, enhanced research, enhanced academic management, supporting the student experience (including employability and widening access) and internationalisation, innovation and engagement. Applications for promotion should include examples demonstrating how the relevant criteria (as set out in the applicable strands of the grade 9 profile) have been met. The ACP profiles may be found at: http://www.swan.ac.uk/personnel/informationforstaff/academiccareerpathways Indicative examples of how criteria could be demonstrated are given in the profiles. However it is important that applicants should provide their own examples to evidence the criteria. 2. APPLICATIONS Fellowships)

The procedure is initiated by the applicant submitting an application on form P131432.

Applicants should indicate the strands upon which the application is based and complete only those sections of the form that are relevant to their application. Applicants should also indicate individual circumstances, career breaks or any periods of leave or secondment, or any other absences, for example, maternity leave or breaks for caring responsibilities, which should be taken into account. 3. PROCEDURE

Stage One Individuals wishing to put forward a case for promotion to Senior Lecturer should, in the first instance discuss it with their line manager and submit it to the Head of College. The Head of College will make an initial assessment as to whether the examples given meet the criteria and then submit it to the Director of HR in electronic form, in Microsoft Word format only, by email to Bethan Price at b.price@swan.ac.uk in the Human Resources Department. Stage Two The Academic Staffing Sub-Committee (ASSC) will review the applications recommended by the Head of College for promotion to ensure consistency. If the Committee concurs with the decision of the Head of College, the promotion will be approved. Where the ASSC concludes that a case shall not be recommended, a summary of reasons for the decision should be provided by the Chair of the Committee to the Director of HR who will inform the applicant. It will be the responsibility of the relevant Head of College to offer qualitative advice, feedback and support to the member of staff concerned. The promotions procedure is intended to be developmental. Applicants who are not to be recommended for promotion will be offered an opportunity for feedback on their application through the Chair of the Committee. The University is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and to maintaining its promotions procedures in accordance with that policy. The SGP and ASC will take account of career breaks or any periods of leave or secondment, or any other absences, for example maternity leave. Declaration of Interest Members of the Academic Staffing Sub-Committee are required to declare an interest if they have any close personal association with an applicant. It will be for the Chair to rule whether this is of a kind to disbar the member from consideration of the case. If it becomes evident subsequently that a member has failed to declare an interest, this will be deemed to be a procedural defect, which could constitute the basis of an appeal.

Appendix I Guidance on Publications A complete list of publications is required. This should be provided by all applicants and should be divided into four sections as follows: I Books; II Parts of Books; III(a) Full papers in refereed journals; III(b) Other significant contributions to journals; III(c) Other significant published research output. Each section should be arranged in chronological order and numbered consecutively from beginning to end, using the following form of citation: I Books Author(s), title, edition (if other than first), number of pages, place of publication, publisher, year of publication. Chapters or Edited Books Author(s), title of contribution, name(s) of editor(s), title of book, edition (if other than first), page numbers beginning and ending contribution, place of publication, publisher, year of publication.

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III(a) Full papers in refereed journals Author(s), title of paper/contribution, title of journal in full, volume number, series number or letter, page numbers beginning and ending paper/contribution, year of publication. III(b) Other significant contributions to journals, Other Research and Reports As III(a) III(c) Other published research output e.g. conference proceedings, consultancy reports etc. Please indicate by means of a percentage, your contribution to any article or other published work, which involves multiple/joint authorship. The publications which are regarded as being the principal contributions upon which the application is based should be marked * for national and ** for international. There should not normally be more than four of these. Work in press will not be considered unless evidence of acceptance for publication is supplied. Publications, awards or other achievements which post-date this application cannot subsequently be taken into account in the present round. Minor contributions should be excluded.