Promotions Process Faculty Positions UK Lecturer Probation then

Promotions Process

Faculty Positions • • • UK Lecturer (Probation then tenure) Senior Lecturer Reader Professor • • • US Instructor (1 year) Assistant Professor (2 years) Associate Professor (5 years) Full Professor (tenure)

Professors in Birmingham • 4 levels • Level 1 Most • Level 2 Highest usually expected to achieve • Level 3 Exceptional role or truly distinguished researcher or teacher (few) • Level 4? ? ?

Promotions process UK • Promotion bars are in place • Institute promotions committee • College promotions committee • University promotions committee • Total time ? ? ?

Contracts • Do I have two legs or three legs? • Learning and teaching • Research • Management and administration

Learning and teaching • Current teaching • Role as a personal tutor/mentor (49 Ph. D students? ) • Teaching development/pedadogy (innovation, career development, teaching related publications) • Management of teaching • Academic leadership in teaching • Invitations to other institutions • External examiner

Research • Publications (number) • Publications importance (impact factor/citations/H factor) • Research grants • Research grant applications • Research students • Invited talks • Organised meetings • Paper reviewing/Grant reviewing • Review panels

Management and Administration • • Management and administrative roles Contribution to above Contribution to corporate life Wider contribution • Me? Head of PERCAT, Chair Research Development Fund, University Academic Lead for BMSU