ACP 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 institutions.  
• Applicants seek advice on promotion from their Head of Institution (or other senior academic).
• The Head of Institution actively reviews list of eligible employees (provided by HR) and offers them the opportunity to discuss promotion.
• Committee memberships are agreed and meeting dates confirmed.

Applications and Deadline for Submission

• Applications for promotion will be submitted by email to the HR Reward Team (acp@admin.cam.ac.uk) in line with the specified Assessment Criteria.
• Applicants agree referees with their Head of Institution and include these on their application.   

HR Reward Team

• The HR Reward Team checks applications are complete. 
• The HR Reward Team liaises with the FC Chair/Secretary to request confirmation of the FC-nominated referees (see below) and requests references and statements.
• The HR Reward Team reviews application content and takes necessary action in preparation for the FC meeting. 

Faculty Committee (FC)

• After the application deadline, the FC decides on appropriate FC-nominated referees for each applicant in collaboration with the applicant's Head of Institution and confirms the details to the HR Reward Team (see above).
• At the FC meeting, 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, to be progressed to the 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, then creates a single ranked list of applicants for each academic office/post.

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

• The GB receives the recommendations from the VCC and confirms its support for promotion under the ACP T&S Scheme.
• A Report is published in the Reporter in June confirming approval of all promotions.
• Applicants are advised of the outcome.
• Titles of Professors, Teaching Professors and Clinical (Teaching) Professors are published in a Notice in the Reporter in July.
• Promotion is effective from 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 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 reapply can submit applications before the outcome of the appeal is known.