Scheme A: Performance Descriptors and Scoring

In evaluating applications Committees will expect to see a rising career trajectory, particularly with regard to scholarship and contribution to the discipline for promotion to Professorships (Grades 11 and 12).  The bandings and scores set out in the tables below should be used to summarise the description of achievement in relation to the Assessment Criteria.

Scoring Professorships (Grades 11 and 12) 

Applicants for promotion to a Professorship will be assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology: 

• Teaching & Scholarship (70/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (30/100).

However, given variations in role and focus for postholders, an alternative weighting is potentially applicable, for which a clear rationale would need to be made by the applicant and supported by their Head of Institution, using the same evaluative criteria and an adjusted scoring methodology:

• Teaching & Scholarship (60/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (40/100).

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

Scoring University Associate Professors and Associate Teaching Professorships

Progression to University Associate Professor and Associate Teaching Professor (Grade 10) is determined by reference to the scoring scheme for promotion to Professor but adapted to reflect the fact that the balance between teaching and scholarship and service can shift in different directions over the course of an individual’s career.  

Applicants for promotion to University Associate Professor and Associate Teaching Professor (Grade 10) will be assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology: 

• Teaching & Scholarship (80/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (20/100).

However, given variations in role and focus for postholders, an alternative weighting is potentially applicable, for which a clear rationale would need to be made by the applicant and supported by their Head of Institution, using the same evaluative criteria and an adjusted scoring methodology:

• Teaching & Scholarship (70/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (30/100).

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