Application for Promotion to Lecturer, Grade 8

Please refer to the Profile for Grade 8 Lecturers, availablehere

To access the Indicative Performance Levels, please click here

Name:
Working hours (if less than full time)
College:
Current Enhanced Career Strands:

Core Criteria

All applicants will need to evidence the following Core and Enhanced Criteria:

Grade 8 / Core Criteria- Evidence Required
Research / Teaching / Management
Core / √ / √
Enhanced / √

Individual Circumstances

The Committee wish to take into account all individual staff circumstances. Please 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.

Please describe how these have had an impact on your career development:

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Please complete all boxes

Core Management
No / Criteria / Indicative Performance Level / Evidence
Demonstrate your personal contribution and impact of what you have done.
1 / Contributing to our Activities
Taking an active part in formulating College or University decisions and contributing to activities beyond the immediate research, teaching or scholarship commitments. / Please give your 4 most significant contributions over the last 5 years that show your personal contribution and impact.
The degree of impact could be on
  • your students or your team
  • your discipline or department
  • your College
  • the University
  • externally

2 / Participating in Professional Activities
Engaging with professional activities related to the discipline through networking at conferences or involvement in external groups. / Please give your 2 most significant contributions over the last 5 years that show your personal contribution and impact.
3 / Managing Self and Others
Supporting and enabling the development of colleagues, students and/or yourself. / Please give your 2 most significant contributions over the last 5 years that show your personal contribution and impact.
Please note: Indicative Performance Levels have been calculated on a Full Time Equivalent basis. To ensure transparency, consistency and inclusivity, expectations must be realistic with regards to quantity of output. For those working on a part-time contract these levels must be calculated pro-rata. Staff that have individual circumstances should also have the opportunity to share the impact of these on their activity.
Core Research
No / Criteria / Indicative Performance Level / Evidence
Demonstrate your personal contribution and impact of what you have done.
1 / Research Outputs and Activity
Disseminating research findings through appropriate written, oral or other media both internally and externally to the University. / Two 2* outputs
or equivalent publications in 5 years
2 / Research Projects and Grants
Securing the resources necessary to underpin research activity, with success as appropriate to the discipline. / One application for resources relevant to the area per year such as those indicated in the example box.
3 / Esteem / One presentation at a conference, seminar or workshop with external reach/impact per year.
Please note: Indicative Performance Levels have been calculated on a Full Time Equivalent basis. To ensure transparency, consistency and inclusivity, expectations must be realistic with regards to quantity of output. For those working on a part-time contract these levels must be calculated pro-rata. Staff that have individual circumstances should also have the opportunity to share the impact of these on their activity.
Enhanced Teaching and Scholarship
No / Criteria / Indicative Performance Level / Evidence
Demonstrate your personal contribution and impact of what you have done.
1 / Teaching Delivery and Review
Effective delivery of the teaching, assessment and quality assurance of modules or other equivalent components of the taught portfolio. Reviewing course content and materials, and developing, designing and updating materials in compliance with quality standards. / Delivery
  • Evidence of impact of teaching
-improved progression/ retention
-academic mentoring
  • Module Feedback Scores for PDR module feedback questions 1, 2 and 3 of at least the lower quartile averaged over a 3 year period
  • Responsibility for a number of Undergraduate modules, reviewing and updating the module/parts of module or creating new modules within 3 years.
  • Evidence of successful student project supervision (showing number of students supervised, supporting them through the research process).
  • Evidence of successful feedback from professional learners.
Review
  • Evidence of
-pro-actively seeking feedback
-improvements made as a result of the feedback
-positive impact
2 / Teaching Innovation
Teaching practice based on own or other’s innovation, informed by own or others’ research or informed by professional practice.
This includes (i) the teaching activities which the individual engages in, and (ii) content of the teaching which the individual imparts being up-to-date knowledge. / Successful implementation of teaching innovation with evidence of feedback from peers and demonstrable action that has led to improvement.
3 / Esteem
Success in contributing to the wider academic community with demonstrable impact and recognition from internal and external sources.
Contribution to institutional teaching impact. /
  • Fellowship of HEA or equivalent.
  • Evidence of contribution at college and/or institutional level.
  • External recognition via specialist role.
  • At least 1 publication and 1 conference presentation in a 3 year period.

4 / Advancing Practice
Responsibility for advancing personal teaching practice. It is anticipated that responsibility will normally grow each year towards a full grade 9 competency by the end of 5 years at the latest. /
  • Academy contribution (workshop/champion/ conference) within 3 years.
  • At least one CPD activity in the last year and evidence of its impact on teaching.
  • Submitting an application for L&T funding within 3 years.

Please note: Indicative Performance Levels have been calculated on a Full Time Equivalent basis. To ensure transparency, consistency and inclusivity, expectations must be realistic with regards to quantity of output. For those working on a part-time contract these levels must be calculated pro-rata. Staff that have individual circumstances should also have the opportunity to share the impact of these on their activity.
Signatures: / Role holder ………………………………………………… Date ………………………………………………………..
I confirm that the information given in this form is a true and accurate account of the role holder’s job as at the effective date.
Line Manager ……………………………………………….. Date …………………………………………………………
I confirm that this request for a Lecturer Grade 8 is comparable to others on that grade within the College of …………………..and that this meets the strategic and operational priorities of the College.
Head of College …………………………………………….. Date ……………………………………………………………

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