Criteria Matrix for Reader

Staff are required to demonstrate they have met the senior lectureship criteria plus the additional research criteria shown below in bold

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Research / Teaching / External Engagement/Impact / Leadership and Enhancement
☐ / A growing record of high-level output in the form of monographs, articles in refereed or peer-reviewed journals, chapters in books, and (in appropriateareas only) peer-reviewed conference proceedings, exhibitions, performances, or other discipline-specific outputs. / Judgement of the Teaching element will require evidence of sustained and high performance under a number of the following headings: / Judgement of the External Engagement and Impact element will require evidence of a number of the following:
The Research element will also include at least some of the following: / ☐ / i) Success in teaching as evidenced by for example peer review, student
response, external examiners’ comments / ☐ / i) Application of knowledge benefiting, inter alia, the spheres of industry including the creative or heritage industries, commerce, or society more generally through such activities as consultancy, invention disclosures, assertion of intellectual property (patents licensed, or granted), advice toindustry, licensing of intellectual property, directorship of spin-outcompanies of benefit to the College,performances, representation and public engagement through the media / ☐ / i) A significant contribution to the management or administration of a
department / unit which enhances the effective working of the group
☐ / i) Successful collaborations with other research teams/institutions / ☐ / ii) Demonstrable strengthening of the links between cutting-edge researchand teaching / ☐ / ii) Activities and modes of research dissemination that increase public understanding of the discipline / ☐ / ii) Faculty or College-level activities on behalf of the academic community, such as the chairing or active membership of key committees, review groups, working parties and the like
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☐ / ii) An appropriate record of external grants for research;
□iii) Membership of multi-centre, multi-disciplinary and/or multinational research teams / ☐ / iii) Enhancement of teaching and learning within the candidate’s department or school / ☐ / iii) Application of knowledge to improve the performance of public sector organisations by informing public policy, government, or the culture andheritage sector. This may include, for example, information technologies, artistic standards, or new procedures not otherwise protectable as intellectual property / ☐ / iii) Significant participation in Learned Societies, Research Councils, and other relevant external bodies
☐ / iv) Established record of supervision of research students / ☐ / iv) Design or active development of innovative programmes within the
candidate’s department/ school / ☐ / iv) Innovation that enables transfer and application of knowledge to the benefit of society through industry-sponsored contract research, schemes for employing students, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, industrialsecondments or comparable training provision / ☐ / iv) Activities whose outcomes have had demonstrably positive effects on the reputation or enhanced functioning of department/ unit and hence theCollege
☐ / v) Invitations to give seminars and keynote/named lectures / ☐ / v) Active development of innovative activities within the candidate’sdepartment or College, which adds value to the student experience or employability / ☐ / v) Generation of Third Stream income where this is of tangible benefit to the College as well as the individual
☐ / vi) visiting appointments; / ☐ / vi) Receipt of an internal or external teaching award
☐ / vii) Editorships and advisory roles / refereeing for international or nationallyeminent presses and journals. / ☐ / vii) External examining, participation in reviews of teaching provision held in
other institutions, or the enhancement of teaching more broadly
☐ / viii) Significant contributions to a supportive research environment at RHUL, involving for example mentoring, study groups, peer reviewing / ☐ / viii) Practice placements (though significant administration or the setting up of such programmes should be entered under Leadership)
☐ / ix) In the case of the Creative or Performing Arts, evidence of growing reputation in the field. / ☐ / ix) Significant contributions to the discipline or curriculum through the
development of successful teaching and/or learning aids in the form of
books, e-learning and use of new technologies; publications in the areas
of pedagogical theory, new technology, learning or assessment theory.
☐ / x) In the case of the relevant scientific or non-scientific disciplines, evidence
of research which supports industrial or other commercial development / ☐ / x) Possession of a recognised teaching qualification appropriate to the scope of the role(e.g. HEA Fellow, PGCE, etc).
☐ / xi) High-impact, prizewinning, or frequently cited publication
☐ / xii) Success in grant capture, project leadership
☐ / xiii) Giving of high-profile papers and presentations nationally and internationally
☐ / xiv) High standing within the international academic community as appropriate to the discipline or sub-discipline

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