The Academic Promotions review project continues to progress with a number of changes proposed for commencement from April 2022.
Consultation sessions will be available to all staff to hear about the staged implementation across 2022 and 2023.
The Academic Promotions review project continues to progress with a number of changes proposed for commencement from April 2022.
Consultation sessions will be available to all staff to hear about the staged implementation across 2022 and 2023.
The Academic Promotions Governance Group, has carriage of the review process which aims to refresh and strengthen the promotions policy and processes so that their application achieves transparency, consistency and consideration of achievement relative to opportunity, aligned with ACU’s Mission and strategic intent. The review has included the following activities:
Review activities have generally progressed as planned. However, to ensure that we achieve the best result, some changes will be introduced in 2022 and work on some key activities will continue in 2022 for full introduction in 2023.
This phased approach has been adopted, based on feedback to provide the opportunity for further consultation and engagement with the academic community on changes planned for 2023.
The 2022 academic promotions process will continue from April as planned, incorporating a number of changes emanating from the review. A summary of the changes proposed for introduction in 2022 and those that are in progress for 2023 is provided here.
An important proposed change is the introduction of the Achievement Relative to Opportunity Guide. The intention is for staff, supervisors and relevant Panel/Committee members to use this guide when making assessments of career progression or achievement.
Achievement Relative to Opportunity will be applied in the 2022 Academic promotions round and, following consultation across the University, may be adopted for other processes that evaluate academic staff performance.
All staff are invited to attend a consultation session in mid-March to be facilitated by the Acting Deputy Provost, Professor Chris Lonsdale, with support from HR.
These sessions will provide staff with an opportunity to hear about what is being planned and to contribute suggestions for improvement about the proposed changes to the academic promotions policy and process, as well as the Achievement Relative to Opportunity Guide which will be used across multiple assessment processes related to career progression and achievement.
Please register for one of the sessions using the links below:
Our online feedback form will allow you to lodge questions and include suggestions to improve the Academic Promotions process.
If you have any questions, please email your enquiry to Academic Promotions Review
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