Academic Services

Remit

Remit of the project in 2018/19

Project established by the University Executive to review processes and incentives for the recognition, reward and support for teaching* in academic careers alongside other parts of the academic role.

To include inter alia

  • Foundational assessment of excellence and/or potential in teaching in initial recruitment processes
  • Continuing and developmental recognition of teaching in annual review
  • Measures that open up – and regulate – flexibility to shift emphasis of roles to and from those predominantly focused on teaching across the career course
  • Support/expectations for professional development in teaching
  • Professional recognition in promotion and reward processes, including those employed in roles predominantly focused on teaching, including Teaching Fellow roles, extending from  Grade 7 through to Grade 10
  • The role of Heads of Schools in ensuring their academic staff deliver high performance in teaching

* including Personal Tutoring