Terms of reference

• Report to Academic Promotions Committee
• Consider applications for promotion received and provide the following:
• Recommendations to Academic Promotions Committee in respect of applications to Grade 7
• Advisory reports to Academic Promotions Committee in respect of applications for promotion to Grade 8, Reader and Professor

Constituency

• Chaired by a professorial member of the Academic Promotions Committee (from the faculty)
• One professorial representative of each academic department within the Faculty in smaller departments the representative can be a Grade 8 by exception. The Chair of the Committee should not represent their department
• Dean of Faculty — ex officio member

Attendees

• HR Partner
• Reward Manager

Member requirements

• Members to serve for three years
• The panel should be balanced by gender
• All panel members must have undertaken unconscious bias training annually

Member nominations

• Nomination by the Head of Department
• Panels overseen and organised by the Faculty Executive Group

Annual schedule of business

February/March — meetings to review applications and provide the following for Academic Promotions Committee

• Recommendations for promotion to Grade 7
• Advisory reports in relation to applications to Grade 8, Reader and Professor

Conflicts of interest

• Committee members must ensure they can provide an impartial, fair and consistent judgement. Before discussions begin, members of the committee must declare any conflicts of interest, or any relationship with a candidate that might be perceived as creating a conflict capable of affecting their impartial judgement. The Chair will then determine the appropriate action to take on a case by case basis, up to and including requesting the committee member to physically withdraw during discussion. Where the Chair declares a conflict of interest requiring their withdrawal from the meeting they will nominate an alternate Chair for the consideration of that case.