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Academic Citizenship

Academic citizenship covers activities additional to ‘normal’ teaching and research. It encompasses a broad range of externally and internally focused contributions and is defined as engagement with those elements of university life that enable the smooth and collegial operation of the institution.

All members of staff are expected to demonstrate good citizenship, the norm for which will include and not limited to:

  • attendance at and informed contribution to committees and staff meetings;
  • attention to deadlines (whether for marking or for research applications or for consultations);
  • where included in role, assiduous performance of duties as personal supervisor to students and mentor to junior staff;
  • involvement in positive promotion of the University through public engagement activities and/or open days;
  • effective representation of colleagues, for example as trade union representative;
  • willingness to volunteer for one-off duties

Are you interested to know about various University support structures that are available to Contract and Early Career Researchers related to Academic Citizenship? See our useful resources below:

https://york.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=988df859-d120-4b89-a339-adc4009ef3f5