Research Career Path (RCP)
The RCP criteria are discipline-specific. At appointment, the University to identify (in the letter of appointment) which ‘stream’ applies. See below for more information.
The ‘Initial Milestone’ indicates the level which a full-time Research Fellow (grade F) will normally be expected to have achieved three years following appointment to the grade.
The ‘Further Milestone’ indicates the performance levels which a Research Fellow (grade F) will be expected to have demonstrated through sustained performance over a number of years for promotion to the grade of Senior Research Fellow (grade G). A full-time Research Fellow (grade F) will normally be expected to have achieved these targets five years following appointment to the grade. A Research Fellow (grade F) must have achieved both the initial and the final milestones for consideration for promotion.
Where permanent appointments were made, the milestones form a career path for promotion to Senior Research Fellow (grade G); for fixed term appointments the milestones show the criteria for promotion in the event that the appointment is extended.
The reference in the initial and further milestones to supervision of post-graduate research students and securing external funding will be waived where the terms of the grant set by the funding body restrict the role and do not allow for such activities to be undertaken.
Applies to staff in the following Colleges:
- College of Humanities
- College of Social Sciences and International Studies
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Applies to staff in the following Colleges:
- College of Humanities
- University of Exeter Business School
- College of Social Sciences and International Studies
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Applies to staff in the following Colleges:
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences
- College of Engineering, Maths and Physical Sciences
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Applies to staff in Drama in the College of Humanities
