Staff in academic roles

Professional Development Programme: Sciences stream

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Research

See targets for:

Teaching

Receive satisfactory peer and student feedback with evidence of excellence in some areas;
Undertake University development programme;
Take part in requisite design, review and QA processes;
Increase teaching commitments to College average.

Business & Community Relations

Initiate and participate in outreach activities in accord with the University’s external affairs and international strategies as indicated in the College's plans

Management & Administration

Make an effective contribution to management and administration within the College

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Research

See targets for:

Teaching

Assume the role of Module Leader;
Internal examiner for higher degree.
Effectively contribute to teaching and learning programmes in the College, as evidenced by satisfactory peer and student feedback with evidence of excellence in some areas.
Effectively supervise postgraduate research students.

Business & Community Relations

Make a significant contribution to outreach acitivites at a level consistent with the College's Business Plan targets.

Management & Administration

Make an effective significant contribution to the management and administration of the College, in line with the College’s workload model
Participate in wider professional activities such as LTSNs, meetings of professional/ subject organizations, etc.
Mentor colleagues/GTAs

Science Research Targets

Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication of at least * articles, in which the new Lecturer is the principal author, in journals agreed with the College DoR.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.
External Funding:make on average one research application per year, as the Principal Applicant, to a relevant external funding body (Research Councils, Royal Society, DTI, EU etc).
Presentationofatleast one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Secure researchfunding at a level consistent with the College FTE income target.

Psychology

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication (or acceptance for publication) of at least * articles in journals agreed with the College DoR: at least two of these should be the principal author.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.
External Funding: Obtaining at least one research grant (as main or co-applicant)
Presentation of at least one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Obtain a second research grant (not essential if the earlier grant was a 3-year award)

Sport & Health Sciences

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication of at least * articles, in which the new Lecturer is the principal author, in journals agreed with the College DoR.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow
External Funding: Show evidence of seeking funding through external grant applications.
Presentation of at least one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Secure research funding at a level consistent with the College FTE income target.

Physics

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication of at least * articles, in which the new Lecturer is the principal author, in journals agreed with the College DoR.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.
External Funding: make at least 3 substantial research applications AND achieve a major grant;
Presentation of at least one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Secure research funding at a level consistent with the College FTE income target.

Biosciences

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication of at least 2 articles, in which the new Lecturer is the principal author, in journals agreed with the College DoR.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.
External Funding: make at least 3 substantial research applications AND achieve a significant grant;
Presentation of at least one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Secure research funding, from a peer-reviewed source agreed with the College DoR at a level consistent with the College FTE income target.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.

Geography, Archaeology & Earth Resources

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication of at least * articles, in which the new Lecturer is the principal author, in journals agreedwith the College DoR.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.
External Funding: make at least 3 substantial applications as principal investigator or co-investigator to Research Councils or equivalent external funding bodies.
Presentation of at least one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Secure research funding , from peer-reviewed sources, at a level consistent with the College FTE income target.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.

Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry

At the end of three years, you will be expected to:

Publication of at least * articles, in which the new Lecturer is the principal author, in journals agreed with the College DoR.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.
External Funding: make at least 3 substantial applications as principal investigator or co-investigator to Research Councils or other major external funding bodies eg. major charities who are members of AMRC and/or the Department of Health and achieve a grant that would support a substantial piece of work leading to publication rather than pilot or pre protocol work often funded by minor charities.
Presentation of at least one piece of work at a major academic conference of international standing.

At the end of five years, you will be expected to:

Have produced at least four pieces of work (as the principal author) - including the pieces referred to above - at least two of which are assessed by the University as being at or above ‘international excellence’ with the others graded at least ‘recognised internationally’.
Secure research funding, from peer-reviewed sources, at a level consistent with the College FTE income target.
Supervise or act as co-supervisor of at least one postgraduate research student or Associate Research Fellow.

* The number will be specified by the College prior to appointment, recognising the requirements of the specialist area of research.