Evidence should be provided of the extent to which you meet the following criteria:
outstanding contribution to the University through academic leadership (beyond what would normally be expected, e.g. of a Head of Department)
ability to influence, stimulate and inspire other
outstanding contribution in at least two of the University’s core activities, i.e. teaching and learning, research, and knowledge exchange and enterprise; commitment to the future development of these core activities and a capacity to contribute to the leadership of these activities within their discipline and more widely within the University.
In determining whether the criteria are met, the panel will look for evidence of:
outstanding and sustained leadership of a major academic function within the University in a way which distinguishes the candidate
developing or sustaining the faculty and the University’s prominence and profile at a national level, beyond its ‘core business’ and beyond the sum of its parts
leadership skills in designing and implementing substantial organisational change and/or building new institutional capacity within the faculty and University, e.g. new research centre, research culture, teaching quality
commitment to the future academic leadership within or across the core activities of the University
capacity and acceptance of responsibility for providing academic leadership within the University.
In addition, evidence will be required of a distinctive record of achievement in at least two of the University’s core activities, as follows: