Pillar | Criteria | Evidence of achievement may include | E | E/KE/PP | E/R |
Education | High quality teaching practice informed by scholarship and/or research | - High quality and inclusive UG/PGT teaching practice through module/programme outcomes, assessment and student progression for lectures, tutorials, practicals, studio, fieldwork or placements.
- Excellent student feedback, prizes or awards for teaching, good feedback from external examiners or peer review.
- External/extracurricular student activities that contribute to student learning experience.
- High quality, sustained PGR supervision with successful outcomes as DoS and SS; external examining of PGR.
- Teaching inspired by scholarship and/or research activities.
- Leading on developing and delivering an inclusive student experience through high quality teaching.
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Curriculum enhancement | - High quality, externally recognised contribution to programme curriculum development that has a positive impact on recruitment, retention, progression, completion and/or employability outcomes of students.
- Continual high quality, externally recognised programme level development incorporating scholarship and/or research activities.
- Externally recognised significant enhancement of PSRB, professional practice or partnership requirements, course accreditations or other quality assurance processess.
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Innovation in teaching | - Continual development of teaching practice through innovation leading to improved delivery and/or outcomes using IDEAS framework.
- CPD or scholarly activity to build high quality pedagogic knowledge and significant impact in practice within Brookes and externally.
- Innovative use of new technologies or development of educational resources demonstrating impact across Brookes and/or externally.
- Externally recognised development of the discipline or professional practice.
- Contribution to department/school activities to promote EDI in education.
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Academic citizenship | Collegiate and collaborative approach | - To lead and participate in university administrative processes, including membership and chairing of committees, panels, working groups, project work and quality assurance processes.
- To support the induction of new colleagues and mentor and coach colleagues in building skills and pursuing their careers.
- A leading role in support of student recruitment and experience e.g. open days, outreach and graduation ceremonies.
- Acting as a role model for your chosen career pathway.
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Student engagement, recruitment and outreach | - Leading contributions to student engagement to improve / enhance student outcomes, progression or experience.
- Contribution to student recruitment activities such as open days, applicant days, conversion activities.
- Leading on UK or International educational partnership activities.
- Leading on contributions to outreach activities including widening participation, inclusion and diversity initiatives.
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External stakeholder engagement | - Working to enhance/strengthen our relationship with external organisations such as professional practice partners, PSRBs.
- External examining, professional bodies, national or international organisations/bodies, peer review bodies and our local communities.
- To represent the University on appropriate external bodies and be a positive advocate for the University, its interests and aims.
- Contribute to your field and academia through peer review, editorial processes, external examining etc.
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Self-development | - Your involvement in the EXPLORE scheme and/or external training and development programmes to enhance knowledge and skills to support you in your career pathway.
- Holding an Advance HE Principal Fellowship, National Teaching Fellowship or CATE award.
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Leadership | Leading and developing others | - To take responsibility for leading and delivering an area of the University’s work and/or to take on a significant leadership role.
- Provide visible commitment to and engage with the University’ strategic aims and the objectives and priorities of your faculty.
- Helping to develop the careers of others e.g. as a mentor or by contributing to the Educational Leaders Forum or EXPLORE scheme as a guest speaker, reviewer or observer.
- To identify ways to improve practice and deliver the University’s mission and strategic aims, proactively and positively engaging with internal leaders to drive continuous improvement in teaching, learning, student experience, research and knowledge exchange (as appropriate to pathway).
- To provide academic leadership to your discipline or teaching of your discipline or professional practice at national and international levels (e.g. conferences, validation processes).
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Team, project or partner management | - Leading subject/programme coordination across a team ensuring the planned quality of teaching and learning is achieved.
- Developing and leading on projects/initiatives at school/department of faculty level.
- Management of core educational, professional practice or employer partnerships locally, regionally or International.
- Management/coordination of large RIKE teams or networks including research centres or institutes, large collaborative programme grants involving multiple partners.
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Knowledge Exchange and Professional Practice | High quality outputs and income from KE, innovation, enterprise, or associated with professional practice | - Leading on non-academic (and academic) outputs (e.g. reports, white papers, policy papers), demonstrating influence and impact among partner and stakeholder communities where appropriate.
- Leading the creation and use of tools, resources and training that are adopted among the intended user communities.
- A sustained track record of generating income to deliver KE, innovation, professional practice, and/or enterprise activities from different sources (e.g. academic, industry, NHS, third sector etc).
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External engagement, making a contribution through KE activities and/or professional practice | - Leading partnerships with external partners, with evidence of projects that have delivered significant outcomes.
- Leading collaborative/co-created projects with external partners yielding improved outcomes for partners and designated beneficiaries.
- Delivering the wider impact of external engagement on organisations, sectors, policies and stakeholders based on academic/applied/professional insights and expertise.
- Leading commercialisation projects based on academic research/expertise in the form of patents, licensing, or spin-offs.
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Economic or societal impact from KE activities and/or professional practice | - Leading large scale collaborative projects with NHS partners, education providers, charities, and community organisations, and industry to address social/environmental issues.
- Delivering influential and impactful work based on academic/applied/professional insights and expertise that are positively impacting arts, culture, and society commensurate with the scale and sectors engaged.
- Leading projects that improve equity, social justice, and quality of life, working with individuals, organisations and communities.
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Research | High quality research outputs and sustainable research funding | - A body of high quality, peer reviewed outputs that demonstrate a substantial and sustained contribution to the discipline or area of professional practice.
- A successful and sustained record of applying for and securing funding to sustain your research programme and contribute to department/school research income; including collaborative funding and studentships according to disciplinary norms.
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External engagement, contribution to field, nationally and internationally | - Internationally-recognised reputation for research, including aspects of knowledge exchange where appropriate.
- Substantial contribution to the discipline through participation in conference organisation, peer reviewing, editorial roles, professional bodies, societies.
- Representing the University externally, e.g. with stakeholders, funders.
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Interdisciplinary and collaborative research, and research impact | - Leading on significant contributions to interdisciplinary research through outputs, engagement or funding bids, or to national or global challenge-led research efforts.
- Initiating and developing significant, sustained collaborations that raise the profile of the discipline at school/department, university and national levels, that lead to high quality outputs, funding and/or societal impact.
- Significant contributions to engagement and/or KE activities that deliver societal benefit through research impact including impact case studies locally, nationally or internationally.
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