Senior Academic Promotions Committee

• To determine applications for promotion to professor level 1 and for subsequent promotions to professorial levels 2, 3 and 4.
• To determine applications for promotion to associate professor on each of the 3 career pathways.
• To determine nominations for university honorary titles, including emeritus professor.
• To determine applications for contribution-related salary points from associate professors.
• To advise the Vice-Chancellor and the Academic Board on matters relating to the appointment of professors in the University, and other matters that may be referred to it.

The committee consists of 6 ex officio members:

• The Vice-Chancellor (as Chair)
• The Chief People Officer (as Chair in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor)
• The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)
• The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education)
• The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology

There is also an external member appointed by the Vice-Chancellor and 2 other members representing the Faculties, from a subject area that complements the subject area of the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor so that the committee overall reflects the subject range across the University.

The purpose of the external member is to provide guidance and advice on the appropriate standards for promotion with regard to external practice.

The Chief People Officer will advise the committee as required and ensure that appropriate records are kept and its decisions are implemented.

The appointed members of the committee serve for a period of three years and are eligible for reappointment on one occasion.

The quorum for the committee is two thirds of current members, which must include the Vice-Chancellor or the Chief People Officer to take the chair, the external member and the Pro Vice-Chancellors for Education and for Research. If the external member or the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education or Research is unable to attend, the meeting will still be quorate if they submit comments on each application to the Chair before the meeting. Other members should, whenever possible, nominate a suitable alternate to represent them if they are unable to attend the meeting.

The Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion will attend meetings as an equality observer. They will have full access to applications, to the Google form on which member comments are recorded and to diversity data, and will be authorised to speak on any item, with the purpose of ensuring that the Committee exemplifies equality in every aspect of its conduct and that all aspects of the process are conducted in a transparent and inclusive manner.