{"id":2,"date":"2018-03-27T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/acf\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:57:18","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/acf\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Academic Careers Framework (ACF) website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A central part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/about-us\/jobs\/our-strategy\">our Transforming Lives strategy<\/a>\u00a0is the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hallamdeal\">Hallam Deal<\/a> which sets out the University&#8217;s commitment to you and what the University expects in return. The Academic Careers Framework (ACF) is a cornerstone of the Hallam Deal for all academic colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>The framework translates\u00a0Transforming Lives into a set of indicators that show the contribution academics can make in order to develop a successful career and help Sheffield Hallam realise its ambitions. It recognises achievement across the full range of academic activities that shape the University&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p>The ACF sets out expectations for academic achievement, across four strands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic citizenship and leadership (AC&amp;L)<\/li>\n<li>Research and innovation (R&amp;I)<\/li>\n<li>Teaching\u00a0and learning (T&amp;L)<\/li>\n<li>External and professional engagement (E&amp;PE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/acf\/files\/2023\/11\/Academic-Careers-Framework-v6.pdf\">Download the Academic Careers Framework (ACF) v6 (PDF, 324KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/acf\/files\/2023\/11\/Academic-Careers-Framework-v6.docx\">Download the Academic Careers Framework (ACF) v6 (DOCX, 98KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to use the ACF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ACF is a central part of\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3005\/development\/SitePages\/Performance-&amp;-Development-Review.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Performance and Development Review (PDR)<\/a> process for academic staff. The indicators of achievement in the ACF indicate the expectations at each grade. It&#8217;s designed to help you and your PDR reviewer agree objectives and reflect on your current contribution, development and career ambitions and plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates to the framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having initially been published in 2019, a revised version of the ACF was published on 6 November 2023 following a review and approval by the University Executive Board. This follows the commitment to periodically benchmark and update the ACF, ensuring it remains current and aligned with the University&#8217;s strategic objectives.<\/p>\n<p>A summary of the main changes is below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The addition of an expectation that all academics can articulate how their contribution has a demonstrable impact on the student experience.<\/li>\n<li>Greater emphasis throughout the framework on the value of contributions to the enhancement of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).<\/li>\n<li>Clarity that references to funding, as an indicator of contribution, refer to <strong>external<\/strong> funding.<\/li>\n<li>Explicit recognition of contributions to Academic Advising.<\/li>\n<li>Grade 9: Emphasis that in order to progress to, and demonstrate continued contribution at, grade 9 with an R&amp;I, T&amp;L or E&amp;PE focus, there must be a peer-reviewable contribution of distinction.<\/li>\n<li>Grade 9: Greater emphasis on the expectation of a contribution to income generation in R&amp;I and E&amp;PE.<\/li>\n<li>Grade 9: Leadership of the doctoral environment recognised as a contribution to T&amp;L.<\/li>\n<li>Senior staff grade (SSG): Emphasis that in order to progress to, and demonstrate continued contribution at, SSG with an R&amp;I, T&amp;L or E&amp;PE focus, there must be a sustained, scholarly, peer-reviewable contribution of the highest distinction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A central part of our Transforming Lives strategy\u00a0is the Hallam Deal which sets out the University&#8217;s commitment to you and what the University expects in return. 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