Academic Citizenship and Leadership (AC&L)

How can I demonstrate my achievements?

• What contribution have you made to the leadership and/ or management of colleagues, students, quality enhancement etc.?
• How have you contributed to the development of the academic community at a local or University level?
• How have you demonstrated academic citizenship?

What examples can I use to help evidence/demonstrate my achievements?

• Contribution to a collegial academic community
• Contribution to academic capacity building
• Leadership of academic activity
• Lead role in quality enhancement activity
• Initiating and/ or coordinating projects or initiatives which result in clear outcomes
• Mentoring and supporting colleagues to enhance academic capacity and capability
• Contribution to the development and implementation of academic strategy

Teaching and Learning (T&L)

How can I demonstrate my achievements?

• What have you achieved in terms of your own personal T&L profile?
• What has been your contribution to the development of the T&L environment and student experience at a local or University level?
• What has been your contribution to educational practice regionally, nationally or internationally?

What examples can I use to help evidence/demonstrate my achievements?

• Student feedback e.g. module evaluation questionnaires
• Inspirational teaching nominations
• Student data: NSS, DLHE, UKES, PTES, PRES
• Funding bids to support T&L
• Authorship of policy that has informed and influenced T&L
• Influence on curriculum development/ T&L enhancement
• Initiating/ managing significant academic partnerships and/ or collaborations
• Representation on/ contribution to external bodies e.g. the Higher Education Academy (HEA), Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Leadership Foundation
• HEA Fellowship/ National Teaching Fellowship
• Membership/ fellowship of learned societies
• External examining
• Participation in internal or external T&L events
• Publications/ books for external use
• Student recruitment figures
• Prizes and awards i.e. for teaching excellence
• Doctoral supervisions/ completions/ examining
• Contribution to T&L committees
• Visiting professorships

Research and Innovation (R&I)

How can I demonstrate my achievements?

• What have you achieved in terms of your own personal R&I profile?
• What has been your contribution to the development of the R&I environment at a local or University level?
• What has been your contribution to your research field regionally, nationally or internationally?

What examples can I use to help evidence/demonstrate my achievements?

• Publication record of peer reviewed outputs in the public domain of significant quality and impact in the discipline (from SHURA/ Symplectic)
• Publication strategy
• Bid/ income record (from Converis for regulated, local records for unregulated)
• External collaboration leading to R&I funding
• Research impact portfolio
• External roles and activities e.g. work for research councils or other funding bodies and/ or professional statutory and regulatory bodies
• Editorial positions
• Refereeing, reviewing or judging activity
• Visiting professorships
• Prizes and awards i.e. for research excellence
• Participation in internal or external research events e.g. conferences/ seminars
• Postdoctoral research supervision
• Coordination of the R&I activity of others
• Contribution to research committees

External and Professional Engagement (E&PE)

How can I demonstrate my achievements?

• What have you achieved in terms of your own personal E&PE profile?
• What has been your contribution to the development of the E&PE environment at a local or University level?
• What has been your contribution to professional practice, business and/ or society regionally, nationally or internationally?

What examples can I use to help evidence/demonstrate my achievements?

• Attendance at/ participation in conferences
• Publications in professional/ business journals
• Initiating/ managing significant external partnerships and/ or collaborations
• Development of client portfolios
• Cross university/ city/ regional collaborations
• Engagement with non-academic stakeholders
• Engagement with professional/ business networks
• Visiting professorships
• Engagement in knowledge exchange activity
• Income from R&I and/ or consultancy
• Collaboration with business
• Building sector networks
• Contribution to external committees e.g. professional, clinical, business, public, third sector