[Academic] APAP Promotion process: Physics process and key dates

[Paul McKenna]

Dear All,

The University has released the timetable for the next round of the 
Senior Academic Professional promotions process (to Grade 8 or above). 
This email provides a summary of the Departmental process for 
considering the readiness of potential cases and the relevant deadlines 
for the next round. My successor as Head of Department, Prof. Stefan 
Kuhr, will be leading this process.

The Academic Professional Appointments Panel (APAP) meets twice a year 
to consider promotion cases. Potential cases from within the Department 
are considered at a meeting of the Physics Professorial Advisory Group 
(PAG), scheduled in advance of each APAP meeting. Staff considered by 
the PAG to have a strong enough case to go forward to the Faculty panel 
are invited to complete the APAP application form, with support provided 
by a senior academic (usually a member of the PAG).

If you wish to be considered for promotion in the Autumn 2021 round of 
APAP, please discuss this with your line manager in the first instance 
and complete the relevant Self-Assessment Form (available at the link 
below). This will assist you to critically assess your readiness for 
promotion. If you decide to put your case forward for this APAP round, 
please send your completed Self-Assessment Form and CV (using the APAP 
Template CV) to Prof Kuhr (stefan.kuhr at strath.ac.uk) by Monday 2nd 
August for consideration at the next PAG meeting. Please ensure that the 
key evidence in support of each self-assessment score is provided in an 
accessible format to enable PAG members to assess the readiness of your 
case.

Not all careers follow a standard, uninterrupted route. Information on 
contextual factors and any individual circumstances that you wish the 
PAG to take account of (if you wish to share this information on a 
confidential basis with the PAG) should be provided on the attached 
form. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to:
•    Ill health or injury
•    Disability
•    Caring responsibilities
•    Part-time/flexible working
•    Periods of leave or unavailability, including those related to 
maternity and parental/family leave, and career breaks
You may also wish to explain how these circumstances have impacted on 
your work. Please note that the full APAP application form has a section 
for ‘Personal Details and Background Information’, so that such 
circumstances can also be taken into account by the Faculty and main 
APAP panels.

Following the PAG meeting, staff recommended by the PAG to go forward to 
the Faculty stage will be invited to submit the full APAP application 
form and supporting documentation by Friday 27th August (provisional 
date), to give time for the full case documentation to be reviewed and 
for supporting statements to be written prior to the Faculty deadline.

The link below provides further information, including the relevant 
guidance notes and Self-Assessment forms:

https://www.strath.ac.uk/hr/careerpathways/academicprofessionalstaff/academic_promotion/ 
<https://www.strath.ac.uk/hr/careerpathways/academicprofessionalstaff/academic_promotion/>

*Summary of key dates/deadlines:*
•    Monday 2nd August - Potential candidates send completed 
Self-Assessment Form, CV and Individual Circumstances Form (if 
applicable) to the Head of Department.
•    First or second week in August (to be set) - PAG meeting to 
consider potential cases.
•    Friday 27th August (provisional date) - Selected candidates to 
submit APAP application form and supporting documentation to the Head of 
Department
•    Friday 3th September - Head of Department sends APAP 
recommendations to the Executive Dean

Best wishes,

Paul

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Prof. Paul McKenna FRSE
Head of Department
Department of Physics, SUPA,
University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow G4 0NG
U.K.

Tel: 0141-548-3132 (secretary) / 5712 (direct)
Email:paul.mckenna at strath.ac.uk
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