Promotion

A to Z

• Academic promotion policy

  The University of York’s academic promotions process is designed to recognise and reward excellent performance that supports the delivery of University objectives in a fair and transparent way.

• Career and development support

  To be eligible for academic promotion, you must be able to demonstrate your level of performance against the promotion criteria.

• Criteria and eligibility

  To be eligible for academic promotion, you must be able to demonstrate your level of performance against the promotion criteria.

• Prepare and apply for academic promotion

  To be eligible for academic promotion, you must be able to demonstrate your level of performance against the promotion criteria.

• Timeline of academic promotions process

  What is happening and what the current stage of the academic promotions process is. Note you can always begin making an application at any date but submissions are during a specific window.

• Academic promotion: overview

• Example applications

  A growing list of example applications for academic promotions.

• Apply for academic promotion

  Your application needs to be completed by noon on 26 January 2024

• Video: Academic promotion webinar, 10 December 2020

  Live recording of the academic promotions webinar run on 10 December 2020

• Retention of academic, research and teaching staff through promotion

  Heads of Department may propose the promotion of a member of staff for the purpose of retention.

Promotion criteria

• Promotion criteria: an overview

  Promotion is based on demonstrating your level of performance against York's promotion criteria

• Academic citizenship

• Research

• Teaching, scholarship and professional practice

Who's involved

• Academic Promotions Committee

• Faculty Promotions Panels

• Heads of Departments: role and guidance

  Guidance for Heads of Department on their role in the academic promotion process

Further reading

• Policy: Academic promotion

• Principles: Academic promotion