Academic staff who are interested in making a case for promotion should consult the University’s Academic Promotions webpages.

Please also read the following Humanities-specific documents:

• Humanities timetable for academic promotions 2024/2025
• Faculty Promotions Committee membership 2024/2025 
• Faculty of Humanities CV format

In order to ensure minimum levels of responsiveness, presence and visibility within Schools, the arrangements set out in 1 to 3 below have been agreed by HPRC to represent normal expectations for academic staff attendance across the Faculty.

It should be emphasised that the arrangements:

• are intended to provide clarity about normal and minimum professional standards and expectations in relation to attendance; 
• do not change any aspect of academic contractual terms and should not be taken to imply that the vast majority of staff do not already meet such standards;
• recognise that some aspects of academic work (e.g. fieldwork, research collaborations, external meetings) require staff to work off campus, and that for many staff, certain tasks (e.g. most marking, writing research outputs etc.) can be better and more effectively carried out at home;
• do not mean staff should not and cannot be expected or required to attend the University at other times [1];
• do not mean that staff will be required to register their attendance;
• can be relaxed in certain circumstances [2] with the agreement of the Head of School/discipline/division or equivalent;
• do not apply to a member of staff on research leave or on other authorised absence such as study leave or certified sickness;
• should be modified to recognise part-time working.

The normal minimum expectations are as follows:

1. During the teaching periods of each semester, to provide and publicise a minimum of 2 office hours per week on separate weekdays for teaching and/or academic advising purposes.
2. To attend the University on at least 3 weekdays each week and be contactable by telephone or via e-mail on the remaining weekdays.  The attendance expectations should generally apply throughout the teaching semesters, including examination periods and registration week. However, except on public holidays, University closed days or when on annual leave, staff should, wherever feasible [3], be contactable on any weekday throughout the year by either telephone or via e-mail.
3. In addition, all staff should follow established local procedures for informing the Head of School of absences.

Implementation date: February 2013
Policy owner: Faculty Human Resources
Communicated via:Heads of School/HumNet

 [1] e.g. the graduation ceremony period.

Purpose

To provide the University with a unified salary scheme for professorial staff and to encourage and recognise excellence.

Scope

This policy will be applicable to all professors employed by The University of Manchester, with the exception of those clinical academics employed on the basis of an NHS consultants contract.

The full document can be downloaded from StaffNet:

• Professorial salary review
• Professorial salary review 2025 timetable 

Appointment procedures

• Appointment procedure for School Directors
• Appointment procedure for Heads of Division/Department

Job descriptions

• Head of Division/Department job description
• Director of Research job description
• Director of Social Responsibility job description
• Director of Teaching & Learning job description
• Director of Postgraduate Research job description

• Criteria for Promotion to Research Associate (Grade 6)
• Criteria for Promotion to Research Fellow (Grade 7)
• Evidencing Researcher Development and Collegiality in Academic Promotions Applications