Appointment of Professors at UCL
Academic Support contact for initial enquiries - Nick McGhee
Registry and Academic Services co-ordinate the process for recruitment and selection of candidates for appointment as Professor at UCL (as well as the processes for appointing to a named or other professorial Chair at UCL an individual who is already a Professor at UCL or elsewhere in the University of London). Registry and Academic Services has similar responsibilities for the appointment of Readers.
(NB The Human Resources Division, not Registry and Academic Services, co-ordinates UCL’s annual senior academic staff promotions process (for promotion to Professor, Reader etc). The HR Division is also responsible for administering and advising on the appointment of Emeritus Professors and Readers, Honorary Professors and Visiting Professors etc.)
The key responsibilities of Registry and Academic Services in the Professor/Reader appointments for which we are responsible include:
- liaising with the Department concerned in drafting the membership of the selection panel (formally a working group of the Academic Board) for approval by the Provost;
- inviting the prospective members to serve on the panel;
- arranging for the draft advertisement and further particulars to be approved and, on receipt of approval, for the advertisement to be placed in relevant publications;
- administering applications received through the ROME system and distributing to members of the selection panel;
- preparing follow-up correspondence to candidates;
- co-ordinating interview arrangements including liaison with short-listed candidates and selection panel members with regard to their attendance, and assisting with accommodation arrangements as necessary;
- requesting references for short-listed candidates;
- liaising with Human Resources Division in preparation of the formal contract of employment for the successful candidate;
- processing expense claims from candidates and external expert advisers to the selection panels.
- Full details of the appointments procedure (Word) for established Chairs and Readerships of the University of London tenable at UCL
- UCL’s Regulations for Professors and Readers (Word)
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