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Visiting Honorary Posts policy

Policy

The policy of the School, with regard to academic visitors, is to encourage members of staff to invite individuals, who have a good track record in their chosen field, whom they believe have the potential to make a valuable contribution to the output of their research group.

If you know someone who fits the above criteria and who wishes to spend some time in the School, possibly as a sabbatical, you should follow the procedure detailed below.

Procedure

• You should assemble a case and present this case to the Research Coordinator. The case should include:

• The Research Coordinator should make a decision within two weeks. The criteria for acceptance should be based on on the contribution the prospective visitor is likely to make to the School's research and in some cases contribution to APE or Postgraduate teaching may also be taken into consideration. If he/she decides the case is acceptable then the Research Coordinator will allocate a title to the prospective visitor (Visiting Professor/Fellow/Research Fellow) and then, if necessary, arrange for the appropriate people to supply a space for the visitor and whatever computer support he/she needs, e.g. workstation, account on a research domain machine.

• The Research Coordinator will then pass the request on to the Head of the School who will send a letter to the Head of Academic Appointments asking permission to make the appointment. He will also send a letter to the prospective visitor, telling him/her that such a request has been made.

• Normally this request will be approved and the Head of School will then send a letter to the prospective visitor formally inviting him/her to the School.

 

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