Role
To collect, review and assess information in regards to research independence and/or Early Career Research status of staff in 鈥楻esearch only鈥� or in 鈥楻esearch & Teaching鈥� contracts and make recommendations to the Staff Circumstances Panel.
Responsibilities
To receive anonymised reports from the Research Independence Section of the 鈥楻EF2021 鈥� special circumstances survey鈥� and assess staff on 鈥楻esearch Only鈥� contracts who meet the definition of research independence
To receive anonymised reports from the 鈥楻EF2021 鈥� special circumstances survey鈥� and assess staff on 鈥楻esearch and Teaching鈥� contracts who achieved independence during the REF2021 assessment period and can therefore be classed as 鈥楨arly Career Researchers鈥� (ECRs)
To make recommendations to the Staff Circumstances Panel regarding research independence and ECRs
To ensure that decisions are consistent, transparent and robust and taken by those with relevant knowledge, expertise and awareness of equality legislation
To consider, record and address the potential equal opportunity impacts of decisions made by the Panel (in accordance with the 鈥榙ue regard鈥� provisions of the Equality Act 2010)
To maintain strict confidentiality, at all times, regarding information about individual circumstances
Reports to
An anonymised summary of this Panel鈥檚 recommendations will be reviewed by the Staff Circumstances Panel.
Formal minutes will be produced, but to maintain confidentiality these will not be publicly available.
Constitution and membership
Membership is appointed by the Dean. It will include:
- the Dean (Chair)
- one representative per Department/Division in the Faculty/School who is a senior member of staff but not involved in REF decision making processes
- Project Manager (Research) as Secretary
To ensure consistency the membership will be fixed until the REF2021 process is completed.
Quorum: The meeting will be quorate if the Secretary, Chair plus half of the remaining members are present.
Meetings
2019/2020
- 31 October 2019 HSS
- 4 November 2019 SoM
- 4 November 2019 Science
7 November 2019 E&D
6 January 2020 SoM
8 January 2020 E&D
9 January 2020 H&SS
9 January 2020 Science
2020/2021
- 1 September 2020 SoM
- 2 September 2020 E&D
- 3 September 2020 H&SS
- 3 September 2020 Science