Criteria Matrix Professorial -Teaching FocusedStaff Number:Department:

To achieve a band in all categories the criteria in the previous band(s) must also be met. These should be used with disciplinary norms.

Scholarship
Band 1 / Band 2 / Band 3 / Band 4 / Band 5
☐ / a) A national profile of scholarship with significant and substantial outputs. / ☐ / a) A sustained national profile with increasing citation and/or impact of scholarship. / ☐ / a) An outstanding internationally recognised body of scholarship with frequent citation and impact. / ☐ / a)World-leading scholars with an established reputation and sustained body of work published in the top journals and presses. / ☐ / World-leading, paradigm-shifting scholarship that is internationally acknowledged as such.
☐ / b) Evidence of successful collaborations with other pedagogic teams, institutions,networks as appropriate. / ☐ / b) Significant and sustained success in obtaining project grants, individually or as a team leader, or key co-investigator. / ☐ / b) Evidence of successful collaborations. For example, leading grants with other research teams, institutions. / ☐ / b) Evidence of a successful consortium collaborations with major international or major national teams or institutions.
☐ / c) Significant success in obtaining pedagogic grants, individually or as a co-investigator. / ☐ / c) A track record of sustained achievement with ongoing major projects. / ☐ / c) Significant and sustained success in obtaining teaching and scholarship grants as PI. / ☐ / c) Establishing, leading and developing centres of international and national importance.
☐ / d) A track record of sustained achievement within the field. / ☐ / d) Sustained success in obtaining research grants and leading projects e.g.coordinator of consortium.
The following supplementary activities and responsibilities may be among those supporting the primary Scholarship contribution
☐ / e) Nationally used Web or blog based materials. / ☐ / d) Influence on school/college curriculum UK. / ☐ / d) National publications on teaching/learning/ assessment. / ☐ / e) Range of national and international publications. / ☐ / b) Widely disseminated pedagogic innovation, e.g., new software, learning analytics, innovative materials.
☐ / f) Development of nationally used Open Educational Resources (OERs). / ☐ / e) Influence on professional body curriculum and exams. / ☐ / e) Influence on school curriculum outside UK. / ☐ / f) Pedagogic innovation with some international dissemination. / ☐ / c) Agenda setting internationally in the field of study.
☐ / g) Development of institutional level policy. / ☐ / f) Demonstrable effect on A, BTEC or high school level curriculum and or assessment practice. / ☐ / f) Core textbooks or software with internationalinfluence. / ☐ / g) Teaching Innovation with interdisciplinary reach internationally. / ☐ / d) Collaboration with international institutions with a high reputation for teaching.
☐ / h) Evidence of innovation beyond Royal Holloway e.g. other local institutions. / ☐ / g) Leading major HE curriculum/teaching/learning/assessment development in UK. / ☐ / g) National publications held in esteem. / ☐ / e) Award of honorary teaching degree e.g., MBE, OBE, CBE.
☐ / i) Published cases through a national case clearing house, such as the ECCH. / ☐ / h) Engagement with accreditation bodies, as in Engineering (IET), Law or Business (AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS). / ☐ / h) Collaboration with other national institutions with high reputation for teaching.
☐ / i) Core textbooks or software or other resources adopted at national level. / ☐ / i) Influence on international professional bodies, such as holding an elected office.
Teaching
Band 1 / Band 2 / Band 3 / Band 4 / Band 5
☐ / a) Award of national prizes/recognition such as those by the HEA e.g. National Teaching Fellowship, or Senior Fellowship of the HEA. / ☐ / a) Sustained influence of pedagogy, in particular in national arena. / ☐ / a) Leadership of development (or review) of the curriculum or teaching/assessment methodologies or the management of teaching within the Faculty or College. / ☐ / a) HEA Principal Fellow or equivalent award. / ☐ / a) A seminal contribution to the development of teaching internationally in a particular subject area, or in relation to Higher Education more generally. This would be evidenced by international prizes, the paradigm-shifting nature of the work etc.
☐ / b) Influence of pedagogy beyond own department through successful faculty schemes or college wide dissemination or use of pedagogical approaches by other universities. / ☐ / b) Activedevelopment of teaching support roles, such as personal advising, employability or other student experience schemes. / ☐ / b) TEF panelist/assessor or comparable role. / ☐ / b) PI for external funding for teaching related development or initiative. / ☐ / b) Recognition of esteem in education by the award on honorary degree or similar.
☐ / c) Evidence of developing and delivering excellent and innovative learning activities, this might be through introducing new learning modes, new disciplinary areas etc. and might be evidenced by a College teaching prize or initiative award and strong evaluations/peer review. / ☐ / c) Evidence of substantial national/international peer esteem in teaching.
☐ / d) CPD in areas of teaching, learning and assessment, programme design etc.
The following supplementary activities and responsibilities may be among those supporting the primary Teaching contribution
☐ / e) Management of programmes at undergraduate or masters level. / ☐ / c) Reviewer of teaching and learning provision for other universities.
☐ / f) Design and management of successful new programmes. / ☐ / d) Organisation of conferences concerning pedagogy within the field.
☐ / g) Widely used teaching text book or development of other teaching resources which are widely used in the sector. / ☐ / e) Engagement with A Level exam boards or other external bodies.
External Engagement and Impact
Band 1 / Band 2 / Band 3 / Band 4 / Band 5
☐ / a) Evidence (as appropriate to the discipline) of impact of knowledge transfer or engagement on practice or on quality of life; this might be via occasional public forums, or meetings with community, business, health or governmental/policy groups. / ☐ / a) Evidence (as appropriate to the discipline) of a significant and sustained impact of knowledge transfer or engagement on practice or on quality of life. / ☐ / a) On-going engagement with national or international partners in the public dissemination of information to the benefit of the community, or the population at large or to the commercial, creative, education and heritage sectors, including leadership of consortia in area. / ☐ / a) Award of patents or licences of teaching materials. / ☐ / a) Acting as lead advisor to national governmental or related agencies or international bodies.
☐ / b) Evidence of impact on end users of scholarship or teaching. / ☐ / b) Increased consultancy activity which benefits the College as well as the individual. / ☐ / b) Sustained engagement with industry, professional bodies, education establishments, charities or other end-users of research. / ☐ / b) Prominent involvement at office-holding or equivalent seniority in externally funded institutions for scientific, educational or cultural activity or research. / ☐ / b) Advisory or consultancy work that has significantly broadened the understanding of the discipline, benefits RHUL, and continues to do so.
☐ / c) Evidence of Third Stream and Consultancy activities of manifest benefit to the College as well as the individual. / ☐ / c) Significant Third Stream activities of manifest benefit to the College as well as the individual. / ☐ / c) Successful commercialization of research outputs. / ☐ / c) Substantial partnerships in the area of knowledge transfer e.g. Government Departments & non-Departmental Public Bodies, charities, International Foundations, education bodies, museums, arts and science festivals, substantial contribution to national or international media broadcasts, particularly series. / ☐ / c) Impact of practice or teaching on national, governmental or international policy or practice.
☐ / d) Successful development of their own work through patents and licenses of intellectual property to others , spin out companies etc. all which benefit Royal Holloway substantively, and of sharing expertise in this regard.
☐ / e) Major national/international media coverageof scholarship, teaching or practice.
☐ / f) Third Stream activity whose impact and/or income are of manifest benefit to the College, and exceed norms in this area
Leadership and Enhancement
Band 1 / Band 2 / Band 3 / Band 4 / Band 5
☐ / a) Evidence of external leadership through contributions to peer review bodies, committees, learned societies, professorial appointment panels outside the institution, institutional or departmental university reviews, professional organisations and similar. / ☐ / a) Evidence of sustained and on-going success in leadership roles within Royal Holloway. This might be via development of new initiatives and schemes. / ☐ / a) Evidence of enduring academic leadership and a proven ability to lead, develop and motivate colleagues, working to achieve substantive College goals. / ☐ / a) Evidence of an original contribution to the leadership of the field through the establishment of a new body, cultural event etc. / Professors meeting the Leadership & Enhancement criteria for Band 5 will undertake significant and influential activities facilitating the College’s strategic aims. Evidence of this might well include:
☐ / b) Well-developed management skills and evidence of significant and on-going contributions to the administration of a Department/School/Faculty at Royal Holloway through major administrative roles. / ☐ / b) Evidence of academic leadership and the capacity to motivate colleagues working as part of a team. / ☐ / b) A successful and effective contribution to the achievement of the College’s strategic goals beyond the area of teaching e.g. through involvement with partnerships, representing the College externally on matters of key importance, or fundraising or other income generation / ☐ / b) Initiating and sustaining key partnerships of strategic importance, or major fundraising or other income generation. / ☐ / a) Evidence of a substantive, successful and active role in the strategic development and furtherance of the academic agenda of the College.
☐ / c) Mentoring of other staff. / ☐ / c) Active membership of national or international bodies with evidence of how a leading and influential role has been undertaken. / ☐ / c) Active membership of national or international research sponsorship or teaching evaluation panels, or other relevant committees and HE bodies at board level. / ☐ / b) Substantive contribution to College’s strategic goals beyond areas of research and teaching e.g. negotiating complex partnerships, representing College on matters of key importance, or through fundraising or other income generation, which provides the College with a sustained benefit/legacy.
☐ / d) Initiating and leading substantial change and improvement across the College. / ☐ / c) Leadership, guidance and sharing expertise with colleagues at a level that brings lasting enhancement and raised esteem to the work of the group.
☐ / d) Achieving public recognition outside as well as inside the H.E. sector as a world authority.

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Professorial Banding Criteria Matrix_160318.docx Updated: 27/04/18 Author: RT