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Academic Promotion Procedures

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Status	Historic	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	1st January 2017	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	1st September 2017	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Vice-Chancellor and President	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	20th December 2016	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	7th October 2020	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Kirsty Dwyer Chief People Officer kirsty.dwyer@westernsydney.edu.au	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact	Kim Nemetz Project Officer 96787416	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

10 July 2020 – Globally replaced all references to the “Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Engagement, Development and International” with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Enterprise and International.

15 June 2020 – Updated references to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Graduate Studies with renamed position title Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research.

11 June 2020 – Deleted redundant position title “Director, Equity and Diversity” and replaced with Senior Manager, Equity and Diversity”.

13 November 2019 – Policy updated to reflect position title change – Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning Transformations renamed Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning Futures.

5 March 2019 – removed embedded URLs and replaced with associated information placeholder URLs.

30 November 2017 – Amended the typographical error in clause 79b to correctly reference clause 76 instead of clause 71.

4 August 2017 – Policy amended to reflect the position and unit title change of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Research and Development to ‘Research, Engagement, Development and International ‘.

Following a review of the Academic Promotion Policy to deliver more simple, efficient and strategically aligned academic promotions, the Academic Promotion Procedures have been reviewed to ensure an efficient, fair and equitable process.

Applications for academic promotion will be accepted throughout the year. The Committee will meet three times throughout the year.

The University will now form one centralised Academic Promotions Committee, which replaces the four separate promotion committees. The committee will interview applicants applying to Levels D & E.

The appeals process has been reviewed and the Promotions Appeals Committee has been removed. The grounds for appeal have not been altered.

The application form and surrounding process has been streamlined along with the requirements around referee reports for applicants.

Clauses Amended

Procedure: All