Academic Staff Affiliations & Reporting Sub Structures

Substructure

Purpose / Principles

Teaching program

• Comprise courses that are grouped into themes with a recommended maximum of 4 teaching programs per college.
• Forums to discuss educational improvements in terms of pedagogy and course/topic development and sustainability.
• Bring innovation to our education offerings.
• People affiliated with Teaching Programs are staff who teach Topics that belong to that Teaching Program.
• A person can be affiliated with more than one Teaching Program concurrently. The main teaching program should indicate a higher allocation percentage.
• The main Teaching Program is the one that aligns with their academic discipline, and they spend the majority of their time teaching in.

Research section

• Configured primarily around common research interests, which might be discipline related or might revolve around shared access to research equipment, facilities, etc.
• Comprise a number of academic staff representing some degree of research synergy across a number of research groups.
• House each college’s recognised research groups, which provide critical mass and discipline depth to our research expertise.
• Devoted to developing research capability and capacity.
• A person can be affiliated with more than one Research Section concurrently. The main research section should indicate a higher allocation percentage.
• The main Research Section is the one that aligns with their academic discipline, and they spend the majority of research time working in.

Research theme

• Strategically important to the growth of the college and that are designed to achieve our ambitious vision for research as defined in the 2025 Agenda: Making a Difference.
• Run across research sections in order to bring together complementary research expertise to tackle complex challenges faced by the wider society.
• Expected to cross college boundaries for the same reasons and these will often be agreed at a University level.
• Research Themes have key performance indicators. They are expected to change over time to take advantage of emerging opportunities and new strategic directions.
• A person can be affiliated with more than one Research Theme concurrently. The main research theme should indicate a higher allocation percentage.
• The main Research Theme is the one that aligns with their academic discipline, and they spend the majority of research time working in.

Teaching section

• Teaching sections can be created by colleges for their own internal reporting purposes.
• Teaching sections can be used to group people into common areas of academic discipline.