Academic Promotions

 Over the past 5 years:

·        There has been an increase in the success rate of staff who applied for promotion

·        In 1 out of the 5 years, i.e.  2008/2009, male academic staff experienced a higher success rate than female academic staff

·        In 4 out of the 5 years female academic staff experienced a higher success rate than male academic staff

·        A lower percentage of the eligible female academic staff applied for promotion compared to the percentage of eligible male academic staff 





In the 2012 / 2013 promotions:

·        12% of eligible female academic staff, and 14% of eligible male academic staff, applied for promotion

·        57% of the female academic staff and 39% of the male academic staff who applied for promotion were successful

·        Female academic staff who applied for promotion to Senior Teaching Fellow / Senior Lecturer / Reader experienced a higher success rate than male academic staff, at 55% and 40% respectively

·        The success rate of female academic staff who applied for promotion to the professoriate was similar to that of male academic staff, at 63% and 38% respectively

·        Five female and 6 male academic staff were promoted to the professoriate

Prepared by Jane Garvey, EOU, May 2013