All staff who wish to be considered for promotion through the Academic Promotion process should ensure their application form (and associated documentation) should be submitted to the academic.promotions@sussex.ac.uk inbox by the 13^th March 2023. 

Guidance notes, key documents and forms to assist in the preparation of your application can be found on the Promotion webpages. Please read this information carefully as applications that do not follow the guidelines may not be considered. 

FAQ’s have been produced and these can all be found on the advice and guidance page for further assistance. 

If you have any queries which are not addressed in the guidance documents, or on the advice and guidance page, please email academic.promotions@sussex.ac.uk.

Please submit all applications to academic.promotions@sussex.ac.uk by 9am on Monday 13 March 2023.

An outline timeline of the process is:

Monday 30^th January 2023 – Academic Promotions Applications Open

Monday 13^th March 2023 – Academic Promotions Applications Close

Monday 27^th March – Friday 21^st April 2023 – First Panel Meeting of the School Promotions Committee (SPC)

Monday 24^th April - Friday 28^th April 2023 – Outcome Letters sent following First Panel Meeting

Monday 12^th June 2023 – Education and Scholarship Panel Meeting

Monday 10^th July – Friday 28^th July 2023 – Second Panel Meeting of the School Promotions Committee (SPC)

Monday 31^st July - Friday 4^th August 2023 – Outcome Letters sent following Second Panel Meeting

Early September 2023 – The Academic Promotions, Advancements and Titles Committee (APATC) meeting to confirm promotions to Reader and Professor

Mid-Late September 2023 - Outcome Letters sent following APATC Meeting for Reader and Professor

The effective date for all promotions will be 1 October 2023. 

All successful Reader and Professor promotions will be processed in line with the November 2023 pay-run, and back-dated accordingly.

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