Membership

Chair – Professor Chris Williams, Head of College

tbc (CACSSS office) – Admin support

Terms of Reference

The role of each College Sabbatical Research Leave Committee is to:

• Operate within the guidelines set down in the University Sabbatical Research Leave Policy
• Submit its discipline-specific criteria to the University Sabbatical Research Leave Committee
• Develop discipline-specific practices, as appropriate
• Advise Heads of Schools\Departments\Units regarding procedures and criteria relating to Sabbatical Research Leave Policy
• Provide regular reports to the University Sabbatical Research Leave Committee
• Consider all eligible applications for research leave against set criteria
• Seek further clarification/information, where necessary for decision making
• Make recommendations to the President in relation to each individual application
• Record decisions taken on each application and the rationale for such decisions
• Ensure cost-neutrality of Policy locally
• Ensure appropriate arrangements have been put in place in the School/Department/Unit to cover the teaching and administrative duties of staff member for whom leave is approved
• Monitor multiple applications for any one School/Department/Unit for the same time period
• Review Sabbatical Research Leave reports received from staff and seek further information, as necessary
• The Committee will receive administrative support from the HR Business Partner