Senior Honorary (Research) Fellows

Senior Honorary (Research) Fellowships are available to a limited number of experienced and active persons who have recently retired, or are about to retire, from this University to continue their work with benefit to their discipline and the University.

Appointments will be approved by the Dean based on proposals received from heads of schools.

Appointments will be for up to three years. Proposals for renewal or extension will not be considered beyond the initial period unless it can be shown that the appointee has made an active and productive contribution during the appointment.

Schools may submit proposals at any time which may be for an immediate appointment to a fellowship, or for an appointment to begin not later than 12 months following the application.

Appointment to a fellowship carries the following privileges:

• the ability to nominate the University as a ‘host institute’ when applying for research funding from outside sources, with the corollary that the University will receive and administer any grants made, and handle any associated staff appointments;
• eligibility for appointment as co-supervisor of a higher degree candidate;
• access, subject to the head of school's approval, to school resources;
• use of the University Library on the same terms as a full-time academic staff member;
• eligibility for membership of University House.

Teaching which is undertaken by a Senior Honorary (Research) Fellow will normally be without payment. This should be discussed and specified in the written agreement attached to the proposal. However, where a Senior Honorary (Research) Fellow is requested to undertake a significant and unexpected teaching load, e.g. while a colleague is absent on sick leave, approval may be granted for payment of remuneration not exceeding 0.25 FTE annually.

Retiring staff of this University are required to vacate their existing accommodation. A fellow’s accommodation needs will be considered jointly by the school concerned and the Accommodation Committee. Honorary appointees will not normally be taken into account in any review of accommodation allocated to schools.

Support for honorary appointments may be made conditional on the appointees either occupying rooms of staff members on leave or sharing accommodation.

School proposals for Senior Honorary (Research) Fellowships should include the following:

• full name and present appointment of proposed fellow or last appointment if nominee has already retired;
• a written agreement, developed by both the head of school and the fellow, which describes the particular contribution the fellow expects to make to the scholarly activities of the school or the University including, if relevant, the extent to which school resources will be used and the expected/anticipated result of the proposed programme;
• should a substantial change in the direction of the programme or use of resources be considered, agreement between the head of school and the fellow should be reached prior to the changes being introduced;
• details of any research projects or scholarly activities on which the nominee has recently been engaged, and any other information to show that the proposed fellow has an established (research) reputation and a continuing research or scholarly activity in a field appropriate to the sponsoring school;
• publications over the past 5 years;
• learned societies of which the nominees is an officer or member;
• potential accommodation arrangements recommended by the school for consideration by the Accommodation Committee.

No additional funding will be available from the University to schools for Senior Honorary (Research) Fellows.

Proposals for the appointment of retired persons to Senior Honorary (Research) Fellowships should be addressed to the Dean.

Offers of appointment as Senior Honorary (Research) Fellows are prepared in Human Resources.