University of New South Wales - Human Resources - Information Paper - Appointment of Academic Research Staff, Human Resources, UNSW

INFORMATION PAPER

Approving Authority:	Director, Human Resources
Date of Approval:	May 2000
Last Amended:	December 2006
Contact Officer:	Industrial Relations Advisory Unit

Clause 16.0(d) of the UNSW (Academic Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2006 (the Academic Agreement) states that:

A research only employee will be appointed at a level at least consistent with the "Guidelines for Appointment of Academic Research Staff" which were in place on the day before the commencement of the Agreement.

The above guidelines are contained in Schedule 6 of the UNSW (Academic Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2003. A copy of the guidelines can be obtained by clicking here.

Categories of research staff listed in clause 1 of Schedule 6 will be recognised as academics. Other research positions will be considered academic if they meet any one of the four criteria below. These staff will therefore be covered by the terms of the academic Agreement and be entitled to the conditions of employment enjoyed by academic staff.

Otherwise, research positions such as Research Assistants, Research Officers, or Senior Research Officers will be designated general staff positions and covered by general staff conditions of employment.

Criteria for status as academic research staff

One of the following criteria should be met for an employee undertaking research only duties to be appointed as a member of academic staff. The person:

must have primary or significant responsibility for leading a research project/s provided that, in the case of a Level A academic research appointment, the conduct of research may be under limited supervision either as a member of a team or independently and the academic demonstrates intellectual contribution to research as is the norm of the discipline;
must have received his or her Fellowship through a rigorous selection process;
is regarded internationally or nationally as an expert in his or her field of study or research;or
is otherwise recognised as occupying an academic research position by the University.

Titles of academic research staff

Academic research staff will have titles according to their standing against the usual academic levels A to E as follows:

Level	Standard Academic Title	Title for Research Academics
A	Associate Lecturer	Research Associate or Post Doctoral Fellow
B	Lecturer	Senior Research Associate or Research Fellow
C	Senior Lecturer	Senior Research Fellow
D	Associate Professor	Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor
E	Professor	Senior Research Fellow, Professor

The following positions will be research academics:

Australian Research Council Funded Positions

Australian Post Doctoral Fellowships	Level A
Australian Research Fellowships	Level B
Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships	Level B
Senior Research Fellowships*	Level C - E
ARC Research Associates**	Level A
ARC Senior Research Associates**	Level B

National Health and Medical Research Council Funded Positions


Australian Post Doctoral Fellowships	Level A
Research Fellows	Level B
Senior Research Fellows	Level C
Principal Research Fellows	Level D
Senior Principal Research Fellows	Level E
R D Wright Fellows*
C J Martin Fellows*
Neil Hamilton Fairley Research Fellows*
Australian Applied Health Sciences Fellows*
Public Health Post Doctoral Fellows*
Inserm Exchange Fellowships*
Peter Doherty Fellows*

Other UNSW Positions

Vice-Chancellor's fellowships
Post Doctoral Research Fellows
Senior Research Fellows

* indicates that academic Level will be determined on appointment
** indicates that academic status dependent on satisfying one of the four criteria above.

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