Newcastle University

The appointment of the Northern Society Chair in Accounting and Finance is being made in succession to Professor Tony Appleyard, who is retiring. Accounting and Finance has a large and well established presence within the School. The Subject Group is made of 21 faculty: 3 professors, 4 senior lecturers, and 14 (13 FTE) lecturers. The Group is highly regarded nationally and internationally: in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise it was ranked 12th in the UK. Staff within the Accounting Group are engaged in a wide range of research activity including corporate governance, reporting, critical social and environmental accounting and are currently represented in two research groups:

• Accountability, Governance, Ethics and Sustainability (AGES), which is engaged in a range of research interests clustered around the three important and highly interconnected themes of accountability, governance and ethics; and
• Cultures, Accounting and Management History Research Group, which promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of accounting and management history in Newcastle drawing on the breadth of research expertise of its members.

Overview

Professors at Newcastle University are leaders within the academic community. They are expected to have an international reputation in their academic field and to demonstrate leadership both within the University and externally, with recognition often extending beyond academia into relevant policy and practice communities. Professors are expected to undertake research and teaching. Engagement is not normally a separate third activity, but in the main derives from research and teaching activities. The University engages with civil society as an educational and research institution, and therefore the expectation is that engagement activities will be carried out not just in the sense of good citizenship, but specifically based on academic expertise and experience.

Professors may or may not have line management responsibilities such as those carried out by the Head of an Academic Unit. However, it is expected that all professors should provide leadership within their academic discipline and make an appropriate contribution to the management of their academic unit, faculty and/or to the University.

A detailed description of the professorial role within the University – and of the pay structure and pay review process – is available.

As a Chair within the Business School, you will provide your Subject Group with intellectual leadership, fostering a culture of research excellence, and guiding the development of your colleagues. Working closely with members of the Executive Team and Board, as well as with Subject Group colleagues, your role will be to deliver the mission of the School through teaching, research and engagement. Specifically, you will:

• Help lead the development of the School; 
• Publish in leading high quality journals; 
• Pursue external funding and engagement opportunities; attract and supervise research students; 
• Be closely involved in mentoring, recruiting and developing academic staff;
• Advise on undergraduate and postgraduate programme development.

The School has every incentive to encourage its Chairs to maintain and develop their research activity, given their role in leading by scholarly example and providing their subject areas with a distinctive identity and profile within the research community.

Workload allocation

The School operates with a formal Workload Allocation Model (WAM). The model ensures that the distribution of the workload between subject areas can be continuously reviewed and is fairly distributed. The academic workload in the School breaks down into three main components: teaching, research, and administration. Research allowances are allocated dependent on performance. Reduced teaching allowances are given to new staff to encourage them to develop their research profiles. Research sabbaticals are recorded on WAM and all the main administrative roles performed by faculty are given a notional tariff.

To find out more about the role, including how to apply, please visit http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hr/nubsprofs/ and then contact Christopher Lake of our advisers Syllogism, email: nubs@syllogism.co.uk or tel: +44 (0)20 7873 2217. Closing date: Noon on Monday, 13 December 2010