MyGlasgow News

Here at the University of Glasgow, our people feature at the heart of all we do, writes Lesley Cummings, Head of Performance, Pay and Reward.

We are committed to supporting all our staff effectively and helping them to develop fully, in turn assisting us in delivering our shared vision and communal goal of being a ‘globally connected, globally influential university’.

Our Early Career Development Programme is a bespoke course designed to assist our high achieving, high performing academics to fulfil their full potential. Originally launched in 2013, and refreshed in 2016, we are delighted to currently host over 300 colleagues on the Programme.

A key tenet of the Programme is to support colleagues to gain promotion to Grade 8 and 9, and we are delighted that this aim is being realised with more rapid, successful and equal applications for promotion. Participant applications for promotion from Grade 7 to Grade 8 has an exceptional 96% success rate, with promotion applications from Grade 8 to 9 achieving a very positive 79% success rate. This puts the overall success rate significantly ahead of other applications for promotion, with ECDP candidates also being promoted more quickly. Both male and female ECDP participants are being promoted within a similar timeframe, bringing very positive benefits, helping to supplement our gender equality activities.

Following the course revision last year, the Programme now offers Induction Sessions to gain feedback from participants, and we are pleased to have recently held further introductory events for our new intake for 2017-18. Over the coming year, we will consider the feedback gained from both cohorts to help us further refine and enhance our Early Career Development Programme, and we will share updates on our activities in due course.

You can find full information on our ECD Programme on the dedicated programme webpages.

First published: 8 October 2017