Sources of Evidence

Your PDR meeting starts with reflecting on the previous year, taking into account your achievements, challenges and reviewing your agreed objectives. This process of reflection should be supported with examples and supporting evidence relevant to your role. This evidence-based approach means that you can clearly see achievements and progress made, and identify development areas to focus on.

You can draw on a wide range of information and evidence to support discussions. The information below provides some guidance around the type of examples you may want to include. The list is not exhaustive and there will be other evidence that you may wish to provide.

• Feedback from students, customers, partners, colleagues or external organisations.

• Evidence of successful outcomes from projects.

• Input from other managers who may have worked with you e.g. cross-university or cross-team projects.

• Measures against Service Level Agreements/KPIs (where applicable).

• Attendance at, and/or feedback from, events you may have organised or contributed to.

• Deadlines and targets met, etc.

You may want to refer to, and provide information from Academic Workload Planning . You may also want to provide evidence from your record on PURE.

Teaching & Learning

• • Student - credits delivered and assessed.

  • EVASYS (student evaluation).

  • Student performance.

  • External examiner comments.

  • Peer review documentation.

  • NSS Data.

Academic Administration, Leadership and Management

• • Administrative activities (e.g. admissions related activities, validation activities, exam invigilation etc).

  • Leadership/management activities (e.g. new policies/procedures, degrees developed/implemented, problems solved/averted).

  • Unit or Programme co-ordination activities etc.

Research & Innovation

You may want to provide evidence from your record on PURE.

• • Research or innovation grants/bids submitted or awarded (number and value (£) of applications (provide statement of role/contribution, in particular when co-investigator).

  • Publications or other outputs (including practice based) in preparation, submitted, presented or accepted (provide statement of role/contribution when a co-author).

  • PGR students supervised/graduated.

  • Impact of research/innovation activities.

  • Developed a collaboration, or worked in a partnership with an academic, researcher, 3rd party or industrial partner(s). How is , or might this support realising impact, innovation or research goals?

  • IP/patent applications or commercialisation activities.

  • Details of a CPD programme or course you have developed or contributed to.

  • Consultancy activities/contracts you have been involved with.

Academic Citizenship

• • Service (community commitments, e.g. work for learned societies, journals, research funders, research users, public engagement, invited talks).

  • Involvement in open days, conferences, etc.

  • Participation and engagement with University policies, processes and procedures (e.g. peer reviews, quality assurance etc).

  • Mentored a colleague(s).

  • Other esteem factors e.g. editorial board, keynote lectures etc.

  • Supported learning and development events or programmes by speaking or otherwise contributing e.g. providing a case study.

You may want to provide evidence from your record on PURE.

Research & Innovation

Publications or other outputs (including practice based) in preparation, submitted, presented or accepted. Provide statement of role/contribution when a co-author.

• • Evidence of impact of research/innovation activities beyond academia.

  • Data you have collected as part of a research project or evidence that you have learnt, developed or put into practice a new method, approach or technique as part of your research training/plan.

  • Presentations, contributions to, or finding you have disseminated at a local, national or international conference, industry event or public forum.

  • Research or innovation grants/bids submitted or awarded (number and value (£) of applications - provide statement of role/contribution, in particular when co-investigator).

  • Developed or been part of a collaboration or worked in a partnership with an academic, researcher, 3rd party or industrial partner(s).

Academic Citizenship

• • Service (community commitments, e.g. work for learned societies, journals, research funders, research users, public engagement, invited talks).

  • Involvement in open days, conferences, etc.

  • Participation and engagement with University policies, processes and procedures (e.g. Researchers' Network, Faculty Research Staff Representative).

  • Mentored a colleague(s).

  • Supported learning and development events or programmes by speaking or otherwise contributing e.g. providing a case study.

  • Evidence of your contribution to the local research and innovation culture e.g. journal clubs, reading groups, seminars, group meetings etc.