The committee's statement shall, where the post has been advertised with affiliation to a particular department, be dealt with by the departmental council, which makes a recommendation to the authority with the power of appointment. Tha faculty decides which body is to make a recommendation for posts that are advertised without affiliation to any particular department. The faculty council passes resolutions in proceedings concerning appointments to research fellowships and in proceedings concerning extentions. The faculty council may delegate its power of resolution in such proceedings to the faculty steering committee. If the faculty finds several candidates to be approximately equally well suited, a female applicant shall be ranked before a male applicant.
Appointment is made on the one occasion for the whole of the relevant period.
The resolution to make an appointment may lay down a period of appointment of not less than one year and not more than six years. The duties imposed on the research fellow as compulsory work should as far as possible be meritorious in relation to subsequent appointment to posts in research and teaching. The period of appointment may be extended by a maximum of one year in relation th the length of time laid down in the resolution to make the appointment. The gross period of appointment as a research fellow including any extension and periods of leave may not exceed eight years. A femaile research fellow may have the duration of her appointment extended by six months per birth during her period of appointment.