Centres of excellence have been established in a variety of specialist and inter-disciplinary fields to enhance collaborative research. As at July 1999, there were 1,229 teachers and senior staff of equivalent grade on the strength. The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and regularly reviews its human resources policies to this effect. The University recruits the majority of its senior staff by international advertisement, and seeks to make the best appointment to any vacancy without reference to either ethnic origin or gender.
International recruitment is inevitably a lengthy process.
Applicants may be asked to approach their referees who should write directly to the University to provide a confidential reference, and shortlisted applicants may then be assessed by experts in the field. Every effort is made to complete this procedure, and to notify applicants of the outcome, as quickly as possible, but some delays are unavoidable given the considerable degree of international communications. We seek your patience in this regard. The University has implemented a new system of academic staff titles for teachers which is listed below. Professor A teacher will therefore, for example, hold the academic title of Assistant Professor, and be remunerated on the salary scale for the grade of Lecturer and be entitled to benefits associated with that grade.