Development of the academic career of the teaching staff
At UTAMED, a novel proposal has been defined for the promotion of the careers of teachers. The basic objective is to support and encourage the professional growth of Teaching and Research Staff, actively contributing to expanding their academic activity and progress in the accreditation system.
The bases of our proposed career plan are as follows:
- Automatic freeing-up of 50% of the working day for research tasks.
- Stable teaching assignments and access to teaching in an official master's degree for profiles that meet the requirements of postgraduate teaching.
- Boost programme for junior academics and Consolidated programme for senior profiles, planned with the aim of designing measures to support the accreditation, development and consolidation of research lines.
- Creation of the High Performance Centre for research staff, which will integrate the most productive researchers. This centre will channel resources for the support of the scientific production of highly productive teaching and research staff.
- In addition to offering technical advice and managing the budget of the research plan itself, the Research Support Office provides support for the processing of projects, finances revision of scientific texts and translations, offers advice on the publication process, training on research methodologies, etc.
- Incentives plan linked to indexed publications, project recruitment and transfer development. UTAMED is the university of meritocracy, where talent is valued, recognised and rewarded.
Multiannual Research Support Programme
All the teaching and research staff attached to UTAMED will benefit from the measures contained in the Multiannual Research Support Plan, regardless of their level of accreditation. The specific measures that can be defined for the support of the particular accreditation processes, which must be specifically aligned with the requirements set by the accreditation agency with competences for accreditation, are excluded.
- Aid for the creation of emerging groups.
- Aid for participation in congresses.
- Aid for the revision and translation of scientific texts.
- Aid for the organisation of seminars and symposia.
- Policy for the promotion of impact publications.
- Aid for stays abroad.
- Continuous, stable and sufficient institutional support.
- Intergenerational cooperation.
- Research as a strategic and priority activity.
- Internationalisation and excellence in results.
- Focus on the human component of research.
- Address the emerging training demand and maintain the quality of the existing training programmes in research.
- Develop innovative strategies and apply them to different professional fields and areas of knowledge.
- Promote the development of different lines of research that generate social and economic impact in a regional, national and international context.
Boost Programme
This plan, aimed at promoting the obtaining of Accreditation as a Contracted Professor – Private University Professor, involves individualised supervision of junior researchers in order to guide their academic career and achieve the indicated accreditations, issued by ANECA. The research staff involved in this programme will have priority in terms of access to funding linked to the grants associated with the Multiannual Research Promotion Plan. This seeks to progressively increase the percentage of doctors with accreditation. This programme has specific technical advice, mentoring measures, financial aid and support measures to obtain relevant merits. The main lines of action of the Boost Plan are summarised in the following points:
An aid programme has been established to support the presentation of papers at major conferences, as well as a line of financial aid to fund projects and research stays at leading institutions.
A customized work plan will be designed that incorporates UTAMED’s various assistance programs and initiatives.
Research staff receive technical guidance on the process of drafting research proposals, as well as on techniques for planning, monitoring, implementing, and justifying results.
The teaching assignments given to faculty members will always be aligned with their area of expertise; these assignments will be planned in accordance with the accreditation requirements.
A management mentoring program is being established to provide interested individuals with their first opportunities to take on entry-level management roles, serve on committees, and more.
Each year, a call for proposals for teaching innovation projects is issued, which includes a specific category dedicated to supporting projects by junior faculty members. In addition, faculty members are informed about how the Office of Research and Innovation (OTRI) can facilitate and support their project proposals and research initiatives.
Scientific publications will be promoted through financial incentives based on their indexing and quartile ranking, as well as through mentoring, monitoring, and specialized training for junior researchers.
Financial assistance will be provided for the editing and translation of scientific texts, as well as to cover open access processing charges (APCs) for publications in prestigious journals and to promote open science.
Consolidate Programme
This plan is aimed at senior research staff, aspiring to obtain Accreditation as a University Professor. Additional discounts are available to reinforce their dedication to research, as long as they act as project leaders and mentors of junior researchers.
In addition, specific technical advisory measures, financial support and specific support actions will be applied to obtain certain relevant merits. This Plan is based on the Boost Plan, since all the elements described for it will also be applicable in it. However, in each of the support elements, two categories of junior-senior funding will be created so that there is no competition between the merits of consolidated and unconsolidated profiles.
specialised technical advice and expert evaluation panels are offered, with the aim of improving the proposals to be submitted. Priority is given to proposals that have been escalated from internal plan projects to national or international competitive projects.
in those cases in which the area of knowledge meets the needs of the UTAMED doctoral programmes, and the participation requirements are met, the involvement of senior faculty will be encouraged. International agreements will also be activated in order to offer the availability of researchers assigned to UTAMED to participate in external projects.
the teaching and research staff are integrated into specific working groups for the dynamisation of transfer projects. Part of these projects are channelled through the Business Chairs planned for this University. An incentive plan is defined for the recruitment of transfer projects and projects in competitive calls.
thematic academic events will be created at the headquarters of UTAMED, in which international cooperation, the development of joint projects, interaction with publishers, etc., will be promoted.
in accordance with academic career development planning, management positions adapted to the profiles of the teaching staff are offered, as long as these positions do not interfere with open processes in relevant research.
the additional release of teaching load for teaching staff who assume management tasks, management of competitive projects, management of research groups or technical assistance to groups of teachers is considered.
Training Plan for Research Personnel
The promotion of the skills of the junior teaching and research staff is a priority for this University. To strengthen their academic careers, mentoring and inclusion in research groups is essential.
UTAMED defines a stable schedule of symposia and training activities in research techniques, research ethics, analysis tools, project definition, etc. These actions are developed by researchers associated with UTAMED, such that cooperation is fostered and resources and skills are shared.
There are also external professionals capable of imparting training actions that expand the general capacities of the UTAMED teaching and research staff. The planning of training actions includes consultation with junior and senior researchers, external references and those responsible for the Vice-Rectorate for Research, Transfer and Internationalisation.
High Performance Centre
The High Performance Centre for research staff focuses its activity on effectively promoting – through specialised resources – the activity of research staff with high productivity.
The highly productive profiles will be located at UTAMED, offering them a plan based on enhancing their leadership, offering reinforced economic resources, access to an incentive plan and reinforced technical advice. The central idea on which the centre is based is to make all UTAMED resources available to talent, enhancing it and making it shine.
