ACADEMIC MEMBERS’ RETENTION POLICY
1.0 Definitions
1.1 The following words and expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them:
1.1.1 Academic Members: Faculty Members and Instructional Members.
1.1.2 Faculty Members: Members of the Teaching and/or Research staff, whether on part-time or full-time contracts, holding the following ranks: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer/Senior Technical Instructor, or Lecturer/Technical Instructor.
1.1.3 Instructional Members: Members of the Teaching staff, whether on part-time or full-time contracts, holding the following titles: Assistant Lecturer/or Workshop/Lab/Clinical Instructor, Assistant Technical Instructor, Trades Technical Instructor, or Teaching Assistant.
1.1.4 Strategic Priority: An outcome-oriented, high-level aim to achieve the University’s mission.
1.1.5 University: University of Doha for Science and Technology established by Emiri Resolution No. 13 of 2022.
1.2 Where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or phrase have corresponding meanings.
1.3 Where the context requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice-versa.
2.0 Policy Purpose
2.1 The purpose of this policy is to support, recognize contributions of, and retain Academic Members within the University.
3.0 Policy Scope
3.1 This policy applies to all full-time Academic Members at the University.
4.0 Policy Statements
4.1 Academic Member retention is an integral part of the employment relationship between the University and its Academic Members. The University aims to provide Academic Members with job security, stability and professional development opportunities that promote the mission and Strategic Priorities of the University, subject to regulatory and budgetary limitations.
4.2 The University invests effort and resources in recruiting, hiring, supporting, developing, and retaining highly qualified and diverse Academic Members. Transparency, objectivity, and fairness must be adhered to during these processes.
4.3 Recognition of contributions, criteria for reward, and retention of Academic Members will be outlined in the related procedures.
5.0 Procedures
5.1 The Vice-President, Academics will ensure that procedures are for the execution of this policy, and are implemented accordingly.
6.0 Related Documents
6.1 PL-AC-02: Academic Credentials Policy.
6.2 PL-AC-03: Academic Qualifications Policy.
6.3 PL-AC-04: Academic Promotion Policy.
6.4 PL-AC-09: Academic Appraisal Policy.
6.5 PR-AC-12: Academic Members’ Retention Procedure.