Approved criteria and guidelines for the appointment and promotion of academic staff

Abstract

During the last decade, Kyambogo University has significantly improved its infrastructure, and currently working hard to change its internal processes to make it a world class University. The University has reviewed its governance structure and increased its focus on research by devoting more funds to research and building research capacity of its staff. In improving its first focus area (Teaching and Learning), one area that has engaged the attention of Management is the recruitment and promotion of quality Academic Staff from the lowest position to Professor. “The quality of Academic staff is key to the quality of a University ...Universities are supposed to be centres of research, academic excellence, scholarship, knowledge generation and publications. Institutional auditors shall assess the quality of research and knowledge creation of a given Institution” (NCHE Quality Assurance Framework for Universities, 2014, p16-17).