Notices by the General Board

Academic Career Pathways (Grade 12), 2025: Applications and awards data

This Notice gives information about the awards made following a review of professorial pay as at 1 October 2025, conducted in accordance with Annex 7 of the Second Joint Report of the Council and General Board on a New Pay and Grading Structure for Non-Clinical Staff (Reporter, 6002, 2004–05, p. 745) and Schedule 2 of the Joint Report of the Council and the General Board on amendments to the pay and grading scheme for non-clinical staff implemented following that Report (Reporter, 6302, 2012–13, p. 423).

The Vice-Chancellor’s Committee carried out an assessment of applications for a review of professorial pay received from eligible Professors. The Committee was assisted by School-level committees which undertook the initial assessment of applications from Professors currently in Bands 1 and 2 and those in Band 3 who had applied for within-band progression. The membership of those Committees is noted below. Progression within and between bands is not automatic and is based on contribution, as described in Annex 7 of the Joint Report, and assessed through a biennial review process.

The figures in the following tables cover the Research and Teaching (R&T) pathway only, as the numbers of applications from Teaching and Scholarship (T&S) Professors were too low to report at this time (four applications from a pool of twelve eligible employees). It is anticipated that, as more T&S Professors apply for progression in future rounds, it will be possible to include detailed data on T&S applications and outcomes.

The following table summarises, by sex1 the original distribution of R&T Professorships across the Schools, and within each band, as at 30 September 2025, i.e. before the review.

School	Band 1		Band 2		Band 3		Band 4
	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M
Arts and Humanities	19	30	13	14	6	5	–	2
Biological Sciences	15	47	11	14	2	3	1	2
Clinical Medicine	7	18	4	11	2	2	2	5
Humanities and Social Sciences	22	41	16	26	3	9	–	2
Physical Sciences	20	85	10	27	2	10	2	9
Technology	15	70	5	19	1	24	1	1
Total	98	291	59	111	16	53	6	21
% of total	25.2	74.8	34.7	65.3	23.2	76.8	22.2	77.8

Eligible pool and application summary

Applicants had the option to make an application either for progression to a higher band (HB) or within their current band (WB).

School	Eligibility pool			Applicants
	W	M	Total	W			M
				HB	WB	No application	HB	WB	No application
Arts and Humanities	38	51	89	6	13	19	4	18	29
Biological Sciences	29	66	95	4	8	17	7	16	43
Clinical Medicine	15	36	51	1	5	9	3	12	21
Humanities and Social Sciences	41	78	119	5	15	21	9	20	49
Physical Sciences	34	131	165	5	10	19	11	52	68
Technology	22	114	136	3	11	8	17	36	61
Total	179	476	655	24	62	93	51	154	271
% of total	27.3	72.7		13.4	34.6	52.0	10.7	32.4	56.9

Awards by type

Committees had the option to award progression to a higher band (HB) or within the employee’s current band (WB) or not make an award.

School	Awards made*
	W			M
	HB	WB	No award	HB	WB	No award
Arts and Humanities	5	13	–	–	16	–
Biological Sciences	–	7	–	5	13	–
Clinical Medicine	–	5	–	–	10	–
Humanities and Social Sciences	6	14	–	6	23	–
Physical Sciences	–	14	–	5	54	–
Technology	–	11	–	17	35	–
Total	16	64	6	37	151	17
% of awards (by sex)	18.6	74.4	7.0	18.0	73.7	8.3

* Due to the low numbers, for some award types only the total number of cases are shown, rather than a per‑School breakdown.

Number of increments awarded for within-band awards

School	Within-band increments awarded
	W			M
	1	2	3	1	2	3
Arts and Humanities	4	7	2	10	5	1
Biological Sciences	1	5	1	6	5	2
Clinical Medicine	2	3	–	8	2	–
Humanities and Social Sciences	5	8	1	9	12	2
Physical Sciences	6	4	4	33	20	1
Technology	6	5	–	24	9	2
Total	24	32	8	90	53	8
% of awards (by sex)	37.5	50.0	12.5	59.6	35.1	5.3

Membership of the Vice-Chancellor’s Committee2

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice (Chair)
Professor Jeremy Gregory, University of Nottingham (Arts and Humanities)
Professor Julian Blow, University of East Anglia (Biological Sciences)
Professor Kristian Bowles, University of East Anglia (Clinical Medicine)
Dr Sonita Alleyne, Jesus College (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Professor Louise Bracken, Northumbria University (Physical Sciences)
Professor Jaafar Elmirghani, King’s College London (Technology)

Membership of the School-level committees

Arts and Humanities:
Professor Jocelyn Wyburd, Head of School (Chair)
Professor Alexander Bird, Faculty of Philosophy
Professor Rosalind Love, Faculty of English
Professor David Trippett, Faculty of Music
Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Professor Jeremy Gregory, University of Nottingham

Biological Sciences:
Professor Jon Simons, Head of School (Chair)
Professor Daniel St Johnston, Department of Genetics
Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Department of Genetics
Professor Christopher Gilligan, Plant Sciences
Professor Usha Goswami, Department of Psychology
Professor Julian Blow, University of East Anglia

Clinical Medicine:
Professor Patrick Maxwell, Head of School (Chair)
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Department of Oncology
Professor Judy Hirst, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Professor Ken Ong, Department of Paediatrics
Professor Mark Wills, Department of Medicine
Professor Kristian Bowles, University of East Anglia

Humanities and Social Sciences:
Professor Tim Harper, Head of School (Chair)
Professor Simon Deakin, Faculty of Law
Professor Louise Gullifer, Faculty of Law
Professor Michael Kenny, Department of Politics and International Studies
Professor Joel Robbins, Department of Social Anthropology
Dr Sonita Alleyne, Jesus College

Physical Sciences:
Professor Nigel Peake, Head of School (Chair)
Professor Jeremy Baumberg, Department of Physics
Professor Manish Chhowalla, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Professor David Klenerman, Department of Chemistry
Professor Ulrike Tillmann, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Professor Louise Bracken, Northumbria University

Technology:
Professor Richard Penty, Head of School (Chair)
Professor Michael Barrett, Judge Business School
Professor John Clarkson, Department of Engineering
Professor Dame Lynn Gladden, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Professor Srinivasan Keshav, Department of Computer Science and Technology
Professor Jaafar Elmirghani, King’s College London

Academic Career Pathways, 1 October 2026 exercises: Committee memberships

The General Board has appointed the following as members of committees for the Academic Career Pathways 1 October 2026 exercises for both Research and Teaching and Teaching and Scholarship, which will run in parallel. Further information on the Academic Career Pathways is available at https://www.acp.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/ (R&T) and https://www.acptands.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/ (T&S).

Vice-Chancellor’s Committee

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice (Chair)
Professor Peter Haynes (Arts and Humanities)
Professor Julian Rayner (Biological Sciences)
Professor George Malliaras (Clinical Medicine)
Professor Jan-Melissa Schramm (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Professor Clemens Kaminski (Physical Sciences)
Professor Serena Best (Technology)
Professor Kamal Munir (Pro-Vice-Chancellor for University Community and Engagement)
Dr Michael Glover (Academic Secretary)
Ms Andrea Hudson (Secretary)

Externals:

Professor Gesine Manuwald, University College London (Arts and Humanities)
Professor Tracey Chapman, University of East Anglia (Biological Sciences)
Professor Yvonne Barnett, Anglia Ruskin University (Clinical Medicine)
Professor Volker Roeben, Durham University (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Professor Nicola Wilkin, University of Birmingham (Physical Sciences)
Professor Jaafar Elmirghani, King’s College London (Technology)

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School Committees

Arts and Humanities

Professor Peter Haynes (Chair)
Professor Gesine Manuwald (External)
Professor James Clackson
Professor Máire Ni Mhaonaigh
Professor Michael Potter
Professor Roel Sterckx
Professor Caroline Vout
Professor Jocelyn Wyburd
Mr Justin Greene (Secretary)

Biological Sciences

Professor Julian Rayner (Chair)
Professor Tracey Chapman (External)
Professor Madelaine Bartlett
Professor Marie-Aude Genain
Professor Laura Machesky
Professor Kathy Niakan
Professor Jon Simons
Professor Suzanne Turner
Professor Alexander Webb
Ms Sarah Spira (Secretary)

Clinical Medicine

Professor George Malliaras (Chair)
Professor Yvonne Barnett (External)
Professor Folma Buss
Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Professor Tamsin Ford
Professor Brian Huntly
Professor Patrick Maxwell
Ms Michelle Jones (Secretary)

Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Jan-Melissa Schramm (Chair)
Professor Volker Roeben (External)
Professor Manali Desai
Professor David Maxwell
Professor Alexey Onatskiy
Professor Andreas Stylianides
Professor Helen Thompson
Mr Justin Greene (Secretary)

Physical Sciences

Professor Clemens Kaminski (Chair)
Professor Nicola Wilkin (External)
Professor Catherine Clarke
Professor James Norris
Professor Nigel Peake
Professor Bhaskar Vira
Professor David Wales
Ms Louise Akroyd (Secretary)

Technology

Professor Serena Best (Chair)
Professor Jaafar Elmirghani (External)
Professor Michael Barrett
Professor John Durrell
Professor Dame Lynn Gladden
Professor Richard Penty
Professor Peter Sewell
Professor Garth Wells
Ms Tracy Brooks (Secretary)

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Faculty Committees

1. School of Arts and Humanities

Combined Faculty Committee One:
Architecture and History of Art, English, Music, Philosophy, and Divinity

Professor Alexander Marr (Chair)
Professor M. M. Lisboa*
Professor Kasia Boddy
Professor Douglas Hedley
Professor Nicholas Marston
Professor Alexander Oliver
Professor Flora Samuel
Ms Lucy Matthews (Secretary)

Combined Faculty Committee Two:
Classics, Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Professor Robert Gordon (Chair)
Professor Clare Pettit*
Professor Serafina Cuomo
Professor Ian James
Professor Aaron Koller
Professor Stephen Oakley
Professor Karen Ottewell
Professor Brechtje Post
Ms Juliet Margerison (Secretary)

2. School of the Biological Sciences

Biology and Veterinary Medicine

Professor Beverley Glover (Chair)
Professor Stephen Eglen*
Professor Sarah Bray
Professor Jeffrey Dalley
Professor Julian Hibberd
Professor Mark Holmes
Professor Rebecca Kilner
Professor Laura Itzhaki
Professor Heike Laman
Professor Eric Miska
Professor Steven Russell
Dr Sarah Green (Secretary)

3. School of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Medicine

Professor Andrew McCaskie (Chair)
Professor Angela Roberts*
Professor Sam Behjati
Professor Mary Dixon-Woods
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Professor Ferdia Gallagher
Professor Judy Hirst
Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph
Professor Susan Ozanne
Professor Marc Tischkowitz
Professor Paul Wilkinson
Dr Litsa Biggs (Secretary)

4. School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Economics

Professor Oliver Linton (Chair)
Professor Dame Diane Coyle*
Professor Meredith Crowley
Professor Sanjeev Goyal
Professor Hamid Sabourian
Professor Constantine Yannelis
Dr Susan Wan (Secretary)

Education

Professor Karen Coats (Co-Chair)
Professor Sara Hennessy (Co-Chair)
Professor Timothy Lewens*
Professor Jo-Anne Dillabough
Professor Michelle Ellefson
Professor Pauline Rose
Professor Rupert Wegerif
Ms Thury Agustsdottir (Secretary)

History

Professor Sujit Sivasundaram (Chair)
Professor Sriya Iyer*
Professor Nora Berend
Professor Eugenio Biagini
Professor Lucy Delap
Professor Regina Grafe
Dr Elizabeth Haresnape (Secretary)

Human, Social and Political Sciences, and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Professor Hasok Chang (Chair)
Professor Jo-Anne Dillabough*
Professor Patrick Baert
Professor Duncan Kelly
Professor Cameron Petrie
Professor Sian Lazar
Ms Marie Butcher (Secretary)

Law, Land Economy, and Criminology

Professor Annabel Brett (Chair)*
Professor Claire Colomb
Professor Martin Dixon
Professor Manuel Eisner
Professor Shailaja Fennell
Professor Eilís Ferran
Professor Louise Gullifer
Professor Jonathan Morgan
Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran
Professor Leonardo Zaibert
Ms Laura Smethurst (Secretary)

5. School of the Physical Sciences

Earth Sciences and Geography

Professor Marie Edmonds (Chair)
Professor Laura Itzhaki*
Professor Christine Lane
Professor Marc Macias-Fauria
Professor John Maclennan
Professor Emma Mawdsley
Professor Nicholas Rawlinson
Professor Alice Reid
Professor Nicholas Tosca
Ms Silvana Dean (Secretary)

Mathematics

Professor Ioannis Kontoyiannis (Chair)
Professor Ulrike Tillman*
Professor Benjamin Allanach
Professor Michael Cates
Professor Nicholas Dorey
Professor Richard Samworth
Professor Carola Schönlieb
Professor Ivan Smith
Professor Wendelin Werner
Professor Neshan Wickramasekera
Ms Rachel Plunkett (Secretary)

Physics and Chemistry

Professor Caterina Ducati (Chair)
Professor Alice Reid*
Professor Stuart Althorpe
Professor Mete Atature
Professor Vasily Belokurov
Professor Sian Dutton
Professor Matthew Gaunt
Professor Neil Greenham
Professor James Keeler
Professor Jason Robinson
Professor Howard Stone
Professor Mark Wyatt
Ms Silvana Dean (Secretary)

6. School of Technology

Business and Management

Professor Jaideep Prabhu (Chair)
Professor Vasco Pereira Marques de Carvalho*
Professor Shahzad Ansari
Professor Gishan Dissanaike
Professor Elizabeth George
Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville
Professor Stelios Kavadias
Professor Bart Lambrecht
Professor Lucia Reisch
Professor Rafael Lopes Rogo
Ms Kal Sandhu (Secretary)

Computer Science and Technology

Professor Cecilia Mascolo (Chair)
Professor William Byrne*
Professor Alastair Beresford
Professor Anuj Dawar
Professor Marcelo Fiore
Professor Hatice Gunes
Ms Caroline Stewart (Secretary)

Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Professor Colm Durkan (Chair)
Professor Clare Bryant*
Professor Holger Babinsky
Professor Andrew Flewitt
Professor Simon Godsill
Professor Timothy Minshall
Professor Roisin Owens
Professor Alexander Routh
Professor Michael Sutcliffe
Professor Giulia Viggiani
Ms Leesa Osborn (Secretary)

*Member appointed external to the Faculty.