Senior Appointments Panel (SAP)

Senior Appointments Panel (SAP)

The Senior Appointments Panel (SAP) governs salary setting for senior staff in the University. The SAP is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. 

The SAP considers a range of issues, including:

  • super-scale payments for senior staff on the basis of recruitment of retention. This includes academic and senior research staff as well as senior administrative staff.
  • salary setting for Statutory Professors
  • the creation and salary setting of  RSIV (senior researcher) posts
  • the creation and salary setting of ALC6 (senior administrative) posts
  • the award of the title of Professor on the grounds of recruitment or retention
  • the annual Recognition of Distinction exercise
  • the biennial Professorial Merit Pay exercise 

University HR's webpages outline what materials are required for each of the above. 

Departments must seek support from the Division in order to submit a case to the SAP. Please contact Meghan Lawson, (Sarah Willcox-Jones during 2025)  Divisional Academic HR Manager, if you wish to discuss the details of a case. 

SAP meeting dates and deadlines

The SAP considers cases on a monthly basis. The upcoming meeting dates and deadlines for SAP cases are:

Divisional paper deadline
Central paper deadline
Meeting date
Friday 6 June 2025 Friday 13 June 2025 Friday 27 June 2025
Thursday 10 July 2025 Thursday 17 July 2025 Thursday 31 July 2025
Monday 8 September 2025 Monday 15 September 2025 Monday 29 September 2025
Monday 6 October 2025 Monday 13 October 2025 Monday 27 October 2025
Friday 31 October 2025 Friday 7 November 2025 Friday 21 November 2025
Wednesday 26 November 2025 Wednesday 3 December 2025 Wednesday 17 December 2025
Monday 5 January 2026 Monday 12 January 2026 Monday 26 January 2026
Monday 2 February 2026 Monday 9 February 2026 Monday 23 February 2026
Monday 2 March 2026 Monday 9 March 2026 Monday 23 March 2026 
Monday 30 March 2026 Monday 6 April 2026 Monday 20 April 2026
Thursday 7 May 2026 Thursday 14 May 2026 Thursday 28 May 2026

 

Please submit cases to academic-hr@socsci.ox.ac.uk