2.1. The University aspires to the highest international levels of excellence in education, learning and research. It is important that in striving to achieve these aims institutions can plan their staffing structures to allow maximum effectiveness across these activities, whilst considering the wishes of individual employees in relation to their workplans.
2.2. The University operates an Employer Justified Retirement Age (EJRA) for academic University officers [1] and the offices of Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, which is at the end of the academic year in which they reach the age of 69[2] . The options available to them on reaching the retirement age are set out in more detail in Section 4: ‘University Officers subject to a Retirement Age’.
2.3. The University does not operate a retirement age for assistant, research, academic-related[3] or unestablished academic members of staff.
2.4. The operation of this policy and the maintenance of a retirement age will be kept under review. The Human Resources (HR) Committee may amend this policy as appropriate to ensure its compliance with legislation and to maintain an effective set of procedures. A report of the numbers of retirements and requests for extended employment beyond the retirement age will be received by the HR Committee each academic year.
[1] Officers designated as academic staff under Special Ordinance C (i) 1.
[2] Unless their office is exempted by Statutes or Special Ordinance from the EJRA.
[3] With the exception of the office of Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor as stated above.