Common use of Definition of Faculty Redundancy Clause in Contracts

Definition of Faculty Redundancy. A faculty member may be declared redundant when, for economic reasons, his/her services can no longer be remunerated by the University, or for academic reasons, are no longer required in the light of the University’s long-term academic priorities and plans. Thus redundancy may be caused in two ways: (1) by severe financial exigency, which may dictate the release of faculty, and (2) by the curtailment of academic programmes. (Tenured faculty may, under circumstances and through processes described below, be declared redundant. In such cases, neither the process of tenured revocation, nor the process of dismissal for cause, shall be used: nor shall faculty who are eligible for tenure be denied it on the grounds that they might become redundant in the future. Moreover, promotion shall not be denied because of the prospect that a faculty member might be declared redundant in the future.)

Definition of Faculty Redundancy. A faculty member may be declared redundant when, for economic reasons, reasons his/her services can no longer be remunerated by the University, or for academic reasons, are no longer required in the light of the University’s long-term academic priorities and plans. Thus redundancy may be caused in two ways: (1) by severe financial exigency, which may dictate the release of faculty, and (2) by the curtailment of academic programmes. (Tenured faculty may, under circumstances and through processes described below, be declared redundant. In such cases, neither the process of tenured revocation, nor the process of dismissal for cause, shall be used: nor shall faculty who are eligible for tenure be denied it on the grounds that they might become redundant in the future. Moreover, promotion shall not be denied because of the prospect that a faculty member might be declared redundant in the future.)