This procedure is applicable to early career staff and newly appointed Lecturers with less than three years’ experience in an academic role, whose appointment is subject to the successful completion of an academic probation period and should be read in conjunction with the “Probationary Personal Development Planning (PPDP) and the Probation Process: Guidance for Academic Probationers” document and referred to henceforth in this procedure as “Guidance for Academic Probationers”.