The next Faculty Review of the department in which I work takes place tomorrow. Faculty Reviews are conducted quinquennially and address Teaching, Research, Management, and Resource issues. They also undertake to identify, in collaboration with the department, likely developments during the next five years to get these onto the Faculty radar.

As a member of academic staff the main questions we need to ask ourselves to prepare for the review boil down to: "what are your tasks and how do you know you are doing a good job?" At first sight these seem simple enough questions. I'm pondering them now. It helps when I write these things down. Given that my answers don't need to be treated as confidential I might follow-up this post with them. However, I'm sure that the Faculty Review process and recommendations are confidential so please don't expect me to comment upon them.