Frequently Asked Questions

School of Arts – artshos@une.edu.au

School of Behavioural Cognitive & Social Sciences – hosbcss@une.edu.au

School of Environmental & Rural Science – ershr@une.edu.au

School of Science & Technology – hos-st@une.edu.au

School of Humanities – headshum@une.edu.au

UNE Business School – hosbusiness@une.edu.au

School of Education – hosedu@une.edu.au

School of Health – hoshealth@une.edu.au

School of Law – hoslaw@une.edu.au

School of Rural Medicine – hosmed@une.edu.au

The Schools will complete an Adjunct and Honorary Nomination Request form, which will go through the appropriate approval process based on nomination level. The paperwork is sent to Human Resource Services (HRS) on your behalf.

UNE appoints Adjunct staff members at Academic Levels from A to E.

Other possible levels of appointment are Honorary Associate, Adjunct Junior Research Fellow (Level A), Adjunct Research Fellow (B) or Adjunct Senior Research Fellow (C).

At Levels D & E, Adjunct staff members may also be appointed as Clinical Associate Professor (D) or Clinical Professor (E).

The level for which you are nominated as an Adjunct staff member is normally made at the level of most recently held academic position.

Human Resource Services will  cease your honorary appointment where you accept another position with the University as part of due process.

This includes continuing, fixed term and casual positions at UNE.

While this is possible, the Honorary Appointments Policy states the following:  

"Any publication, research report, curriculum development or teaching outcome arising out of work done at the University by honorary title holders will contain an acknowledgement of the University's support for this work and, in the case of a publication or research report, the author's honorary appointment at the University must also be included where the author's affiliations are listed."

A confirmation letter will be emailed to you.

All Honorary appointments will be required to sign the terms and conditions agreeing to follow UNE policies (links provided) in the outcome letter and return to HRS before their honorary status is finalised.

Yes - HRS will contact the School if this is not confirmed, or if a backdated start date is required.

All approved nominations will be processed within 10 business days once the request has been approved by all required approvers.

HRS will keep a copy of your paperwork as an electronic document. If submitting a nomination renewal, previous paperwork will be helpful for completing the outcomes section of the form – so it is worth keeping a copy in your personal files.

It is at the discretion of the Head of School that approved paperwork comes to HRS to be processed. If your nomination has not been approved and progressed, please talk to the Head of School to seek feedback.

If your nomination has not been approved and progressed, please work with the Head of School to seek feedback.

All Honorary appointees are required to return signed terms and conditions before they are provided with a staff number via email.

If this is your first Honorary appointment with UNE, the School who has nominated you will supply you with a New IT Account Registration Request for staff form – this form needs to be completed and taken to Dixson Library Service Desk, Level 2 in Dixon Library (C31), or submitted via servicedesk@une.edu.au. This will give you online access and a @une email address. If you have any queries, please contact IT Service Desk - +61 (2) 6772 5000 or email.

Renewed Honorary appointments should have continued IT access. Any queries once you have had your renewal confirmed by HRS need to be directed to IT Service Desk.

This is dependent upon the resources of the School who has nominated you. Heads of School will ensure that access to UNE facilities is provided at their discretion. If you have certain expectations and requirements for your role, you must discuss this with the School directly to come to an appropriate arrangement.

Yes, HRS at UNE is able to cease an honorary appointment early upon a request by the School where the appointment is held. If you wish to cease your appointment you should contact the appropriate school in the first instance.

The School will complete an Adjunct and Honorary Nomination Request form on your behalf. Details in the form will include your achievements of your previous appointment. Once submitted, it will go through the appropriate approval based on nomination level.

The Honorary Appointments Rule states that appointments will be offered for between 1 and 3 years.

Contact your School – if your appointment is to continue, you will need to complete nomination renewal form, found on the Honorary Appointments web site under Forms and Reports.

If the School does not intend to renew your honorary appointment, they will indicate this to you before the end of your appointment.