Annual Report 2007–08

59 教 職 員 Staff • Conference grants: financial assistance was given to 336 staff members for attending academic and professional conferences overseas and in Hong Kong • Reimbursement of training and development expenses: successful applicants were reimbursed for attending job-related seminars, workshops, and training programmes run by external organizations. From 2008, the University has extended its reimbursement policy to cover fees for degree and degree-related programmes • The Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research ran a number of courses and activities designed to support teaching and learning enhancement for teaching staff members. There were some 400 attendances in such events in the year under report Other New Personnel Policies, Services, and Conditions of Service Continuous Appointment and Performance Management With a view to providing greater job security to appointees and retaining quality staff, the University in August 2007 decided to offer Continuous Appointment (CA) to non-teaching appointees on contract meeting the relevant criteria, and implemented the Performance Review and Development System, the Performance- linked Reward Scheme and the Common Incremental Date Scheme as an integral package to enhance performance management. The first batch of such appointments took effect on 1 July 2008. Instructors, senior instructors and teaching fellows on contract may also be recommended for conversion to CA. They will come under the Salary Administration System for Teaching Staff, and continue to be subject to the Appraisal Scheme for Teaching Staff. • 進修津貼：提供員工培訓及發展經費， 資助員工參加業務研討會、工作坊和 培訓課程，提高工作技能和知識。由 二零零八年起，進修津貼範圍擴展至 學位及相關課程 • 學能提升研究中心繼續開辦多元化的 教學講座和活動，協助教學人員提升 教學和學習質素，年內錄得約四百參 加人次 其他人事政策、服務與服務條件 長期聘用和績效管理 為增加僱員的工作穩定性和挽留人才，大 學於二零零七年八月決定，符合條件的非 教學合約僱員經部門推薦及有關委員會 審批後，可轉為長期聘用。大學並實施新 的綜合績效管理（包括績效評核和發展制 度、績效獎賞計劃及統一增薪日機制）， 以提升績效管理的質素。首批轉為長期 聘用的合約僱員，聘約由二零零八年七月 一日起生效。 合約制的導師、高級導師及特任導師亦可 經推薦轉為長期聘用，相關的教學僱員考 績計劃及教師薪酬釐定安排將適用於該 等僱員。 二零零七至零八年度全職教職員職別/職級分布 Distribution of Full-time Staff by Job Types/Grades 2007–08 註： 以二零零八年六月三十日計算 Note : Figures as at 30 June 2008 總人數 Total : 6,222 高級導師、導師及其他 Senior Instructor, Instructor and Others 440 (31.4%) 助理教授 Assistant Professor 268 (19.1%) 副教授 Associate Professor 246 (17.6%) 教授 Professor 340 (24.3%) 講座教授 Professor of a Subject 106 (7.6%) 職工 Junior Support 1,073 (17.2%) 研究 Research 1,112 (17.9%) 文書 Office Support 1,271 (20.4%) 專業 Professional 334 (5.4%) 行政 Administrative 388 (6.2%) 技術 Technical 644 (10.4%) 教學 Teaching 1,400 (22.5%)