Performance & Development Review
The only review platform built with universities, for universities.
Simitive Review is the only review platform designed and built with universities specifically for universities - enhancing engagement and supporting academic career progression.
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Manage all reviews
Review is configurable to support all of the different roles and staff in the university - academics, professional services and senior management.
Single system support
Support all of the variations within a single system.
Custom form creation
Create forms for each purpose, role and staff group.
Multi-level reporting
Reporting at every level - university, faculty, school, department.
Multiple annual forms
Support multiple forms and uses each year.
Flexible form support
Fully supports appraisal, probation, promotion, research or any other form.
Unlimited form creation
Create as many forms as often as required.
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Living, continuous process
- Forms can be linked so that content from one form automatically flows into the next.
- Automatically takes forward objectives from previous review into the looking-back part of the new form.
- Automatically takes forward training requirements from previous form into looking-back part of new form.
- Forms can be 'open' all year, allowing updates whenever something is achieved or changes.
- Successful probation completion automatically assigns a normal Review form.
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Engage all staff and managers in reviews
Through the ability to create forms for specific groups, staff identify their interests and engagement improves.
Group-specific forms
Forms specific to, and engaging for, different groups.
Full contribution recognition
Ensures individuals' full contribution can be recognised.
Guided process actions
Staff and managers are prompted throughout the process.
Completion reminders
Reviewers and reviewees are prompted until completion.
Manager dashboards
Managers have prompts, dashboards and reports to drive the process.
Support for commenters
Managers' managers and commenters are supported and receive prompts.
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Reduces time and cost
Significantly reduces the time to manage and complete reviews - and contributes to carbon reduction plans.
- Creation of forms through standard Form Builder.
- Automated allocation of forms online removes paper and time.
- Automated prompting saves HR time chasing completions.
- Online, removing all collection and storage of paper forms.
- Real-time status and progress for staff and managers stops lost forms.
- Work from anywhere - supports remote as well as face-to-face meetings.
- Automated allocation of next year's form once this year's is complete.
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Supports university-specific needs
Review includes the functionality universities need for a smooth-running review process.
- Approved reviewers who aren't the line manager held in HR systems.
- Optional reviewers and commenters can be selected by reviewee.
- Allows Heads of School to delegate reviews to other approved reviewers where appropriate.
- Reviewers and commenters can be replaced in bulk by HR or administrators.
- Automatically assign forms based on rules.
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Academic engagement
Simitive Review supports academics in reporting research by linking directly to research systems.
- Forms for academics link directly in real time to research repositories.
- Academics select their research to be included in their review form.
- Supports all major research repositories through Open API standards.
- Filtering of research outputs controlled by the university.
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Quantitative and qualitative analytics
Real-time dashboards and standard reporting allow the analysis of all data in all forms.
- Real-time dashboards show progress for all forms.
- Permissions control what can be seen - managers see only their staff, HR see everyone.
- Filters for forms, staff, status, organisation and relationship.
- Click-through allows direct access to forms to complete outstanding actions.
- Aggregate and review training needs and requests.
- Analyse quality of objective setting and review of feedback and comments.
- Reports of statutory training completed and supports EDI analysis.
In their words
What universities tell us about Review.
It reduces bureaucracy and paper and encourages a continual conversation between appraiser and appraisee.
It produces up-to-the-minute information which allows us to react in a timely fashion with significant interventions.
We felt it had been created by a development team who listened to universities and really understood the complexity and nuance of academia.
Great system. The format and content of the PDR is focused and anchored to deliver some real benefit to the team and University.
Implementation
Get up and running with confidence.
Implementation and support
Whatever stage you are at, the Simitive team has more than a decade's experience in the design of forms to meet institutional objectives - with a clear understanding of the cultural sensitivities and ways to engage different parts of the university.
Review is available as a service
If you are worried about time and internal resources, Simitive can administer, manage or completely outsource your Review system and process - so you can realise the benefits quickly.
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