Staff progressing to Associate Professor B will progress on the basis of their current contract and terms and conditions of employment, e.g. multi-annual, specific purpose or fixed-term contracts. Staff on specific purpose or fixed-term contracts will not have an entitlement to a contract of indefinite duration or multiannual contract on the basis of progressing across the merit bar. Please refer to Policy and Procedures for Progression Across the Merit Bar and Policy and Procedures for Granting Multi-annual Status to Tenure Track Academic Staff, as appropriate to you.