An invitation to all international staff to take part in a survey by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU)
The ECU works to further and support equality and diversity for staff and students in higher education across all four nations of the UK, and in further education in Scotland. This is done by working closely with colleges and universities. ECU is a registered charity, funded by grants from the UK higher education sector funding bodies, with contributions from Universities UK and GuildHE.
The ECU is undertaking a survey of international staff working in higher education across the UK to identify the issues that international staff members face within the sector, and the key areas where further support would be most beneficial. The survey responses will be anonymised and no individuals, or individual institutions, will be identified.
If you would like to take part in the survey, please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/supporting_international_staff|
The survey will be open until Thursday 22nd December 2011
Please contact Claire Herbert (claire.herbert@ecu.ac.uk|) if you have anything to contribute and/or if you have any questions or queries about this project. The results of the survey and the good practice case studies will be published by ECU in 2012.
September 2011: Important update regarding post 65 working
From 1 October 2011, the School's current Age Procedure for Post 65 Working and related Working Beyond Retirement Policy will no longer apply and from this date there will be no contractual or default retirement date. Transitional arrangements came into force with effect from 6 April 2011 allowing the School's Age Procedure for Post 65 Working and Working Beyond Retirement Policy to continue to apply prior to the end of September 2011.
Further guidance and training will be rolled out for the new academic year. In the meantime, if you have any questions regarding your contract, please contact your Head of Department or your HR partner.
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