Staffing Management Committee Decisions

26 September 2013 Staffing Management Decisions

  • Agreed that the Qlikview facility would be rolled out to Schools and College Areas which would allow managers access to their student and staff data.
  • Agreed that Schools/College Office areas would collate development needs from their staff Annual Reviews, record training needs (advise College HR of generic development needs thereby allowing them to organise training events) and thereafter keep records of training attended by staff.
  • Agreed that academic input was required for the development of the College’s Induction programme.
  • Agreed that senior academic colleagues would meet with the proposers of the Workload Allocation Model paper to finalise the model with a view to introducing it as a standard tool across the College in academic year 2014-15.

6 February 2014 Staffing Management Decision

  • Agreed that, within the College, the general principle is that individuals would not be expected to hold contracts that exceed 1FTE. It was noted that, without adequate monitoring systems, it may be difficult to restrict individuals on partial FTEs and GH contracts exceeding 35 hours per week.

29 May 2014 Staffing Management Decisions

  • The new Staffing Priorities schedule of activity was approved and adopted for use in 2014-15.
  • Agreed that the final version of the Workload Allocation Model template would be used in 2014-15 (or, where Schools had already completed their WAMs for this year, they would carry out a shadow exercise during this period) with a view to reporting back at the end of the period.

25 September 2014 Staffing Management Decisions

  • Agreed that the monitoring attendance of all students must now take place in the College.
  • Agreed that it is important to maintain or raise our Annual Review outcome rate (of 91%+ in 2013-14) in 2014-15. Aim is to have meaningful Annual Review meetings with staff and identified development needs addressed, either locally or with support from College HR (if more generic, e.g. recruitment and selection, training is required).
  • Agreed that College HR will summarise decisions and actions from each Staffing Management Committee meeting and send to members for their retention, onward transmission to relevant staff and for action. Key decisions will be uploaded onto the College HR website.

29 January 2015 Staffing Management Decisions

  • Following further input to the Workload Allocation Model, agreed it would be updated and continue to be used as an advisory tool in establishing a fair workload for academic staff.
  • Agreed to use, where required, theproposed Fellowship scheme for offering opportunities to recent PhD or equivalent graduates.
  • Agreed that Schools would encourage staff to ensure PURE is populated properly and timeously.

28 May 2015 Staffing Management Decisions

  • The new Staffing Priorities schedule of activity, linked closely to the University’s People Strategy, was approved and adopted for use in 2015-16.
  • Agreed that Schools and College Areas would complete their annual reviews by 31 July 2015 to ensure our outcome rate is increased and/or maintained.

7 October 2015 Staffing Management Decisions

  • Agreed that hours of work offered to full-time PhD student tutors should adhere to the University Code of Practice for Tutors and Demonstrators which is based on the Research Council Studentship Guidance. The maximum number of hours therefore given to full-time PhD tutors will be 6 per week during semester time, 132 hoursin total per academic year.