Staff support - recruitment
Our recruitment pages have been designed to highlight our procedures, and offer guidance to University staff so as to ensure they are successful in all recruitment and selection activities. Our guidelines comply with all relevant legislation and equal opportunities best practice, and will result in the most suitable person being appointed to the vacant post.
View our recruitment guidelines
Any questions relating to the recruitment of new staff should be directed towards your School or Directorate Senior People Partner.
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- Factsheet
Academic recruitment guidance
Effective academic recruitment is integral to a high performance community. Some best practices are shared to help guide Schools.
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- Factsheet
Academic visitors
Information about entering the UK as an Academic Visitor if you are intending to work at the University.
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- Form
Agency Worker request form
Form to be completed by Schools/Directorates when a new a temporary Agency Worker is required.
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- Procedure
Appointing procedure for academic staff (clinical and non clinical)
When an Academic position has been approved, this procedure should be followed by the Schools.
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- Factsheet
Appointment and review of Deans of Schools
The process for appointing Deans of Schools.
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- Form
Equal opportunities data collection form
Form to be completed by job applicants, required for monitoring purposes.
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- Factsheet
Information for job applicants
Information about the University's recruitment procedure.
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- Form
Interview expenses claim form
Form for job applicants to be completed when claiming interview expenses.
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- Form
Post approval process and forms
The process for approving staffing requests and forms to be completed for all posts as part of the post approval process.
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- Rules and regulations
Procedural rules for nomination and appointment of honorary professors and readers
Rules from the Senate for nominating and appointing honorary professors and readers.
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- Factsheet
Recruitment guidelines
Standards that all recruiting managers should follow in order to ensure high-quality hiring decisions and practices.
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- Policy
Reimbursement of immigration costs policy
This policy describes the reimbursement of immigration costs (visa application fee and the Immigration Health Surcharge) to employees
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- Brochure/leaflet
School of Life Sciences Principal Investigator applicant pack
Recruitment pack for School of Life Sciences Principal Investigator applicants.
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- Factsheet
Sponsored trainees
Guidelines for staff on the University's approach to offering opportunities to sponsored trainees.
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- Factsheet
Writing references guidance
Information for staff on writing references in an official capacity for students and other staff