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Absence Reporting

You should contact your line manager(s) as early as possible on the first day of absence unless an alternative reporting route has been agreed.  Please remember to contact your line manager(s) on the day that you return to work for a return to work meeting and so that your Core absence records can be updated.  Absence of 8 days or more will require a GP note to be provided to your line manager.  

More generic information may be found on the Human Resources intranet site.

Academic Promotions Process and ADP

Academic promotions can be on one of four pathways: 

  • Education
  • Research and Education
  • Enterprise, Engagement and Impact
  • Research (for Research Fellows)

The Academic Promotions web page is an essential guide when planning for promotion. Please also ensure you speak with your line manager at an early stage when considering applying for promotion. 

The Academic Development Programme (ADP) may also be of interest for those looking to achieve promotion to Assistant Professor.

Accident Reporting

See Reporting of Accidents, Incidents, Near Misses and Occupational Ill Health

Accommodation (Visiting Students)

Visiting students may contact to ask for short term accommodation. They should initially contact University Living living@contacts.bham.ac.uk and http://www.birminghamstudentpad.co.uk/Accommodation for details of accommodation within the University. 

Annual Leave/Holiday Entitlement

Your holiday entitlement is determined by your terms and conditions of employment. Full salary is payable during holidays.

Information on the annual leave year can be found on HR Sharepoint site.  For most staff the annual leave year starts 1st October and ends the following 30 September. Please note that 2024 is a cross-over period for Grade 2-Grade 5 support staff so please refer to the HR Sharepoint for full information. 

Annual leave is managed through Core and recently changed from bookable days to bookable hours.  Public holidays and closed days may need to be booked in your Core records so ensure you do this at the start of each annual leave year.  Further information on annual leave can be found online.

Annual Review

In addition to regular uplift in the salary scales (usually annually) by negotiation with the recognised trade unions, the salaries of all staff are reviewed annually.

For support staff, this forms part of the Performance and Development Review scheme for support staff

ATMs

See Cash Machines.

AV/Equipment

AV equipment (including technical support) can be hired from LRAT but will be subject to a charge. To book equipment or services for a teaching event or to make an initial booking enquiry for a non-teaching event, login with your staff details to the online booking service and follow the instructions for new bookings. LRAT will then provide you with a quote for the equipment and services requested. Once you receive the quote, you should raise an Internal Trade requisition through Core Systems to cover the cost of the equipment.

Trust Education Centre – there must be a member of Trust staff\honorary member of Trust staff using the equipment – they must use their Trust log in to use the AV Equipment. The HEFi Digital team within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences also provide support for the visual learning environment (VLE). They can be contacted at: mdsdigitaleducation@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

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