There are a high number of Early Career Researchers (ECR) within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and from day one they are proactively encouraged to think of their future career within or outside of academia. They receive ongoing support through a range of specialised courses and workshops organised by the Training and Development Team designed to help develop their careers as independent researchers.
View the ECR Hub pages, which provides support and resources to the postdoc/ early career researcher. There are local ECR representatives if you want further information or advice.
All employers in the UK are legally bound to comply with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. All new members of staff (including UK nationals) are required to provide evidence that they are legally able to work in the UK.
Eligibility to work in the UK checks are carried out at the final interview stage (please see further guidance for those staff responsible for undertaking these checks), and the preventing illegal working form that should be completed and returned to your designated administrator following final interviews.
- Step by step guidance (PDF - 153KB)
- Preventing illegal working form (PDF 13.9MB)
These checks must be completed, and we should be confident that a prospective employee has the correct eligibility to work in the UK in place, before they undertake any work. This duty forms part of the University’s licence to recruit and retain Non EEA candidates/employees. The consequences of not being able to demonstrate to the Home Office that the University has met this duty could result in the University losing its ability to recruit and retain Non EEA nationals.
Remote (external) access to email and documents
Away from the office, your emails can be accessed securely by pasting this link into your browser and signing in using your normal user details.
Should your work mean that you need to access documents on a PC or laptop away from the office, you may request remote access by logging a call with the IT service desk. Access is normally given within 14 days of request.
In the event of extended absence from work, the Institute may need to access your email inbox and the folders on your PC to ensure that Institute business is continued. This access can only be given to a nominated person with the authorisation of the Operations Manager and the Institute’s IT Manager. Further information can be found on the IT intranet pages.
N.B. Never give your username and password in response to an email. IT Services never asks for usernames and passwords using email. If you are suspicious about any email that you receive which you believe to be an attack of this type, and feel that you need to report it, please forward the message to phishing-reports@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
Visit the MDS Equality, Diversity & Inclusion webpage, which also includes information on Athena SWAN
As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to research integrity, the Ethics Team are offering termly training sessions for any new research staff and postgraduate research students in relation to the central ethics review process.
Full details regarding training sessions and future dates can be found here.
The 'Keep it on Campus' campaign aims to ensure that all meetings, events and client dinners are held onsite at the University of Birmingham. Where possible, events and meetings hosted by Medical School staff/students should be held within the Medical School. If this is not possible then other University of Birmingham facilities may be booked.
If you are planning an event at The University of Birmingham, there are a number of web pages which are a useful resource to help ensure all the correct procedures have been followed and the right forms have been completed. Further information on Organising Events can be found on the Hospitality and Accommodations Services (HAS) intranet pages.
See also Centre for Professional Development and Venue Birmingham.
Where possible orders for goods and services should be placed through Core. In exception and where there is compliance with the University's expenses policy, staff expense claims should be made through Core.
Student expenses should be claimed on an expenses claim form.
View the expenses policy.
See Sight Test.