News archive: 2025
- Health & Safety Round Up, December 2025
12 December 2025 · Latest updates from the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing at Work Office - HR Round Up, November 2025
30 November 2025 · New TRA policy, refreshed recruitment policy, annual leave cycle, SAD webinar · Subscribe to HR Round Up - A reminder for colleagues on the Jan - Dec leave cycle
28 November 2025 · Transitioning to the new leave cycle - New combined secondment and TRA policy
26 November 2025 · Unified policy, procedure & guidelines now live - Coping with SAD - winter wellness (PAM webinar)
23 November 2025 · Find out about Seasonal Affective Disorder - 12 December at 10am - Recruitment policy
21 November 2025 · Streamlined policy now live - Disability History Month 2025
20 November 2025 · An opportunity to celebrate the lives and achievements of disabled people - EDI Bulletin - Autumn 2025
18 November 2025 · latest equality, diversity and inclusion policies, practices and guidance - Cholesterol and you (PAM webinar)
17 November 2025 · Sign up for this insightful session on cholesterol - 20 November at 10am - Health & Safety Round Up, November 2025
13 November 2025 · Latest updates from the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing at Work Office - Trans Awareness Week
13 November 2025 · 13 to 19 November marks Trans Awareness Week & 20 November is Trans Day of Remembrance - HR Round Up, October 2025
30 October 2025 · rLW rate announced, covid vaccine reimbursement, sickness absence, PAM app - 2025 Christmas Deadlines in HR
28 October 2025 · Key dates for payroll, recruitment and right to work activity - Making the Difference Award: HR
27 October 2025 · Nominate an HR team or colleague by 26 November - University Mediation Service
25 October 2025 · Resolving conflicts in the workplace - Interested in being a mentor or mentee?
24 October 2025 · How do I get involved in mentoring? - USS - deadline for Voluntary Scheme Pays elections
24 October 2025 · Have you incurred an annual allowance tax charge during the 2024/25 tax year? - Increase to the Real Living Wage in 2026
22 October 2025 · The Living Wage Foundation has announced the rLW rates from April 2026 - Claim back the cost of your covid and flu jab
21 October 2025 · Colleagues can be reimbursed via the expenses process - New wellbeing app and portal
20 October 2025 · Access the new platform from PAM - Sickness absence reporting
16 October 2025 · The improved reporting process is now live - Policy: Managing ill-health and sickness absence
15 October 2025 · Revised and enhanced policy, now live - USS retirements - payment timescales
13 October 2025 · Current timescales for USS payments - Bone density screening
1 October 2025 · Book an appointment on campus for 23 October - HR Round Up, September 2025
30 September 2025 · - The transition to the new annual leave cycle
29 September 2025 · What happens next? - Extended winter break 2025/26
26 September 2025 · Two additional days leave to support staff wellbeing - Claim back the cost of your flu jab
16 September 2025 · Colleagues choosing to have a flu jab this year can be reimbursed via the expenses process - Academic & Professorial Promotion - apply now
1 September 2025 · Application window open 1 September - 31 December - HR Round Up, August 2025
30 August 2025 · Pay uplift, promotions, pay review, MTD, annual leave cylce change - Changes to Professorial Pay Review
29 August 2025 · Revised process open 1 September - 31 December - Changes to the annual leave year
28 August 2025 · What does it mean for you? - Improvements to sickness absence reporting
28 August 2025 · What does it mean for you? - Special Leave Policy
22 August 2025 · Revised and enhanced policy, now live - Rewards Extra drop-in session and annual renewal
21 August 2025 · Are you making the most of your employee benefits? - Changes to Central Induction
19 August 2025 · A more convenient digital approach - Apply now for Management Foundations
18 August 2025 · A new programme to enhance your management impact - Departmental Making the Difference Awards
12 August 2025 · Scheme to re-open on 1 September - Revised Research Misconduct Policy and Procedure
11 August 2025 · Updated policy approved at University Research Committee - 2025-26 pay uplift
5 August 2025 · What the pay uplift means for you - HR Round Up, July 2025
31 July 2025 · harassment & sexual misconduct, new EAP, known-as names, central induction - Important changes in our approach to harassment and sexual misconduct
30 July 2025 · Our commitment to being a Community of Respect - Procedures for engaging casual workers
24 July 2025 · A reminder to ensure efficiency and compliance - Official HR correspondence and known-as names
23 July 2025 · Moving to known-as names rather than formal legal names - PAM: your new employee assistance provider
1 July 2025 · Free, confidential support available 24/7/365 - HR Round Up, June 2025
30 June 2025 · Annual leave reminder, career resources, accessible systems guidance, central induction change - Career development resources to support your PDR discussions
27 June 2025 · Getting ready for your PDR - New guidance on procuring accessible systems
23 June 2025 · Ensuring digital products and services are fully accessible - Reasonable Adjustments Procedure: new role and responsibilities section
18 June 2025 · additional guidance mapping out who does what in implementing reasonable adjustments - Using your annual leave
17 June 2025 · Remaining leave should be taken by the end of September - Collaborative Leadership Programme
2 June 2025 · Now open to applications for 2025/2026 academic year - HR Round Up, May 2025
31 May 2025 · Pensions re-enrolment, pausing reward schemes, PDR pilot, pride month - eVisas: International Travel
30 May 2025 · Colleagues with visas should check the information in their UKVI account is correct before travelling overseas - Pride Month: June 2025
27 May 2025 · The University will celebrate pride month with a variety of events on campus and in the city - Piloting our new Performance & Development Review Framework
23 May 2025 · Volunteer teams to trial the new approach from July - Reward and Recognition Schemes 2025/26
21 May 2025 · An update on pay and recognition schemes - Occupational Health - new office location
15 May 2025 · Find OH in Alcuin C Block - International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
12 May 2025 · Join the community event and drop-in - Pensions re-enrolment
6 May 2025 · Re-enrolment planned for June 2025 - HR Round Up, April 2025
30 April 2025 · Transformation procurement, mentoring scheme, DBS changes, are your details up to date? - New centralised process for DBS checks
29 April 2025 · Creating a more efficient and streamlined approach - Making the Difference Award: HR
28 April 2025 · Nominations are open from 28 April to 6 June - Interested in being a mentor or mentee?
25 April 2025 · An opportunity to get involved in mentoring - HR Round Up, March 2025
31 March 2025 · RLW rate changes, PDR 2025 plans and redesign, sexual harrassment training, management training · Subscribe to HR Round Up - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
30 March 2025 · Recognising, reporting and preventing sexual misconduct - Management Foundations: investing in our Leaders
29 March 2025 · New Foundations Programme in development - LinkedIn Learning - changes to staff access
28 March 2025 · Access via a UoY account will end on 31 March 2025 - Performance & Development Review (PDR) 2025
27 March 2025 · Colleagues encouraged to take a light touch approach - Reimagining the Performance Development Review
27 March 2025 · Your feedback is shaping the future of our PDR - Revisions to the Grievance Procedure and DAWS Policy
26 March 2025 · Changes made to the existing procedure and policy - Rewards Extra - New Platform Launching 1 April 2025
25 March 2025 · The Rewards Extra benefits platform is receiving an upgrade on 1 April. - New Real Living Wage and National Living Wage rates
24 March 2025 · Effective from 1 April 2025 - Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025
10 March 2025 · Monday 17 to Sunday 23 March 2025 - HR Round Up, February 2025
28 February 2025 · March pay uplift, promotion scheme update, prof band 1 changes, RtW checks, policy updates · Subscribe to HR Round Up - Promotion and pay schemes 2025/26
26 February 2025 · An update on promotion and pay schemes - Shaping the new PDR process
25 February 2025 · Join us at an upcoming focus group - Making the Difference Award: HR
21 February 2025 · Nominations for HR's Making the Difference Award are open from 21 February to 12 March. - March 2025 pay uplift
21 February 2025 · The second part of the 2024/25 National Pay Award - Health and wellbeing resources
20 February 2025 · New resources on anxiety and overwhelm - Changes to Professorial Band 1
19 February 2025 · Band 1 pay scale changes effective from 1 March 2025 - Neonatal Care Leave
18 February 2025 · Additional support available under the Family Leave Policy - Important message about pensions options
7 February 2025 · Information for those with less than 12 months life expectancy - Share your feedback on the PDR Process
5 February 2025 · Help us to design a system that is fair and effective for all - Myth busting - TRAs and Role Reviews
4 February 2025 · What are they and when should you use them? - Help shape our future: get your team involved in the PDR survey
31 January 2025 · Performance and Development Review survey launching soon - HR Round Up, January 2025
31 January 2025 · PDR survey, HR relocation, recruitment approvals, training authorisations · Subscribe to HR Round Up - LGBTQ+ History Month 2025
24 January 2025 · Raising awareness of the community's history, lives and experiences in education, culture, and society. - Updating our approval process for staffing requests
23 January 2025 · In order to update our approvals process, some HR forms will be unavailable between 28-31 January - Training authorisations
9 January 2025 · Line managers will no longer be required to approve UoY training for staff members.