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22 Sep 2022: 3.1 Casual Workers: The University will only offer work on an hourly-paid casual worker basis where the level and regularity of work is insufficient to justify an employment contract (see The Workforce Policy, Section 4.3). Workers are not employed

16 May 2022: The University is working to increase the frequency, quality and impact of Staff Review and Development (SRD) conversations. As part of this, the SRD guidance on the HR webpages has recently been simplified and streamlined to make it more user

22 Sep 2022: 6.1 To ensure that the University employment practices are in line with the principles outlined in this policy the following monitoring and reporting processes will be maintained. 6.2 Data on the use of different contract types will be run centrally

20 May 2022: About these notes These notes relate to applications for those coming to the University to undertake research. Details should be entered in English, for example ‘Instituto Politécnico Nacional’ would be ‘National Polytechnic Institute’ and

22 Apr 2022: Dashboard has been confirmed as the University’s new IT system for casual workers and will manage the process end to end from registration for casual workers, Right to work checks, through to bookings, worker agreements, timesheet management and

25 Aug 2022: Congratulations on receiving a job offer at the University of Cambridge. To enable you to work in the UK, the University has assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to you, and you can now apply for your visa. Please see the guidance below

9 Jun 2022: The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa was introduced in May 2022 to allow individuals who have been awarded a qualification from an eligible overseas university within the last 5 years to come to/remain in the UK. Eligibility Qualification An

26 Oct 2022: Overview of next steps for implementation The Cambridge Casual Worker System (CCWS) will be available for all Institutions to access from Monday 14 November 2022, subject to final confirmation on Thursday 10 November. This is the system which the

9 Feb 2022: Instructions for completing the Casual Worker HR System (Dashboard) Rollout Survey and Spreadsheet Background Following the demonstrations in January 2022 of Dashboard, the University’s new IT system to manage its casual workforce, the HR Division

9 Nov 2022: The Cambridge Casual Worker System (CCWS) will be available for Institutions to access from Monday 14 November 2022, as planned.

7 Sep 2022: The Cambridge Casual Worker System (CCWS) is due to launch to Institutions on Monday 14 November 2022, replacing UPS2. We need to know from Institutions which staff require access to the new system. Therefore, all Institutions are required to

13 Dec 2022: Closure of UPS2 From 2 January 2023, casual workers will be paid via the Cambridge Casual Worker System (CCWS). This will replace UPS2. The final UPS2 runs will take place on 5 and 19 January 2023 for work up to and including 1 January 2023. It is

1 Sep 2022: From Monday 5 September 2022, the structure of the central HR administration teams will be changing as follows: Life Events Team (excluding Clinical School) – This new team has been established in the HR Shared Service and is responsible for

10 Feb 2022: ATTRACTION The recruitment and selection process seeks to attract, recruit and retain the most talented people for the organisation. ...  For Clinical School recruitment for established, Principal Research Associate and Director of Research

8 Mar 2022: We pride ourselves on our first class customer service, never forgetting our guiding principle, People first…always. ... Our schemes are priced using age bands, reflecting that people are more likely to claim as they get older.

15 Jun 2022: The University's Festival of Wellbeing 2022, which will take place from Monday 27 June to Friday 8 July, is now open for bookings. The programme includes a range of talks, tours, activities and resources aimed at

20 Dec 2022: The latest round of the University’s Career Support Fund is open for applications until 31 January 2023. The fund provides grants of up to £10,000 to support employees of all staff groups whose careers have been adversely affected by the COVID-19

20 May 2022: Is an ATAS certificate required? From 21 May 2021, relevant international researchers applying for permission to enter or stay in the UK under the Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange (Temporary Work) (GAE) or Visitor immigration routes

10 Oct 2022: The Council and the General Board have approved a new Workforce Policy which is being launched with effect from 1 October 2022. It provides guidance to institutions in making workforce planning and engagement decisions and has been developed in

23 Feb 2022: Views are sought on the development of a Mutual Respect Policy (to replace the current Dignity at Work Policy) and a revised Grievance Policy. These proposed Policies have been prioritised in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and form