Top updates from across the University.
1. Pay Grade Scale changes
The changes to the University Pay Grade Scale were implemented on 1 April. Staff impacted by the change at implementation have now been placed on their new salary and any difference will be reflected in their take-home pay on the 26 April payday.
Please refer to the SharePoint site if you need further information on the impact of these changes and what they mean for you. You will find a video presentation, a Grade Scale change calculator, a new mapping guide, supporting FAQs and the new Grade Scale structure.
Grade Scale changes SharePoint
2. People and Money
All staff were emailed to update them on plans to improve our HR and finance processes managed in People and Money.
Guided by the feedback received from the wider University community, as well as the recommendations from the People and Money external review that were shared in December, a two-year roadmap for improvements has been developed.
People and Money: Improvements to our HR and finance processes
3. Staff elections
Senate elections: Online voting in the 2024 Senate elections for academic staff members opened on 17 April and will close at noon on 1 May. Senate is the University’s supreme academic body. Its core function is to oversee the learning, teaching and discipline of the University and to promote its research.
Senate elections – voting now open
Professional services staff election to University Court: Personal statements for each of the candidates nominated to stand for the professional services staff election are available. Online voting will open at 9am on 2 May and close at noon on 8 May.