Policies and documents
The following are links to guidance, flowcharts, procedures and policies. Please contact the SUCU Office if you notice anything that does not look correct.
University of Sheffield Policies
- University of Sheffield Change Management and Redundancy Avoidance
- University of Sheffield Sickness and Absence through Ill health
- University of Sheffield Performance Capability and Conduct
- University of Sheffield Grievance and Dispute Resolution
- University of Sheffield ‘Work-Life’ Balance Policy
- Sheffield policy for Fixed Term Contracts
- Link to all policies and procedures
SUCU and University of Sheffield Agreements
- JNCHES_Pay_Agreement_06-09
- An approach to National Job Grading towards equal pay in Higher Education (AUT, 2003)
- Framework Agreement for the Modernisation of Pay Structures (JNCHES, 2006)
- The University of Sheffield Grading Scheme: Implementation of the National Framework Agreement (Joint Agreement, 2005)
- Procedure Agreement (Joint SAUT – University of Sheffield Agreement, 1984)
- Framework for the Regularisation of Atypical Workers (Agreement, May 2008)
SUCU Guidance
- Health and Saftey IOSH Report
- Notes on Evaluating Workload Models (UCU Circular, 2010)
- SUCU Note on the Framework for the Regularisation of Atypical Workers (June 2008)
- The Public Sector Equality Duties and Financial Decisions (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2009)
- Implementing the equality duties: A toolkit for UCU branch and LA officers (September 2007)
- Atypical workers: step-by-step how to get information from the university (April 2010)
- Good Practice Guide for postgraduate student teachers (May 2010)
SUCU Circulars
SUCU Motions
- SUCU Motion on Voluntary Severance (Extra-ordinary General Meeting, 14 July 2009)
- SUCU Motion on job cuts and workload, with amendment (Extra-ordinary General Meeting, 14 July 2009)
- SUCU Motion on Local Subs (General Meeting, 8 Feb 2010)
SUCU Surveys
- Report by Steve Corbett on a Comparison of Outcomes of the Staff Survey and the UCU Stress Survey.
Documents Concerning VSS
- Message from the VC (9 June 2009)
- Full UCU response to the Vice-Chancellor’s message (10 June 2009)
- VCs Letter of Response (18 June 2009)
- Joint National-Level Union Statement
Employment Equality
- UCU Equality Resources (including resources for women, black, disabled and LGBT staff)
- ACAS Equality Resources
- Business Link Resources (including ‘AgePositive’ guidelines)
- TUC Anti-Racism Resources
USS Pensions
University of Sheffield Subject Access Request Form