News and Information

Announcement from HROD.

As part of our desire to create an outstanding environment in which to study, research and work, we are committed to developing the Hallam Deal, which sets out the University’s commitment to you and what the University expects in return. As part of this commitment towards staff, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new Employee Assistance Programme which provides an online, telephone and face-to-face employee support service. The service will work on the basis of confidential self-referral and it will be provided by an external provider, Health Assured.  Listed below are the key areas of support that they will offer to all staff –

• Comprehensive telephone helplines available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week offering practical information and emotional support including
  • Counselling and Emotional Support
    • Family Issues
    • Bereavement
    • Trauma
    • Relationship Issues
    • Stress related conditions
  • Tax Information
  • Medical Information
  • Money management and debt support
• Up to six structured telephone counselling sessions, per issue for employee, partner or spouse and dependents (between the ages 16-24 in full time education)
• Up to six face to face counselling sessions, per issue for employee including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Access to an online wellbeing portal which provides access to extensive well-being resources including four-week programmes, videos, webinars and access to a health mobile app.
• Support specifically aimed at helping managers deal with important workplace issues. This service is only available Monday to Friday from 9am-5pm.

Please note that the EAP is a free confidential service completely separate and independent of the services offered by the University’s Occupational Health services.

We will be arranging promotion events in October 2018 to provide staff with an overview of the EAP service. Details of the events will be communicated in due course.

Please refer to the EAP Guidance which is available on the HR Staff Intranet pages by clicking here for more information on how to access the service. Alternatively you can contact our HR Operations team by sending an email to “! HR Operations” or calling the extension 4264.

Pride

Even the rain couldn’t stop us having a great time at Sheffield Pride! We marched, we compèred the main stage and we met hundreds of community members to talk about what a great place SHU is to work and study at.

Pride in numbers

We gave away 100 SHU bags, 20 SHU prospectuses and 50 Team Hallam baseball caps.

We also had a snapchat takeover with 651 unique views and 30 colleagues marched with a 6 foot rainbow SHU banner

A big well done and thank you to everyone involved and to our very own Signal Co-Chair James Laley for superbly compèring the main stage all day to over 700 people!

All of these numbers were for one very good reason – LGBT+ equality!

Signal is looking for new members

Signal is the SHU LGBT+ staff network and supports the University in its mission to be LGBT+ inclusive. We want to make sure that Signal is as diverse and representative as possible and we are particularly inviting LGBT+ colleagues with multiple identities such as people of faith, people with disabilities or BAME people to get involved. Please email LGBT@shu.ac.uk

Did you know that the University uses Signal to consult with LGBT+ colleagues? Signal has recently helped the University to make its policy more LGBT+ inclusive, including family-friendly policies relating to Adoption, Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave.

Stonewall survey – all colleagues are invited to complete

The University works with Stonewall, the UK’s leading LGBT+ rights charity and this year, to ensure we are creating an LGBT+ inclusive workplace for our colleagues, we are entering the annual Workplace Equality Index. This uses criteria to assess how inclusive we are. As part of this we are asking our colleagues to complete a short (5 minute) survey about their experiences. You can identify as LGBT+ or straight to take part in the survey.

Please follow this link www.stonewall.org.uk/index-survey-2019 and enter code 1550. This code is to recognise your answers as from SHU and is not a personal identifier.

Ever wondered what Clearing is all about?

Come along and see for yourself!  Tours of the Clearing Suite are running tomorrow, 16^th August, at 1pm from the lift lobby in Owen level 3.  The tour will take about 30 minutes, and give you the chance to see and hear about what is involved in this significant operation to recruit students to the University.

No need to book, just turn up!

Information from the Graduation Office on this years ceremony and how you can get involved and help out.

Our 2018 UK Graduation ceremonies will take place at Sheffield City Hall from Monday 12 to Friday 23 November.

Graduation is a memorable celebration. It is the culmination of our students’ journeys, although hopefully not the end of their association with us, and recognition of the important role so many staff from across the University play in supporting those students.

Directorate staff are invited to get involved too by volunteering as door stewards at one or more of the morning, afternoon or evening ceremonies.

If you are interested in giving a few hours of your time during this important fortnight in the University’s calendar, please sign up as soon as possible via the graduation SharePoint site. The faculty staff responsible for organising roles will be in touch to confirm your allocation.

If you want to work at a particular ceremony, please visit the graduation website where you can search for which specific courses are being celebrated on which days.

If you have any questions, please contact the Graduation Office on 0114 225 5353 or email graduation@shu.ac.uk  You can also keep up to date with all the latest news and information by subscribing to the Graduation blog.

Eighteen members of staff have been successful in gaining a place on our Leadership and Management Apprenticeships scheme, delivered at Sheffield Business School.

Open to staff in management roles (both academic and professional services colleagues), staff from grades 5 to SSG applied for a fully-funded place on the following programmes:

• Executive MBA
• MBA (Facilities Management)
• MA Leadership in Practice
• Diploma in Operational/Department management

The 31 applications received were scored by panels of senior staff on the impact attending the relevant Programme would have on the individual’s performance, that of their business area and the University’s delivery of Transforming Lives.

The panels including ULT members, Heads of Departments, Directors and course leaders, with the 18 highest-scoring offered a place. Successful colleagues will start their programmes in the autumn and, in accordance with the rules for apprenticeships, will spend 20% of their working time dedicated to off-the-job training.

The launch of the Leadership and Management Apprenticeships complements the other elements of SHU’s development offer, including Hallam Leaders, Headstart, the recently-launched Senior Strategic Leadership Programme and the Professional Services Development Programme.

We anticipate that we will run the same scheme next year, launching applications in May.

The deadline for 2018 Contribution Pay applications is confirmed as Friday 28^th September.  Further information including the application form is available on the HR intranet site.

The aim of the Contribution Pay scheme is to reward individuals whose contribution, on a sustained basis, has exceeded that normally expected in their role. It also aims to reward individuals whose performance in their job has been outstanding. In both instances, applicants should be able to demonstrate high levels of competence and significant outcomes.

If you or a member of your team is considering submitting an application, you should refer to the relevant guidance notes on these pages.  Further advice on submitting an application is available from the Reward and Benefits Team on ext 2967.

Please note that any manager with staff on University of Sheffield terms and conditions, applications for Exceptional Contribution Awards should also be received by 28 September 2018.

AppsAnywhere (the University’s app store for accessing software on any PC) will be upgraded on the evening of Thursday 30^th August. During this work, the service will be unavailable from 6pm until around 7pm (and should be considered at risk between 5.30 and 9.30pm).

If you have any questions or concerns about this upgrade and the downtime, please contact IT Help on 3333.

InMotion! and the four Local Authorities in the region have teamed up once again with Love to Ride to bring Cycle September back to South Yorkshire.

For many of you cycling is an everyday norm so why not sign up for here to join a free, fun, friendly competition and be in with a chance of winning some amazing prizes including a trip to New Zealand or the Grand Canyon! All you need to do is ride for just 10 minutes during the month and pledge your miles. Even if you do not ride often you can win prizes by encouraging others to take part.

If you want to take part in Cycle September but are uncertain about cycling, Pedal Ready offers a range of sessions to help improve your cycling ability. Alternatively, British Cycling offer free, guided bike rides all over the country, including South Yorkshire with women only ‘Breeze’ rides also available. These provide the opportunity to build your cycling confidence with a group led by trained volunteers so you do not have to go it alone.

So don’t delay, sign up for Cycle September today to enjoy some friendly workplace rivalry with your colleagues as well as working together to become the top cycling organisation in South Yorkshire! For more information, please email environment@shu.ac.uk.