School of Education and Social Work

For staff

Useful forms are available to download at:Bronze Athena Swan award

ESW Staff Handbook cover 2021View/download the Staff Handbook:
ESW Staff Handbook 2024-25 [PDF 6.65MB]

See also our helpful Glossary of Terms & Acronyms: May 2022 [PDF 692.61KB]

Staff Wellbeing: Where to go for help and support

If you need support in relation to your job, your first port of call might be your line manager. You might also want to refer to any of the following online resources for advice and links to support:

  • Report + Support is a tool for staff, students and even visitors to our campus and can be used to:
    - find information about and get access to University and specialist support services 
    - have an advisor talk you through options for support or further action
    - make the University aware of an experience you have had, anonymously if you choose
    *NOTE: We can act on anonymous reports only rarely. See FAQs for more information.

  • ESW's internal Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) web pages have information and links to helpful resources, such as union websites, the Chaplaincy & Meeting House, Human Resources for the School, and reporting lines for the reporting of bullying or harrassment at work - directed at you or that you have witnessed.

  • ESW's internal bullying and harrassment web page has helpful advice and relevant links for accessing support.

  • BAME staff might also be interested in our Race Equality web page and what the School of Education and Social Work is providing by way of opportunities to discuss and reflect on individual and collective experiences of inequality and racism and ways to decolonise the curriculum.

  • Human Resources have a wealth of advice on the Staff Wellbeing Hub, including advice on mental, physical and financial wellbeing, and also managers' responsibilities regarding supporting their staff.

  • Spectrum.Life (use code BeWell) runs the University's Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). Their helpline is available 24hrs 365 days of the year. As well as a confidential counselling helpline offering up to eight structured counselling sessions, they offer a medical helpline, legal support and help with day-to-day issues such as career coaching, consumer advice or relationship mediation.

  • The Organisational Development department has a web page for Mentoring which is a University scheme whereby mentees are matched with suitable mentors from across the University - usually from a different School or division and who is slightly ahead of the mentee in their career- to aid them in their professional development. You can engage with the scheme by requesting to be a mentor or a mentee. 
School of Education and Social Work Strategic Plan 2019-25

ESW Strategic Plan 2019-25

Workload Planning Guidance *faculty only

ESW Workload Guidance for 2023/24 academic year

Health & Safety

For all other information related to health and safety at Sussex, visit the University's Health & Safety web pages where you can:

Information reported can be accessed by the School's Safety Coordinator as well as members of the University's Health & Safety team. This system does not replace the service offered by the SEF Service Centre (servicecentre@mitie.com), which should be used to report issues with facilities within Schools/buildings and around campus. 

University Policies

Risk Assessment

Look under 'R' for risk assessments on the University's Health and Safety A-Z web page for risk assessment forms, strategies, ratings and training course information.

Human Resources

For HR and Recruitment Operations:
Email: hradmin.esw@sussex.ac.uk

For HR related advice or support on strategic and organisational objectives:

Assistant HR Business Partner in the first instance: Liz Carlsson [L.Carlsson@sussex.ac.uk]
ESW HR Business Partner: Sarah-Jane Pocock [S.J.Pocock@sussex.ac.uk]

For payroll queries:

Email: Payroll.SocialSciences@sussex.ac.uk
Tel: 01273 876618

Casual employment and pay claims are now dealt with by Reed Talent Solutions. See our web page on Employing Casual Workers.

University & School Policies
FORMS: General 

STUDY LEAVE

VISITORS

FORMS: Financial

Claiming Expenses
For the latest expense claim forms, go to Payments Management - Forms (A-Z) (Travel and Working Away From Base, Hospitality and Out of Pocket Expenses)

FORMS: Courses/Modules

For the latest forms regarding course transfers/withdrawals, new module requests, module changes and pathways and electives, visit the Academic Quality and Partnerships (AQP) web pages. Specifically

FORMS: Travel
FORMS: Student related
Sussex templates

Powerpoint templates

Letterheads & business cards

If you would like design help/support in using the above templates, contact the Communications Officer, Heather Stanley: h.stanley@sussex.ac.uk

ESW Events Calendar

Click on the relevant month to expand and view significant School meetings, events and committees.

See also the ESW Committee Timetable: 2024/25 [PDF 81.57KB] for the dates of committee meetings taking place across the academic year.

November 2024
DATE: 4th-8th
Monday

10am-12pm: ESW PGR Committee meeting - The Sissay Room, Essex House

1.30-3pm: Research Centre Directors Meeting 
Tuesday

9.30am-1.15pm: CIRCY PGR Research morning: Children’s Sibling Relationships and Methodological Reflexivity

2-3pm: Impact Sandpit - The Sissay Room, Essex House
Wednesday

11am-1pm: ESW Research Committee

1-2.30pm: Young Women Navigating Discourses of Education and Marriage: A case study of the Dinka community in South Sudan - Seminar Room 18 + Zoom

2-4pm: SocSci Ethics drop in w/ Carol Cooley (SREIO) - The Conolly Room
Thursday

11-11.30am: FIKA

12-1.30pm: CIE Business Meeting
Friday

 
DATE: 11th-15th
Monday

 
Tuesday

 
Wednesday

1.30-2.30pm: School Student Experience Group (SSEG) - The Conolly Room, Essex House

4.30-6pm: 'The Golly in the Cupboard: Identity, Collectivity and Resilience in Social Care' presented by Dr Phil Frampton - via Zoom
Thursday 2-3.30pm: ESW PGR Supervisors Forum - Room G35, Jubilee Building
Friday

 

DATE: 18th-22nd
Monday

 

Tuesday

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop In
Wednesday

9-11am: School Leadership Team (SLT)

2-4pm: SocSci Ethics drop in w/ Carol Cooley (SREIO) - The Conolly Room
Thursday

1-2pm: Delivering Culturally Sensitive Programs in Support of Girls’ Education across India, Pakistan, and Kenya with Khuzama Khan - Arts A071 + Zoom

3.45-5.30pm: The ‘four sides’ of educational exclusion: The compounding effects of school, system, service and societal factors on educational marginalisation - Room 212, Fulton Building + Zoom
Friday

 
DATE: 25th-29th
Monday

 
Tuesday

4.30-5.30pm: Teen Reads Book Group - The Conolly Room, Essex House
Wednesday

12-1.30pm: CTLR hosted Pedagogy Plus session: For a Better World - Sussex tutors’ inspirational pedagogy on film - Hybrid
Thursday

 
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December 2024
DATE: 2nd-6th
Monday

 
Tuesday

 
Wednesday

12-4pm: Schoolo Leadership Team (SLT)

2-4pm: SocSci Ethics drop in w/ Carol Cooley (SREIO) - The Conolly Room, Essex House
Thursday

1-2.30pm: CIE Seminar: Lizzi Milligan 
Friday

 
DATE: 9th-13th
Monday

3-5pm: Tish Marrable leaving do - IDS Bar
Tuesday

10-11.30am: Elements training (General + Impact Module) - The Sissay Room, Essex House
Wednesday

1-3.30pm: School Meeting
Thursday

9am-1pm: Research Away-Morning - Room 101, Ashdown House
Friday

 
DATE: 16th-20th
Monday

 
Tuesday

 
Wednesday 2-4pm: SocSci Ethics drop in w/ Carol Cooley (SREIO) - The Conolly Room, Essex House
Thursday

12.30-1.30pm: Impact sandpit - Room 143, Jubilee Building
Friday

 
DATE: 23rd-27th
Monday

MINIMUM SERVICE DAY
Tuesday

MINIMUM SERVICE DAY
Wednesday

CHRISTMAS DAY BANK HOLIDAY
Thursday

BOXING DAY BANK HOLIDAY
Friday MINIMUM SERVICE DAY
January 2025
DATE: 1st-3rd
Wednesday

NEW YEAR'S DAY BANK HOLIDAY
Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 6th-10th
Monday

 
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DATE: 13th-17th
Monday

 
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Friday

 
DATE: 20th-24th
Monday

1.30-4.30pm: Hold for Workshop on Maximising REF-ability when writing for publication
Tuesday

 
Wednesday

SOCIAL SCIENCES WINTER GRADUATION CEREMONY
Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 27th-31st
Monday

 
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