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: 2023/24 [PDF 10.45MB]

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 

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: 2023/24 [PDF 91.56KB] for the dates of committee meetings taking place across the academic year.

July 2024
DATE: 1st-5th
Monday

 
Tuesday 

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop-in - via Teams
Wednesday

10am-1pm: Research that changes us (impact film) - in person

11am-12.30pm: ESW Doctoral supervisor forum - The Conolly Room + Zoom

1.30-4.30pm: School Meeting - Room 144, Jubilee Building

4.30-6.30pm: Staff Summer Party - Education Teaching Lab 19 (or outside weather permitting)
Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 8th-12t
Monday

PGT MAB time tbd PGCE, PGCE P&P. MA Early Years, MA Education full and part time, MAIED, MACY & S2 options 

UG Progression results released

9.45am-4.45pm: Social Sciences research showcase - Bramber House Gallery Room
Tuesday

PGT pre-PABs PGCE, PGCE P&P. MA Early Years, MA Education full and part time, MAIED, MACY, time tbd

10am-12pm: Workshop on Impact Module in Elements - venue tbc

2-3pm: Bridging Disciplines: Data-Driven Methodologies for Education and Social Work Research in Disaster Perception Studies - CIE Room, Essex House

3-6pm: Teen Reads Final Book Group Meeting - The Conolly Room, Essex House
Wednesday

PGT pre-PABs PGCE, PGCE P&P. MA Early Years, MA Education full and part time, MAIED, MACY, time tbd

Deadline for submission of camera ready examination papers for A3 to E&A

4-5pm: CTLR Literacy Network: READING FOR PLEASURE CHANGES LIVES FOREVER SF Said, award-winning children's fiction author - via Zoom
Thursday

11am-1pm: Resit PAB PGT PGCE (finalists), PGCE P&P. MA Early Years, MA Education full and part time, MAIED, MACY 

10am-2pm: Festival of Multi-Cultural Research: R n' R: Exploring Rhythm and Research - Quiet Room, Meeting House
Friday

10am-4pm: CSWIR Psycho-Social Symposium 
DATE: 15th-19th
Monday

Deadline for informing Exams and Assessments of necessary exam clashes between modules via the ‘Standard Order of Proceedings’ (SOOP) request

UG students accept/decline optional resits by 15 July 2024
Tuesday

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop-in - via Teams

4.30-6.30pm: Faster Reads Webinar - online
Wednesday

Deadline (hard) for notification of Reasonable Adjustments for exams to Exams and Assessments from Disability Support for A3 assessment period

PGT PAB results released
Thursday

 

Friday

11am-1pm: EDI Forum - Room 135, Jubilee Building
DATE: 22nd-26th
Monday

Data download and work to commence on the exam timetable. Any changes to student results (resits/sits) after this point will require manual amendment to the data set, or to student records post-exam timetable publication. 
Tuesday

 
Wednesday

PGT students accept/decline optional resits by 24 July 2024

SOCSCI SUMMER GRADUATION CEREMONIES *ESW ceremony from 4.30-6.30pm
Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 29th-31st
Monday A3 Exam timetable published this week
Tuesday 9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop-in - via Teams
Wednesday  
August 2024
DATE: 1st-2nd
Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 5th-9th
Monday

 
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Wednesday

 
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Friday

 

DATE: 12th-16th
Monday

 

Tuesday

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop In
Wednesday

 
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Friday

 
DATE: 19th-23rd
Monday

 
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Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 26th-30th
Monday

 
Tuesday

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop In
Wednesday

 
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September 2024
DATE: 2nd-6th
Monday

UG resit MAB BA & MA SW, CPD, BACY, BAPEYE - time tbc
Tuesday

UG resit pre-PABs BA & MA SW, CPD, BACY, BAPEYE times tbc
Wednesday

UG resit pre-PABs BA & MA SW, CPD, BACY, BAPEYE times tbc
Thursday

2-4pm: Resit PAB BA & MA SW, CPD, BACY, BAPEYE
Friday

 
DATE: 9th-13th
Monday

 
Tuesday

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop In - via Teams
Wednesday

 
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Friday

 
DATE: 16th-20th
Monday

 
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DATE: 23rd-27th
Monday


Tuesday

9.30-11am: ESW Research Assistance Drop In - via Teams
Wednesday

 
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