This page contains approved policies, procedures and guidelines. Published documents are always the most recent version and are applicable to the current academic year (unless otherwise stated).
Student Experience
- Student Experience Policy Statement (pdf)
- Academic Engagement Procedure (pdf)
- Admissions Procedure (pdf)
- Appeals Procedure (pdf)
- Attendance Management Guidance for Sponsored Student Visa holders (pdf)
- Authorised Interruption Guidance Notes (pdf)
- Conduct, Competence and Fitness to Practise Procedure (pdf)
- Criminal Convictions & Charges Procedure (pdf)
- Extenuating Circumstances Submission Procedure (pdf)
- Library Collection Development Guide (pdf)
- Plagiarism Procedure (pdf)
- Procedures for Supporting Students in Distress (pdf)
- Procedure for Student Discipline (pdf)
- Referencing Statement (pdf)
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Handbook (pdf)
- Student Carers Statement
- Student Enrolment Terms & Conditions and Privacy Notice
- Student Suspension Procedure (pdf)
- Students with Parental Responsibilities Guidance (pdf)
- Work-based Learning Procedure (pdf)
Information Services
- Information Services Policy Statement (pdf)
- Copyright Guidance (pdf)
- Data Classification Schedule (pdf)
- IT Acceptable Use Statement (pdf)
- IT Information Security Procedure (pdf)
- IT Hardware Asset Management Statement (pdf)
- IT Password Management Procedure (pdf)
- IT Software Licensing and Control Statement (pdf)
- Guidelines for the use of Social Media (pdf)
- Guidelines on USB devices (pdf)
- Protocol for the use of Cloud Storage (pdf)
Health & Safety
- Health & Safety Policy Statement (pdf)
- Access for Children to the University Procedure (pdf)
- Animals on Campus Protocol (pdf)
- Asbestos Management Procedure (pdf)
- Authorisation for Unattended Running of Equipment or Apparatus Procedure (pdf)
- Blood and Body Fluids Procedure (pdf)
- Compliance with PUWER Procedure (pdf)
- Control of Contractors Procedure (pdf)
- Control of Noise at Work Procedure (pdf)
- COSHH Procedure (pdf)
- Dangerous and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations Procedure (pdf)
- Display Screen Equipment Procedure (pdf)
- Disposal of Hazardous Waste Procedure (pdf)
- Emergency Evacuation of People with Disabilities Procedure (pdf)
- Fieldwork Procedure (pdf)
- First Aid Procedure (pdf)
- Guidance Note for Skin Safety (pdf)
- Health and Safety Management and Inspection Procedure
- Lone Working Procedure (pdf)
- Management of Contractors (pdf)
- Manual Handling Procedure (pdf)
- Meningitis and Communicable Disease Procedure (pdf)
- New Expectant Mothers Procedure (pdf)
- Personal Protective Equipment Procedure (pdf)
- Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) Procedure (pdf)
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Procedure (pdf)
- Provision of Work Experience in UWS Procedure (pdf)
- Risk Assessment Procedure (pdf)
- Smoke Free Protocol (pdf)
- Unattended Running of Equipment or Apparatus Procedure (pdf)
- Work-based Learning (Health & Safety) Procedure
Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance Policy Statement (pdf)
- Accountability Code of Practice (pdf)
- Business Travel Risk Management Procedure (pdf)
- Conflict of Interest Procedure (pdf)
- Data Protection Code of Practice (pdf)
- Donations Procedure (pdf)
- Due Diligence Procedure (pdf)
- Freedom of Information Procedure (pdf)
- Guidance for Staff on Fraud Prevention and Fraud Reporting (pdf)
- Gifts and Hospitality Protocol (pdf)
- Guidance for Staff on Anti-bribery (pdf)
- Major Incident and Continuity Planning Procedure (pdf)
- Prevent Duty Events and External Speakers Protocol (pdf)
- Procedure for the Annual Statement of Assurance (pdf)
- Procedures for Raising Concerns (pdf)
- Records Management Protocol (pdf)
- Response Plan under the Accountability Code of Practice (pdf)
- Risk Management Procedure (pdf)
People & Organisational Development

The People and Organisational Development Policy Statement sets out our commitment and the broad principles within which we will operate to support our staff in relation to the employment relationship, helping create sustainable and successful relationships between our people and the organisation.
Download our Policy Statement (pdf)People & Organisational Development have a number of procedures to help UWS achieve its strategic ambitions through our people, by fostering cultures of trust, fairness and inclusion in which people feel supported, engaged and relate to each other in a professional way. These are outline in the sections below:
Employee Relations
- Absence Management Procedure
- Disciplinary Procedure (pdf)
- Disciplinary Procedure - Guidelines for Employees (pdf)
- Disciplinary Procedure - Guidelines for Managers (pdf)
- Grievance Resolution Procedure (pdf)
- Guidelines: Grievance Resolution for Managers
- Guidelines: Grievance Resolution for Staff
- Guidelines: Dignity and Respect at Work
- Guidelines: Staff Attendance during Severe Weather Conditions (pdf)
- Organisational Change Procedure (pdf)
- Guidelines: Organisational Change
- Redeployment Procedure (pdf)
- Redundancy Procedure (pdf)
- Supporting Performance Improvement (pdf)
- Guidelines: Supporting Performance Improvement
Family Friendly
- Adoption and Surrogacy Leave and Pay Procedure (pdf)
- Career Break Procedure (pdf)
- Carer's Fund Procedure (pdf)
- Dependants Leave and Pay Procedure (pdf)
- Flexible Working Procedure (pdf)
- Guidelines: Flexible Working
- Maternity Leave and Pay Procedure (pdf)
- Employees: Maternity Leave and Pay Guidelines (pdf)
- Guidelines: Maternity Leave and Pay for Managers
- Parental Leave Procedure
- Paternity Leave and Pay Procedure (pdf)
- Guidelines: Paternity Leave and Pay
- Retirement Procedure (pdf)
- Shared Parental Leave Procedure (pdf)
Reward & Recognition
- Academic Promotion to Ac3 Lecturer
- Academic Promotion to Professor (pdf)
- Academic Promotion to Reader (pdf)
- Academic Promotion to Senior Lecturer and Reader Procedure (pdf)
- Additional Annual Leave Purchase (pdf)
- Associate Lecturer Procedure (pdf)
- Guidance on Use of Associate Lecturers (pdf)
- Local Staff Recognition Procedure (pdf)
- Regrading Procedure (pdf)
- Salary Recognition and Reward Procedure (pdf)
- Salary Recognition and Reward Guidance (pdf)
- Staff Pay Scales (pdf)
- STARS (pdf)
- Guidelines: Starting Salary (pdf)