Our policies and procedures
Academic services
- Birkbeck quality strategy 2009-2012
- Higher Education Statistics Agency data about Birkbeck
- Learning and teaching strategy 2009-2012
Course regulations
Estate management
- Attendant/security services
- Catering guidelines
- Cleaning and waste disposal
- Maintenance
- Postal service/deliveries
- Room hire
- Purchase of goods and services
Equality / health and safety
- Dignity at work and study
- Disability and dyslexia policies
- Equal opportunities' policy at Birkbeck
- Health and Safety Policy for Buildings and Maintenance Operations
- Health and safety policies
- Human resources policies and procedures
- Race equality policy
- Safety Policies
Student services
- Class Representatives (information provided by the Students’ Union)
- Computing policies and regulations
- Email, internet and telephone policy
- Library
- Nursery
- Student data
- Students' Union Constitution and Code of Practice
- Welfare, advice, counselling and study skills
Information for Governors
Professional service department service level agreements
Recruitment and employment at Birkbeck
- This section covers information on Birkbeck’s strategy and management of human resources, rather than information relating to individual members of staff (which is exempt from disclosure as personal information). The information available covers personnel policies and procedures (including terms and conditions of service including all current versions of the information specified in each category). Our human resources policies and procedures are regularly updated, but current employment law will take precedence.
- Academic staff probation
- Computing policies and regulations
- Disciplinary procedures and policies
- Energy and sustainability
- Equal opportunities' policy at Birkbeck
- Generic terms and conditions of employment
- Grievance procedures and policies
- Harassment: a code of practice for staff and students
- Human Resources strategy
- Induction information
- Jobs available at Birkbeck and general information for prospective job applicants
- Network security policy
- Salary scales
- Progress and Development Review (appraisal scheme)
- Progression and reward
- Public interest disclosure ("whistleblowing") policy
- Unions
- Procedure agreement between local branches of Unison and Unite, and Birkbeck
- Procedure agreement between Birkbeck and Birkbeck, University and College Union: not available in web form, contact BUCU direct for a copy
- Wireless and mobile computing policy
Policies on the use of information
- Data protection code of practice
- Data protection on the web
- Freedom of Information publication scheme
- Information strategy
- Terms and conditions of this website
Research policy and strategy
- Consultancies, intellectual property and exploitation
- Research policies and procedures
- Policy on scientific good practice
- Policy on scientific misconduct and fraud
- Research Strategy
- Research Ethics Policy and School procedures
Complaints policies
- Policies, procedures and Codes of Practice on student matters are available on the My Birkbeck website. These include the Student Complaints Policy and Code of Student Discipline and appeals against decisions of Boards of Examiners.
