HR communications

The University HR function supports both strategic and operational HR activities across the University.

Teams from University HR communicate with HR colleagues in departments and faculties in a variety of ways.

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This HR Support website is the main source of information about the University's personnel policies and procedures. The website contains detailed information on the full employee life cycle, including recruitment procedures, employment policies (such as family leave, holiday, sickness) and ending employment, and a section dedicated to Reward issues.

The Templates section that brings together pro-forma documentation for ease of reference.

There are also related websites for:

Please note that all teams in University HR migrated their websites to a new platform in 2019. Please check your bookmarks and update as necessary.

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The HR Newsletter is published once every academic term as well as a special edition in the summer. The newsletter includes updates from across the University HR teams including policy changes, project updates, event listings, and staff changes within University HR.

The newsletter is circulated to the administrators-personnel mailing list: administrators-personnel@maillist.admin.ox.ac.uk.

To join this mailing list, HR staff should email the HRIS Data Services team at hrisdata@admin.ox.ac.uk with your name, email address and department (if the joiner is replacing someone who is already on the list please let the HRIS Data service team know who to remove).

For any changes in Heads of Department, Faculty Board Chairs and Departmental Administrators please contact the communications lead for your division who will update the relevant mailing lists.

Departments are encouraged to add their generic HR email inbox (if one exists) to this mailing list, and to give relevant users access via this generic account rather than signing up individually to the mailing list. The generic account ensures updates are still received by the department and for data protection reasons.

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The HR Policy team delivers termly briefings for HR staff in departments about policy changes and project updates.

The meetings are normally held in 4th or 5th week, and are run on MS Teams.

Additional briefings are sometimes held for specific policy changes that will have a major impact across the University (for example, Shared Parental Leave, the EJRA).

Attendance is limited to HR staff and Departmental Administrators (or equivalent). Staff can register via links in the termly HR newsletter.

Download the slides from the 8 February briefing

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Other teams within University HR also publish subject-specific newsletters and bulletins. HR staff with relevant responsibilities are encouraged to join the mailing lists for these newsletters.

The HR Systems Bulletin is a regular publication for users of the University's HR system, where we aim to provide users with essential system information. All system users are automatically added to the mailing list for the Bulletin.

Staff Immigration Team News Bulletin: The SIT News Bulletin is a regular update for HR colleagues involved in staff immigration matters. It is particularly geared towards: staff involved in the administration of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) and visa applications; staff who manage sponsored visa holders; and staff involved in completing right to work checks. To join the mailing list for the bulletin, please email sit-administration@admin.ox.ac.uk.

Equality and Diversity Newsletter: The Equality and Diversity Unit publishes a termly newsletter, with news, events and initiatives from across the University. The newsletter is aimed at all staff and students. To join the mailing list for this newsletter, please email edunews-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk.

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Circulars advise departments of formal changes of policy and procedure and are sent to heads of department and departmental administrators, or equivalents.  The most recent two years’ worth of circulars are available to download from the HR Support website.

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Once per term, we publish HR Updates, a summary of HR news for staff across the University. Frequently covered topics include childcare, staff benefits, training and development, staff immigration and pensions. These updates are aimed at staff in general rather than HR specialists.

Visit our Updates for Staff page to read the latest issue.

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SIT NEWS BULLETIN

EDU NEWSLETTER

HR POLICY NEWSLETTER