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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:

  •  is a tool for staff, students and even visitors to our campus and can be used to:
    - find information about and get access to  
    - 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  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

Health & Safety

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

  • access information relevant to your work activities 
  • request health and safety training 
  • , accidents, near misses or dangerous occurrences.

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  (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 recruitment operations: 

Email: recruitmentadministration@sussex.ac.uk

Tel: 01273 873743

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

Assistant HR Business Partner in the first instance: Katie Groves
HR Business Partner: Sarah-Jane Pocock
Employee Relations Partner: Ben Spencer

For Organisational Development advice and guidance:

OD Consultant: 

For payroll queries:

Email: Payroll.SocialSciences@sussex.ac.uk

Tel: 01273 877505

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

April 2025
DATE: 1st-4th
Tuesday

11am-12.30pm: Barriers to Qur’anic education reform: findings from Senegal and Niger with Dr Shona Macleod - Global Studies Resource Centre, Arts C + Zoom

3-4pm: REF Advisory Group meeting (SWSC)
Wednesday

1-4pm: Hold for SocSci + IDS 3MT competition

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Centre
Thursday

10am-12pm: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Enhancing Young People’s Involvement as Research Advisors. PGR proposal presentation - The Conolly Room, Essex House + Zoom

12-1pm: ESW Writing Drop-in - Room 147, Essex House

1.30-3.30pm: Workshop on Learning from Evaluation - Room 255, Bramber House

Friday

 
DATE: 7th-11th
Monday

 
Tuesday

11am-12.30pm: Learning lives of teachers in remote and peri-urban primary school contexts in Indonesia with Dr Imelda Sari Rosi - via Zoom
Wednesday

 
Thursday

 
Friday

12-1pm: A European dialogue on Signs of Safety with Anna Melke (CSWIR VRF) - via Zoom

1-3pm: Fieldwork and Beyond PGR peer support group - The Sissay Room, Essex House
DATE: 14th-18th
Monday

 
Tuesday

12-1pm: Funding support drop in [in person] - Room 124, Essex House

2-3pm: PGR catch-up (information only)

Wednesday

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Centre
Thursday

 

Friday

 
DATE: 21st-25th
Monday

 
Tuesday

 
Wednesday

3.30-5pm: School Student Experience Group
Thursday

10am-12pm: Impact & Engagement in the Social Sciences [In-person] - Room 233, Arts C

Friday

 
DATE: 28th-30th
Monday

 
Tuesday

12-1pm: Funding support drop in [in person] - Room 124, Essex House

3-4.30pm: Convenor Workshop : writing for publication I - Seminar Room 18, Essex House

Wednesday

10am-12.30pm: Research AwayMorning - Room 102, Ashdown House

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Centre
May 2025
DATE: 5th-9th
Monday

 
Tuesday

10.30am-12pm: PAB - All courses (Virtual for TWD return dates)
Wednesday

10am-1pm: Combined BoS/SEC Meetings
Thursday

9am-4pm: Block for 'Building Bids: Creating Collaborative Support for External Research Funding' - Room 115, Jubilee Buiding

12-1pm: ESW Writing Drop-in - Room 147, Essex House

5-6.30pm: Book Launch: The Art of Global Peacebuilding and Excellence in Education - Room G31, Jubilee Building
Friday

 
DATE: 12th-16th
Monday

 
Tuesday

1-3pm: Funding support drop in [in person] - Room 152, Essex House
Wednesday

9am-4pm: Hold for day 2 of 'Building Bids: Creating Collaborative Support for External Research Funding' - Room 115, Jubilee Building

1-2.30pm: CIRCY Members Meeting

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Building
Thursday 12-1pm: ESW Writing Drop-in - Room 147, Essex House
Friday

 

DATE: 19th-23rd
Monday

 

Tuesday

 
Wednesday

11am-1pm: ESW PGR Committee meeting

3-4.30pm: Convenor workshop : writing for publication II - Room G35, Jubilee Building
Thursday

11am-1pm: ESW Research Commitee

Friday

 
DATE: 26th-30th
Monday

 
Tuesday

1-3pm: Funding support drop in [in person] - Room 152, Essex House
Wednesday

1-3.30pm: Course Leader Meeting

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Building
Thursday

 
Friday

 
June 2025
DATE: 2nd-6th
Monday

 
Tuesday

 
Wednesday

 
Thursday

4-6pm: Deadline for finalist S2/A2 marks input (BAPEYE, CPD SW, BACY)
Friday

 
DATE: 9th-13th
Monday

12-2pm: UG MAB (S1 and S2/A2 finalist) BAPEYE, CPD SW, BACY

2-3pm: UG Pre-PAB (Finalists) BAPEYE, CPD SW, BACY
Tuesday

10-11.30am: Elements training (general + impact module) - Moot Room, Freeman Building

12-1pm: Funding support drop in [in person] - Room 124, Essex House

2-3pm: UG Pre-PAB (Finalists) BAPEYE, CPD SW, BACY
Wednesday

11am-12pm: CIE Business Meeting - CIE Room, 1st Floor, Essex House

12-2pm: Research in Progress - June (information only)

2-3pm: UG Pre-PAB (Finalists) BAPEYE, CPD SW, BACY

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Building
Thursday

12-1.30pm: UG PAB (Finalists) BAPEYE, CPD SW, BACY
Friday

 
DATE: 16th-20th
Monday

 
Tuesday

5-6.30pm: Deadline for progression S2/A2 marks input
Wednesday

12-2pm: Finalist classification and module results published (BAPEYE, BACY)
Thursday

 
Friday

 
DATE: 23rd-27th
Monday

10-10.30am: UG Pre-PAB (Progression)

11am-12.30pm: MAB (S1 and S2/A2 progression)
Tuesday

10-10.30am: UG Pre-PAB (Progression)

12-1pm: Funding support drop in [in person] - Room 124, Essex House
Wednesday

10-10.30am: UG Pre-PAB (Progression)

2-4pm: Ethics drop-in with Carol Cooley - The Sabina Avdagic Room (F30), Freeman Building
Thursday

9am-1pm: Hold for day 3 of 'Building Bids: Creating Collaborative Support for External Research Funding' - Global Studies Resource Centre, Arts C

10-10.30am: UG PAB (Progression)

2-3.30pm: ESW PGR supervisors forum. Date change due to clash with scheduled School meeting - The Conolly Room, Essex House + Zoom
Friday  
DATE: 30th
Monday

9am-3pm: Possible faculty research event