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Conditions of Service/Terms of Appointment

As part of the National Framework Agreement new terms of appointment for all staff groups were agreed with the trade unions and implemented at 1st August 2006.

Following a revision to the University's Statutes and Ordinances the terms of appointment for the three main staff groups were revised at 1st October 2007. In February and March 2009 further amendments were made to take account of the job title changes for Academic staff and the introduction of PensionsPlus for all staff. In October 2009 amendments were made to the rate of the University contributions to USS. In October 2011 amendments were made to the Pensions and Retirement Information in all the terms of appointment

The revised terms of appointment are set out below:

Alan Charnock
Deputy Director of Human Resources
July 2006 (revised October 2007)
Updated February 2009, March 2009, October 2009 and October 2011.

Conditions of Service/Terms of Appointment

The Conditions of Service/Terms of Appointment for each staff group prior to August 2006 are set out below for information:

Academic and Academic Related Staff

Support Staff



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