Global Employment

Purpose

The University’s Global Strategy is to become a truly global institution by extending our presence, reach and impact around the world. This will include developing strategic partnerships with leading universities around the world, building upon our existing international partnerships and forging new relationships.

As a consequence, a global workforce - which used to be the exception – is now gradually becoming more common. Employing staff overseas has some implications, which, if they are not addressed properly could put both the individual and the University at risk - see our issues to consider section for more information.

The role of the Global Employment Team is to manage the University's staffing activities overseas, making sure they are delivered in a compliant, efficient, future-proof, and cost-effective way.

This guidance does not cover short term travel overseas (less than 3 months from the UK). Guidance for staff travelling overseas on short term University Business can be found at Guidance for travel overseas.