Definitions

Some roles within the University necessitate working on campus and can not be carried out in a hybrid or remote location. These are roles where activities or duties need to be performed 100% on campus.  

A campus worker will have the appropriate equipment, space, and facilities, to undertake their role on campus.  Your normal hours of work will be those set out in your contract of employment or as agreed with your line manager.   

Hybrid working, which is sometimes referred to as “blended working”, is a form of flexible working that allows staff to split their time between attending the workplace and working remotely (typically from home).  

Hybrid working is available to roles where part of the role can be carried out off campus.  The time spent off campus will be encouraged on a part time basis.  Staff suitable for hybrid working have been identified by their line manager based on the level of activity currently within their role. The type of working pattern will be dependent on service needs, role, flexibility requirements, and the suitability of the individual’s remote working environment. 

Home is defined as a home address in the UK only.  Overseas working needs to be agreed under a separate process due to additional in country costs for social security, payroll and taxes (refer to HR Global Employment team). This is a separate process to business travel such as conferences and fieldwork.  

The University has defined remote working as when an employee works entirely from home or another space and does not have an allocated desk or office space on any of the University’s campuses.  

This covers staff who are working entirely remotely in the UK on a permanent, contractual basis. For any remote work being carried out overseas, the Global Employmentpolicy and guidance should be followed. 

Permanent remote work employees should indicate their primary working address in a remote working agreement. This contract will also outline their responsibilities as remote employees. 

Staff will be provided with the necessary equipment and technology that enables them to perform their job remotely.  On campus working will be by agreement and on an ad hoc basis only.  

Not all work performed by the University of Exeter lends itself to remote or hybrid working.  

Remote working roles are usually designed from the outset as such and it is unusual to change a role that is currently based at the University to a wholly remote role. However, there may be certain reasons such as attracting high calibre candidates that remote working may be suitable. 

The University’s standard terms and conditions of employment are subject to English law and as such, all our employees are expected to work in the UK.  

This means that working overseas (i.e. outside the UK) is not permitted unless expressly agreed otherwise in the employment contract and planned accordingly. 

Staff identified as remote or hybrid workers can only work in the UK due to the immigration, tax (personal and corporate), insurance, and employment legislation implications of working abroad, unless instructed to do so for university business, i.e. attending a conference or after following the global mobility processes for overseas working. 

Each overseas project represents an investment in both internal and external resources in order to ensure the same level of compliance as when we employ people overseas as in the UK. We want to ensure that our investment in global mobility delivers a strategic benefit to the University which supports our Global Strategy.  

To achieve this, the University will assess each overseas project against a business case bringing evidence of the strategic value of the overseas-based role against our Global Strategy objectives. 

Please see the Global Mobility Webpages. 

If you would like to request another form of flexible working, or if we do not currently offer you hybrid working but you would like to request it, you can make a formal request under our policy on employees requesting flexible working.  

Please see Flexible working webpages for more information.