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Mandatory Training

Please find Frequently Asked Questions here.

To support our ethical approach and our compliance obligations, we expect that all members of staff to complete particular training during their time here. 

From 2024, completion of mandatory training will be required to pass probation, apply for a staff bonus or additional increment, progress through the academic promotion scheme, professorial pay review, and for the Professional Services Grade 8 pay review process.

The table below identifies the types of training you are expected to complete, how it’s delivered, and how often you need to repeat or follow up with further training in a specific area. 

Please be aware that there may be other training mandatory for your role or area. Please check with your line manager and visit our Induction page for more information. 

For staff who don’t use a computer for their role, tailored provision has been arranged.  More details about how to arrange this will be made available.  

Line managers should decide which mandatory training contractors and temporary staff should complete. Here is a guide to support contractor or temporary mandatory training decisions 

Health & Safety mandatory training: For more information on Health & Safety training necessary for different roles, see the appendix of the training policy on the Health & Safety Directorate's training page. 

Note on frequency: 'Induction' refers to a member of staff's first three months in post.  When a piece of training needs to be done 'Once', ideally this should be done during induction.  However, if it is not completed (or was not available) during induction, it is still mandatory.

Course Name

Owned By / Contact:

Required For:

Frequency:

Time to complete (mins):

Link (if e-learning)

Information Security Awareness Training - Cyber Security and GDPR

IT 

IT Security

All Staff Induction (see above) + every year 1 60

CPD Training:

Information Security Awareness Training - Cyber Security and GDPR

Introducing Inclusion

(Equality and Diversity in Practice + Challenging Unconscious Bias) 

HR

OPD Team

All Staff Induction + every 2 years2 90

CPD Training:

Introducing Inclusion

Fire Safety Awareness (FSA)

Health & Safety

H&S Helpdesk

All Staff Induction + every 2 years or any change of location (whatever comes first) 20

CPD Training:

Fire Safety

Anti-Bribery Essentials

Finance

OPD Team

All Staff (and international recruitment agents)  Once (see above) 45

CPD Training:

Anti-Bribery Essentials

Criminal Finances Act

Finance

OPD Team

All Staff (and international recruitment agents)  Once (see above) 45

CPD Training:

Criminal Finances Act

Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Safety

Health & Safety

H&S Helpdesk

Staff who use DSE daily at work, for continuous periods of an hour or more 

Induction and every 3 years (or earlier for changes to location or equipment)

45

MySafety

MySafety Workstation Assessment Guidance

Health & Safety Essentials

Health & Safety

H&S Helpdesk

All Staff Once (see above) 20

CPD Training:

Health & Safety Essentials

Introduction to Copyright

Student & Academic Services

Library

Academics, Researchers,
Staff publishing resources
Once (see above) Yes

CPD Training:

Introduction to Copyright

Recruitment and Interview Selection

HR

OPD Team

Recruitment Panel Members Before recruiting; refresh if not completed within 2 years.   120

CPD Training:

Staff Recruitment and Interview Selection 4

Safeguarding Essentials

Student & Academic Services

OPD Team

Staff who come into contact with students, applicants or those doing outreach work (encouraged for all staff)3 Induction + every 2 years 65

CPD Training:

Safeguarding Essentials

Protecting your research 

JRMO 

JRMO

Academics, researchers and research-supporting PS staff in S&E and encouraged for FMD and HSS 5 Induction 120 

CPD Training:

Protecting your Research

Effective Advising and Signposting 

Student Experience

Student Experience

Academics, TATFS  Induction 125 

CPD Training:

Effective Advising and Signposting

1 Information Security Awareness Training:  This module replaces the two separate modules, Cyber Security and GDPR (Data Protection), that were previously available on MetaCompliance.

2 Introducing Inclusion: Staff are required to have done some form of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training, at Queen Mary, every two years.  This e-learning is mandatory for all staff, unless you have a joint NHS contract and have completed EDI training as a condition of your employment with the NHS. 

3 Safeguarding: although some of the e-learning covers UK legislation the principles would still be relevant for colleagues on overseas campus. 

4 Recruitment and Interview Selection: This e-learning is a mandatory prerequisite to participating in staff recruitment activity.  The optional workshop can be booked online; the booking option will become available on the e-learning page after completing the e-learning.

5 Protecting your Research: While aimed mainly at staff in research-related post, this course highlights the risks to the university and individuals when conducting research and innovation activities with international partners. It introduces due diligence processes and export control regulation, which are relevant to staff managing TNE and research commercialisation.  Research services are aiming to review this course but need some time to do it so we are reinstating the old course for now.

 

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