Working at Reading

Working at the University of Reading offers an exceptional opportunity to apply your skills and experience. With several Centres of Excellence and proven quality of provision, the University enjoys a world-class reputation for teaching, research and enterprise. We also offer a stimulating and peaceful working environment in one of the UK's most attractive campuses.

Working Together:  A Strategy for Success, sets out our plans to continue to improve the working environment at the University.  The strategy is at the heart of the emerging University Strategy and recognises the crucial contribution that our people make to the achievement of the University's aims.  These are demanding times for the University and we want to enable everyone to make the best contribution they can as it is only by doing this that we will improve our standing as a leading research-intensive university and become an excellent place for both staff and students to work.  The strategy has been refined and informed by results of the Staff Survey.  Please click here for further information on Working Together: A Strategy for Success.

The detail contained within these pages is designed to provide both new and existing staff members with useful guidance and information about working life here at the University. It includes everything from information about reward and benefits, travel and getting around to health and wellbeing and staff training and development.

The University is taking up the challenge to become more environmentally friendly. This has involved implementing various plans and policies so that we can become accountable and responsible in what we do. If you would like to learn more about what the University is doing and what you can do visit the clean and green web pages. 

For further information on working at the University of Reading and for University life please see:

• Annual leave, public holidays and closure days
• Campus services
• Catering on campus
• Centre for Staff Training and Development web site
• Childcare
• Events at the University of Reading
• Facilities Management Directorate web site
• Flexible working
• Health and well-being
• HESA Staff Collection Notice
• Information for new staff
• Parking on campus
• Pay
• Pensions
• SportsPark web site
• Students' Union web site
• Trade Unions
• Travel and getting around
• University staff usernames