Our policies and procedures

Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering the University's services and responsibilities.

Policies and procedures for conducting university business

• Corporate Plans
• Governance policies
• Procedures for handling requests for information
• Financial policies and procedures
• Expenses and Hospitality Policy (PDF-380KB)

Procedures and policies relating to academic services

• Academic Procedures
• Guide to policies and procedures for teaching and learning

Procedures and policies relating to student services

• Policies and Procedures
• Academic requirements for undergraduate students
• Country and region specific information for international applicants
• Language and academic requirements
• University of Reading Admissions Policies
• Office for Students - Access and Participation Plans for University of Reading

Procedures and policies relating to human resources

• Human Resources - Policies and procedures
• Human Resources - A-Z index

Procedures and policies relating to recruitment

• Recruitment and Selection Procedure
• Human Resources - A-Z index
• Recruitment procedures

Code of conduct for members of governing bodies

• Governance Policies

Equality and diversity

• Diversity, inclusion and equality policies
• University of Reading Admissions Policies
• Office for Students - Access and Participation Plans for University of Reading

Health and Safety

• Health and Safety
• Grounds policy and procedure

Estate Management

• Estate Management Policy, procedure and guidance

Complaints policy

• Student complaint procedures
• Medical Practice complaints procedures
• Library complaints procedure
• Digital Technology Services complaints procedure
• Complaints about student behaviour
• Complaints about a request for information

Records management and personal data policies

• Personal data policies
• Records Management
• CCTV Code of Practice (PDF-134KB)

Research policy and strategy

This will include quality assurance procedures, policy and procedures relating to intellectual property, ethics committee terms of reference, applications and their approval, and any other relevant codes of practice. This will include policy, strategy and procedures relating to knowledge transfer and enterprise.

• Quality assurance in research
• Research ethics
• Constitution and role of the Research Ethics Committee (PDF-129KB)
• Research applications and approval
• University Code of Good Practice in Research (PDF-222KB)
• Knowledge transfer
• Research priorities
• Research policy
• Policy Library for Research Staff
• Working with business

Charging regimes and policies

Most of the information in the publication scheme is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the University's website by following links in the guide. Where charges apply it will be indicated. Information that is listed in the scheme but is not available from the website can be requested from the IMPS Office. This request for information will be treated in the same way as a Freedom of Information request and the information will normally be provided free of charge unless the costs involved in retrieving the information exceed the appropriate limit, as described in the Freedom of Information Guide to Fees. Charges reflect the time necessary to retrieve the information together with the costs of copying and postage, where appropriate. The appropriate limit in the case of the University is currently £450, which equates to about 2.5 days of staff time. More information on the charges for Freedom of Information requests is given in the section What does it cost?

Charges made by the Special Collections Services are given in Using Special Collections Services.