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How to apply for conference and development funds

Education Staff Conference Fund

The Education Staff Conference Fund offers support to individuals who want to present or attend a conference related to their area of work. Applications are considered at regular intervals throughout the year, and are open to academic and professional services staff.

Application formIMBAE_Conference_Fund_Application_Form_2024-25 IMBAE_Conference_Fund_Application_Form_2024-25 (Word)
Guidance notes (Word).

Education Staff Development Fund Scheme

City St George’s is committed to providing opportunities for staff to develop the skills they need to be successful in their role and to further develop their careers. A range of training opportunities are provided via Human Resources.

In addition, IMBE has a small annual fund, the IMBE Staff Development Funding Scheme (SDFS), to which staff can apply for funding to cover all or part of the cost of completing training and development opportunities offered by external providers.

Guidance notes and application formIMBAE-Staff-Development-Application Form and Guidance 2024-25 (Word).

Making recruitment requests – Resourcing Review Committee (RRC)

The RRC is a central City St George's committee that considers staff resourcing (recruitment) requests to ensure the organisation is appropriately resourced in terms of capacity and capability, in line with organisational priorities. Managers should refer to the RRC terms of reference (Word) for details as to the circumstances in which a request to RRC is required prior to recruitment, re-organisation or changes to existing posts.

Applications for IMBE staff must follow the agreed workflow (Powerpoint). You will need to complete an application form (Word).

Mandatory training

Please complete the following training as applicable:

All employee training

All Employee Training
Mandatory Training	Method of Delivery	Department Responsible	Frequency	Duration
Display Screen Equipment (DSE) e-learning	e-Learning	SHE Office	Every 3 Years	30 mins
Home Display Screen Risk Assessment	e-Learning	SHE Office	Annually	10 mins
Office Display Screen Risk Assessment	e-Learning	SHE Office	Annually	10 mins
Fire Safety	e-Learning	SHE Office	Annually	30 mins
Information Security Essentials*	e-Learning	Information Services	Annually / Every 2 Years	45 mins
Data Protection Briefing*	e-Learning	Information Services	Annually / Every 2 Years	50 mins
General Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness	e-Learning	SHE Office	Every 3 Years	30 mins
Prevent Duty Training	e-Learning	Information Services	Every 2 Years	45 mins
Manual Handling	e-Learning	SHE Office	Every 3 Years	30 mins
Stress Management	e-Learning	SHE Office	Every 3 Years	30 mins
Personal Safety	e-Learning	SHE Office	Every 3 Years	30 mins
Diversity in the Workplace	e-Learning	HR (Diversity & Inclusion)	Every 3 Years	60 mins
Let’s Talk About Race in the Workplace	e-Learning	HR (Diversity & Inclusion)	Every 3 Years	30 mins
Introduction to Digital Accessibility	e-Learning	Information Services	Every 3 years	60 mins
Action Counter Terrorism	e-Learning	Information Services	Every 3 years	45 mins
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower	e-Learning	HR (Diversity & Inclusion)	Every 3 years	60 mins
Basic Cyber Hygiene	e-Learning	Information Services	Every 3 years	30 mins
Recruitment and Selection Interviewing	Workshops	HR (Business Partners)	Every 3 years	120 mins
PGCert HBE	Workshops	Academic Staff	Commence within probation	IMBE

Download this document on mandatory training for further instructions on accessing the training, troubleshooting hints and tips and checking completion rates for direct reports. (Word).

*Your MyTraining account will reflect the frequency that you need to complete the Information Security Essentials and Data Protection Briefing courses as it depends on your role. If you handle NHS patient data, which will primarily be research staff and staff that support these research activities it will be annually, For everyone else the requirement is every 2 years.

More information can be found on the Information Governance Awareness Training page here: Information Governance Training (sgul.ac.uk)

Education Life e-newsletter

The e-Newsletter is a source of news and information for staff across IMBE, Education Operations, and the Education Strategy and Development Office (ESDO). It is released monthly and covers issues such as upcoming events, starters and leavers, Edufocus, library and staff news, awards received, and general notices.

Previous issues

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Submission guidelines

Submissions are accepted until the last Friday of the month. Please send your submissions, or any questions, to the Education Operations Team. Submissions should be of about 200 words, and include pictures where possible. In order to keep the volume of emails sent to the entire institute down, we prefer to submit items to the newsletter rather than broadcast them if possible.

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