Internal Transfer was introduced when the regulations were revised in 1994. The regulations define Internal Transfer as a temporary reallocation of an individual's duties within the School, in which no direct payment from an outside body is involved. For further information, please contact your HR Adviser key contacts.
Eligibility
A member of staff may apply for buyout of teaching and associated duties up to a maximum level (which is not an entitlement) equivalent of 40% of the normal load in any five year period (40% equates to six terms or two years).
This regulation allows for perpetual rolling 40% leave and provision for rolling leave is essential for the direction of research centres. Where the transfer is a direct replacement of teaching duties by other equivalent teaching duties, the Appointments Committee may agree to waive the limit.
Time spent on Sabbatical Leave will not be included in the five-year period. Each Department will be expected to ensure that the total level of absences for all reasons does not exceed what is appropriate to its size and needs, and that the entitlement to Sabbatical Leave is given precedence over other types of absence.
Application Process
All applications for leave are considered on an individual basis. Applications must be made on the form available from the HR. The member of staff should complete the relevant part of the form and send it to the Head of Department and (if relevant) to the Head of the Centre or Institute concerned.
The Head of Department will complete the section of the form relating to the implications for departmental resources, and will make a recommendation. The case will then be considered by the Appointments Committee, which is responsible for ensuring that the standard of work in the School will not suffer as a result of the proposed arrangements, and will take into account the total amount of leave granted to members of the Department concerned.
If the request is approved, the papers will be passed to the APRC, which is responsible for the allocation of resources.