The University of Nottingham is a registered Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) employer. Our commitments include:
- offering an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum essential requirements of the role
- anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as and when required
- providing support to any existing employee who becomes disabled or acquires a long-term health condition
Support for staff
Support in your role
For support in your role, contact your line manager in the first instance. Line managers and staff in need of support may also find it helpful to review our equality and diversity policies or to contact the HR Employment Relations Team.
Reasonable adjustments passport
The university offers a reasonable adjustments passport to support staff and managers in discussing, agreeing, and recording reasonable adjustments. This is a live record of adjustments agreed between the staff member and their line manager.
The purpose of the passport is to ensure there is:
- a clear record of the agreed adjustments
- to reduce the need to re-assess adjustments due to changes to a staff member’s job or line manager
- to act as a template for conversations about current and future adjustments.
Sickness and absence policy
There may be times when you need to be absent from work for rehabilitation, assessment or treatment relating to disability. There may also be times when an impairment results in some sickness absence. We aim to support you in this. You can view guidance on provisions for disability leave and disability-related sickness absence in the Sickness Absence Management Policy and Procedure.
Peer support
There are a number of staff networks available at the University of Nottingam.
For staff members who are disabled and/or caring for someone with a disability, you may find the following networks helpful for finding peer support:
- The Disabled Staff Network
- The Neurodiversity Staff network
- The Carers Network
More information on these networks is available here.
Updates on the disability toolkit
The toolkit for supporting disabled members of staff is currently under review to improve its accessibility. In the meanwhile, the following information may be useful for line managers supporting disabled members of staff:
- A video introduction to the toolkit is available here
- Online training in Staff Equality is available here
Parking
Blue Badge holders can park in any of the marked disabled car parking bays on campus.
If you come onto campus regularly then you can also register your car with the university by emailing parking@nottingham.ac.uk.
The Blue Badge scheme has recently been extended to include people with hidden disabilities – find out if you are eligible here.