Training Mobility
Queen Mary welcomes staff for training purposes from their European partners via the Erasmus+ or Swiss European Mobility Programme, subject to hosting capacity.
We are pleased to welcome international colleagues for training visits usually for up to one week for purposes of job shadowing, observation, exchange of knowledge and good practice, learning from shared experience, acquiring practical skills and discovering new ideas for teaching and learning. This is subject to capacit.
Staff interested in a training mobility at Queen Mary should contact their home institution’s International Office in the first instance about their internal procedures and to check if there is funding available to support a visit.
The member of staff should then contact the department at Queen Mary where they intend to train, as the visit needs to be arranged with the department directly. Staff are advised to search for a contact via either the Schools and Institutes or the relevant Professional Services department.
The staff member and host department/unit at Queen Mary must directly arrange and mutually agree on the training programme before the visit takes place. The sending institution provides all contractual paperwork to the visiting staff member. The Global Partnerships and Opportunities (GPO) team does not manage incoming staff visits. It nevertheless requests confirmation of approved training visits (duly signed Staff Training Mobility Agreement) to be sent to w.leugers@qmul.ac.uk.
Deadlines
Staff who are interested in coming to Queen Mary on a training moibility visit should inquire with their home institution if internal application deadlines exist or if a procedure of open calls is in place for selection to participate in a staff mobility.
There is no specific deadline set by Queen Mary by when an incoming staff member needs to be nominated.
Accommodation on campus
Accommodation may be available for staff from partner institutions on our Mile End campus in one of our staff flats.
UK Visa and Immigration information
It remains the sole responsibility of any visiting staff to prepare for a visit to the UK to 1) determine their individual visa requirements and 2) to secure any necessary visa.
Please refer to the following web link for full advice: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y.
To supplement the documentation for any eventual purposes of a visa, the visiting staff member can request a letter of invitation from the GPO. This letter may be used for a visa application (if applicable), along with a letter that participants are urged to request from their home/sending institution that a) confirms the anticipated visit and b) serves as proof and duration of employment in the home country.
Accessibility, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
Queen Mary is committed to promoting accessibility, equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring that all staff and visitors are treated fairly and without discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender, disability or other protected characteristics.
Visiting staff with disabilities, dyslexia, long-term health conditions, caring responsibilities or other circumstances that may affect their participation are encouraged to share any relevant support or occupational health requirements with their host department as early as possible. This will enable the department and the GPO team at Queen Mary to liaise with the Occupational Health Service in advance of the visit and make reasonable efforts to ensure that appropriate support and arrangements are in place.
Further information
Accessibility: http://www.disabledgo.com/organisations/queen-mary-university-of-london
Equality and Diversity: http://www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/equality