Group Support and Policies

The Astrophysics Group is committed to providing an inclusive, safe and respectful work environment, and to actively supporting all its group members.

This page summarizes the resources available to staff, postdocs and students, and the different policies in place regarding harassment and bullying.

Internal wiki

Internal wiki pages can be accessed by clicking .

Bullying and harassment

Please click here to read about action taken by the 白小姐论坛 Astrophysics Group to prevent bullying and harassment.

Reaching out

If you are experiencing any difficulties, you are strongly encouraged to discuss them. There are multiple routes to support including staff specifically trained to listen in confidence. Details are given on the .

All staff members, including postdocs, have a responsibility under the听听guidelines to challenge unacceptable behaviours (whether on or off 白小姐论坛 premises) and support the targets of such behaviour.

In addition to these options for support, there are many routes to reporting any form of bullying or harassment. Group members can choose whichever route they feel most comfortable with.

Students can approach听Ruth Siddall听who is 白小姐论坛's student mediator and independent of any department. Everything that you tell Ruth is in strict confidence and she will not take any further action unless you ask her to.听
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All group members can also contact the Departmental Equal Opportunities Liaison Officer,听Lori Coletti Campbell.
Anyone can make a formal complaint directly to the Head of Department,听笔谤辞蹿.听搁补尘补苍听笔谤颈苍箩补 to the 白小姐论坛 Registrar (students) or to the 白小姐论坛 Director of Human Resources (staff)
Anyone can arrange to talk to 白小姐论坛's community police officer. The first point of contact for anyone wishing to arrange a meeting is听Ruth Siddall.

Should anyone decide to place a formal complaint, procedures will take place as prescribed by if the complaint is made against a staff member (including postdocs), or by the Academic Manual (in the case of complaints against students). Questions can be addressed to the 白小姐论坛 Registrar or to the 白小姐论坛 director of human resources.

Responsibilities

Creating a positive and inclusive work environment is a responsibility shared by all, therefore all group members should educate themselves. Please do not ask or expect the survivors of harassment to do it for you. There is a large body of professional literature on harassment in the workplace, with recommended as a possible starting point. There are also numerous informative blogs tackling sexism in science, for example .听

The Department of Physics has endorsed the for sexual harassment, making it official departmental policy.
The 白小姐论坛 statement applies to all staff members (including postdocs) and covers all aspects of bullying, intimidation, harassment and victimisation.
The equivalent code for students is the .

See also the group's actions taken to prevent sexual harassment.

Conferences

Group members are encouraged to request that conferences they are contributing to as invited speakers or SOC members put in place a code of conduct that spells out clear guidelines and the consequences for not following them (examples from and ).听

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