Maternity provision for fixed-term post-doctoral researchers

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Dear Magdalene College, Cambridge,

I am trying to find out more about maternity provision for post-doctoral researchers in Cambridge and Oxford, and hope you can answer the following questions for me:

1) Does your college employ Junior Research Fellows, or have an equivalent paid fixed-term post-doctoral research position?

2) If so, are such researchers eligible for maternity leave and pay? Please give details of any existing policy, and whether it has been applied in the last five years.

3) If maternity leave is taken by a JRF or post-doctoral researcher on a fixed-term contract, is the duration of the position extended by an amount of time equivalent to the time taken as leave, so that research time and funding is not lost as a result of taking leave? Please provide any details.

Thanks in advance for any information you can give me.

Yours faithfully,

J Iqbal

Kathryn Gee,

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Dear J Iqbal

 

I refer to your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
regarding maternity provision for fixed-term post-doctoral researchers.
The answers to your questions are as follows:

1.       Yes

2.       Yes. Arrangements are made by agreement with the person concerned
with terms not less favourable than those for non-academic staff, which
are given in the attached extract from the staff handbook. This policy has
been applied in the last 5 years.

3.       This is decided by agreement with the person concerned.

 

I hope you find this information helpful.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kathryn

 

On behalf of the Assistant Bursar

 

Kathryn Gee

Secretary to the Assistant Bursar

Magdalene College, Cambridge CB3 0AG Tel: 01223 330575

Registered Charity Number 1137542

 

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