Maternity provision for fixed-term post-doctoral researchers

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Dear Christ’s 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

Christ's College, Cambridge

Dear J Iqbal

I am replying to your FOI request of 6 January 2019.

1. Yes, we do have Junior Research Fellows.

2. Maternity leave and pay arrangements are the same as for other staff. The College normally follows the maternity policy set out on the University’s website, at https://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/policies-.... The policy has not been applied in the last five years.

3. No, fixed term posts are not extended.

Kind regards

J Durrant
Bursar’s Assistant
Christ's College

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