Retirement
Retirement is when an employee leaves work to take their pension. Employees may choose to retire, in accordance with the Rules of the pension scheme to which they belong, or, in certain circumstances, the University may request them to retire, in accordance with university policy.
Guidance
Guidance on retirement as it applies to different groups of staff is available on:
Retirement for university support staff
- all in grades 1-5 on support staff contracts
Retirement for academic and academic-related staff
- professors, readers, university lecturers, CUF lecturers, ULNTFs and faculty lecturers
- language tutors and others on academic contracts below grade 6
- all other staff on grades 6 to 10, ALC6 and RSIV, and clinical academic and research grades
Employees who were assimilated to academic-related grades, while retaining elements of support staff contractual terms (so-called ‘hybrid’ contracts) have contracts that entitle them to be treated, for retirement purposes, as support staff. If in doubt, advice should be sought from the appropriate HR Business Partner.
- a scheme allowing, with University approval, a mixture of retirement and continuity at work