The Director’s View: EU Referendum follow up

Procedures to follow in cases of alleged discriminatory behaviour

I am posting these lines following a request from colleagues to spell out what procedures should be followed in cases of alleged discriminatory behavour.

First, I reiterate the statement UCL’s President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur has made that we have a zero tolerance approach to behaviour or incidents of a discriminatory nature.

Any incidents of a racial or other discriminatory nature within UCL are dealt with via UCL’s Dignity at Work statement.

Staff are welcome to discuss any incidents with their line manager or with the Library Services DEOLOs – Breege Whiten (x31342) and Grazia Manzotti (x42156). You can raise incidents or behaviour that you have been directly involved in or incidents that you have witnessed.

Guidance can also be sought from the Library Services’ Personnel Team by contacting Margareth Ainley, Interim Departmental Personnel Manager. All incidents raised will be handled professionally and confidentially.

Incidents outside UCL can be reported by calling the police on 101, contacting Crimestoppers or using the True Vision website. True Vision (Association of Chief Police Officers) provides information and further guidance on identifying and reporting incidents of discrimination or hate crimes.

Colleagues should know that UCL has established a top-level Brexit ‘task and finish’ group, which is attended by the Provost. The role of this ‘task and finish’ group is to advise the Provost and guide UCL through the short-, medium- and long-term implications of Brexit, with a particular immediate focus on internal and external communication. I, as Head of the Division of Library Services, will be the contact between the group and the Library. I will share with you all pertinent news, alongside the group’s own public communications, and also discuss with the group pertinent issues of concern to Library colleagues.

Paul Ayris

Director of UCL Library Services