Staff Student Relationship Policy
Queen Mary University of London's Staff Student Policy is changing.
On the 1st August 2025 a new Staff Student Relationship Policy will come into operation; all staff are subject to this policy, and should understand their responsibilities.
This policy review adopts a new position on staff student relationships and takes proportionate steps to prevent harassment and misconduct - strictly prohibiting certain relationships - further protecting our students, staff and encouraging the development of professional relationships and a culture founded on mutual trust and respect.
Staff with academic and pastoral responsibilities with students, senior staff with responsibility for institutional strategy, professional services staff providing a service directly to students, and security staff must not engage in an intimate personal relationship with a student to whom they are providing a service (as detailed in the policy).
To support our organisation and community to adopt this new policy position, the Senior Executive Team have agreed a transition period (up to 1st of October) whereby members of staff can sensitively disclose an existing Staff Student Relationship that would otherwise be prohibited to their managers. Please refer to 'excluded relationships under 5.5 for more information'. Following this period, the policy will be in full effect and failure to disclose a prohibited relationship will result in an investigation under the Discipline at Work Policy and Procedure.