A Guide to London Business School

You will be working at the School as a self-employed consultant or employed through a company. Contracts are normally offered on an academic year basis, and your Contract for Services will tell you which courses you will be teaching and the number of teaching points this equates to. You will receive your contract through a system called Docusign which streamlines the signing process.

Your agreement with the School

Your obligations to the School during the agreement are to:

Provide the Services with reasonable skill, care and attention

Keep the School informed of the progress of the work you are doing on all projects in connection with which you are providing the Services

Comply with all reasonable and lawful requests of the School and to work and co-operate with its personnel

Provide such facilities and equipment as may be necessary to enable you to carry out the Services

Comply with all reasonable standards of safety and comply with the School’s health and safety procedures from time to time in force at the premises where the services are provided and report to the School any unsafe working conditions or practices

Comply with the School’s policies and codes of practice from time to time in force on Inclusion and Diversity and Valuing Dignity at London Business School

The School is under no obligation to provide you with work nor are you, as a consultant, obliged to perform work if it is offered. For information regarding termination of the agreement please see your contract.

As a affiliate lecturer at the School, you must abide by the terms of your contract and the principles of the School’s Intellectual Property Policy which can be found here.

Non-UK Citizens If they are a national from outside the UK, their appointment will be subject to us issuing them with a “Permitted Paid Engagement” letter. Visitors to the UK are required to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) at least 3 days before they travel to the UK. Without an ETA, they may be denied boarding by their airline or refused entry at the border. The ETA scheme operates similarly to the US ESTA visa-waiver scheme. Applications must be completed online before travelling to the UK. Decisions are typically made within a couple of days. They can apply online or via the UK ETA App. It costs £16 and is valid for multiple trips over 2 years. For more information on the ETA scheme, please see the gov.uk website here.

Citizens of the EU who have previously lived in the UK and have obtained settled or pre-settled status may not require a visa but should check with facultyhr@london.edu. Please ensure you send back the necessary immigration documentation and supporting documents as soon as possible to assist us with this. You might need to pay a healthcare surcharge (called the ‘immigration health surcharge’ or IHS) as part of your immigration application. Migrants requiring a visa of less than six months will not be required to pay the healthcare surcharge but instead may access NHS services and will be charged at point of use.

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The Research and Faculty Office is required to hold documentary evidence on eligibility to work in the UK for all employees and contractors. Please make an appointment to visit the office in RB.A3.17 before you start your teaching to meet with the Faculty HR team and to ensure that a copy of your passport and visa can be obtained for our records. Your Subject Area Manager will set up your School email address and advise you on how to get a swipe card in order to access the building. Either they or your designated Faculty Assistant will be on hand to help with any IT issues, to let you know about access to a hot desk and to introduce you to the members of your department and the rest of the faculty support team.

As an affiliate faculty member, we recognise that the teaching you do for London Business School is only a part of your professional activity. The terms of your contract for services do not prohibit you from teaching at competitive institutions (i.e. other business schools or management development organisations). However, you should first seek the School’s agreement via the Dean (agreement is not normally withheld). Please ensure that should you engage with another organisation, you do so in your own name and use the School’s name, at most, only in your biographical details to identify your affiliation to it. It is also important that you make it clear to the provider from the outset that the School’s logo cannot be used under any circumstances and that the School’s name can be used only in your bio and nowhere else.

As part of your contract with the School, you will need to complete online training prior to undertaking any teaching.

The School has partnered with an organisation called Bob’s Business to provide essential Information Management training modules for all faculty and staff.

Our adherence to the relevant GDPR regulations is imperative and failure to comply can result in large fines for the School and significant reputational damage. We each have a role to play in ensuring our continued compliance.

You will receive an email on how to gain access to the online training platform from Faculty HR. The platform can be found here.

Because London Business School has a complex portfolio of courses of many different types and lengths, annual teaching loads cannot be assigned on a straightforward "number of courses taught" basis. Instead, to provide a common currency, teaching loads are measured by a system of points, linked to work (or time) put in. This system seeks to allocate equal points for equal work.

All of the School’s teaching and administrative activities have been priced in terms of teaching points and the current “pricelist”. The points allocation for each teaching activity takes account of the following factors: the formal classroom contact hours, the time needed for preparation and course development, the effort involved in grading and examining and the time require for informal student contact.

While points allocations are broadly proportional to classroom contact hours, the London Business School points system differs from the pure contact-hours driven system used in many other business schools in two main ways. First, the points system recognises certain differences between degree programmes and executive teaching. Thus while executive programmes rarely involve grading and examining, they frequently require much informal contact time (e.g., dining-in, supervising evening group work etc.). Second because points are linked to time put in, the School is able to place non-classroom-based activities on an equal footing with classroom-based activities.

Payment for teaching is inclusive of travel costs, unless you are assigned to teach in Dubai, New York or Hong Kong, in which case the School will pay reasonable receipted expense to cover travel, accommodation and subsistence relating to the trip up to a maximum of £5000 for Dubai and New York or £6000 for Hong Kong. Expenses should be submitted to the relevant Programme office within one month of completion of the trip.

Please click here to view contacts in Degree Education Programmes. The School has a relationship with Key Travel and you are encouraged to use this company to book flights when travelling to teach on behalf of the School. Key Travel can also advise on visa requirements when travelling to these countries. The School has corporate rates available at the following nearby hotels: Danubius, The Holmes Hotel, The Landmark and Dorset Square Hotel. Please quote London Business School at the time of booking to benefit from these rates. For longer stays www.sabbaticalhomes.com has information regarding homes and apartments to rent on a short-term basis in the local area. Please refer to the School’s Business Travel Policy and Procedure and expenses policy and FAQs for more information.

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Lecture theatres are fitted with state of the art teaching technology. All systems are integrated and can be fully controlled by the user from a touch panel at the teaching desk. The Support team are happy to provide one to one instruction in any aspect of the School’s AV. LT induction takes approximately 20 minutes. New lecturers are encouraged to take advantage of this and to book support in the theatre at the start of their classes. Please contact itfacultyhelp@london.edu with your request.

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• Canvas training

We use an online learning management system called Canvas for students to access all their courses and associated materials, to view the syllabus and assessment information and policies, and to submit all their assessments, including online exams.

In practice your faculty assistant will update your course on Canvas, look after all aspects of course administration and will be happy to work with you on the delivery of your teaching, but if you would like to know more about Canvas and to explore the functionality please contact the Education Technology Team edtech@london.edu for a guide tour.

Auditors can be requested to sit in the classroom, but kindly note, they will have no access to materials made available online, nor to Canvas.

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Extenuating circumstances (EC) requests are submitted by students in order to:

Miss an assessment

Drop an elective/tailored core course, or

Sit an exam remotely.

They are formally considered in accordance with the School's EC Policy. The policy requires students to submit evidence to demonstrate that their circumstances meet the necessary criteria to be approved.

If a student advises you that they are not able to submit an assignment, sit an exam or that they want to drop your course because of possible ECs, refer them to the Programme Office who will advise the student re the EC process. Please do not decide yourself whether to approve a request so that the due process can be followed and to ensure that all students are being treated consistently.

Students are also advised not to approach faculty to make individual/special arrangements or to seek support for their requests. They are advised at the start of their programme, and reminded at varying points throughout, what the correct process is.

All EC requests are considered by the School Panel, who make decisions in accordance with the School’s EC Policy.

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Student Wellbeing Services provide advice, guidance and information relating to disability, health, or wellbeing. Disabled students including students experiencing mental health or wellbeing issues are encouraged to register with Student Wellbeing Services (wellbeing@london.edu) to discuss potential support relating to accessibility and reasonable adjustments (see page 7 for more information). If you have any concerns about a student’s wellbeing, please contact Student Wellbeing Services straightaway.

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