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Editorial policy

This page provides guidance on how we disseminate and how to submit ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff related news, in particular for inclusion in The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, the weekly all staff e-newsletter.

The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº aims to keep staff informed of key information including:

  • internal announcements
  • news
  • events
  • training opportunities
  • research and volunteering opportunities.

The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is compiled and managed by the Internal Communications team. We welcome story ideas from across the university. Given the volume of activity and achievement by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff and students, this brief policy outlines how we select material for The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº.

Criteria for inclusion

The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is the main way in which we communicate must-know information to the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff body. By providing functional information, which is in the legitimate interests of all staff, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is processing staff data fairly.

As The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is a functional email and not a marketing e-newsletter, we cannot include marketing content.

For content to be included in The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and on the staff news area of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº website it needs to:

  • be clearly relevant to the majority of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº administrative and academic staff ("must-know" rather than "nice to know")
  • be checked and approved with relevant colleagues
  • be written in plain English (see guidance in the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº house style on the )
  • ideally include images which enhance the story
  • include relevant contextual links.

For an event to be included in The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº it needs to:

  • have a confirmed date and time, venue, title, synopsis (guideline 250 words), speaker (if appropriate) and booking contact details
  • be an event that is organised by a ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº department and takes place on the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº campus
  • be an event which is organised by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº speakers but takes place at a non-¹û¶³Ó°Ôº venue
  • be relevant to a significant proportion of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº administrative and academic staff.

Editorial process

Please . Please note that we do not attach PDFs or documents to the newsletter - we need a title and short description, with a link to the relevant website.

If there are any queries with your submission, the Internal Communications team will work with you collaboratively to arrive at a final version, but where necessary, the Internal Communications team and the Communications Manager have the final decision on format and wording.

For content to be reviewed for inclusion in The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, please send it by midday on Wednesday each week at the latest.

Other channels of publicity

The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is for all staff. Given the volume of contributions that we receive, we have to make decisions about which stories and events are most relevant for a wide audience. If we decide not to pursue a story for The Week@¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, there are several other channels you can use to publicise it internally.

Listings for upcoming events should be submitted to the You can submit these for inclusion through the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Events Calendar submission form. Events listings are managed by the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Corporate Events Team.

The Week @¹û¶³Ó°Ôº will not publicise news or announcements for specialist audience groups.

If you need advice in this area, please contact internalcommunications [at] ucl.ac.uk, for recommendations on a suitable e-mail group or appropriate internal communications channel within a Faculty/School/Department.

If you would like to have a record of a specialist conference you should contact your departmental or divisional newsletter (if available) about publicising this. If a conference is of genuine relevance to a wider audience or high profile, we may choose to cover it in one of the internal communications channels listed above.