People+

Welcome to People+

The People+ Project is a huge undertaking that aims to modernise the University’s HR and Payroll activities. We are updating our systems, software and by extension our business procedures, to improve our data collection, management and usage.

Once completed, we will all benefit from streamlined HR and Payroll data systems giving us:

1. A significant reduction in the duplication of effort and margin for error
2. Better visibility of and access to data whilst ensuring security and legal compliance
3. The capacity to integrate the new system with existing University software
4. Greater flexibility to run reports and review data in ways which are not currently available to us

Timescales

The project follows these broad timescales:

• 2012: The procurement exercise invited suppliers to take part and demonstrate how their system matches our requirements.
• 2013: The final supplier will be appointed and implementation and resulting business process change will begin.
• 2014: The system and process will be tested with a view to going live in April 2014!

How to get the most out of these pages

• Our Aims: The starting point if this is new to you. This section tells you why the project is needed and what we want it to deliver (as well as what it won’t!).
• Current Activity: Here you’ll find out what we’re working on now and what we’ll be turning our attentions to next.
• Confirmed to date: Our latest news, including decisions that we’ve confirmed to date. You’ll be able to see the roll-out and training schedules here too!
• Looking for answers?: We have published a selection of FAQs which will be updated as we move forward. You’ll be able to submit questions to the project team.