The University has a Personal Relationship Policy that is implemented to identify how the different power dynamics may arise and how these can be managed.
In summary relationships between staff and students should be disclosed to the University. The member of staff is required to disclose this to the HR department and the student is required to disclose this to the Standing Together team.
Details of the relationship are not expected to be disclosed, the purpose of making the University aware is to ensure any potential conflicts of interests, favouritism or bias can be eliminated. A risk assessment is completed when a disclosure is made, to ensure any risk can be mitigated where necessary.
Should a member of staff fail to disclose their relationship to the University, this would be a breach of the Personal Relationship policy and could result in disciplinary action.
More information about the Policy can found on the Dignity and Respect webpages.
A copy of the policy can be found below: