External speaker request procedure
If you are a member of staff or a Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex student and are intending on having an external speaker at a Â鶹´«Ã½ event, you must complete an external speaker procedure.
- For events being organised by a student, student group or staff member of a department within the Students’ Union, please follow the .
- For events that fall outside of the Students’ Union remit, please complete the online External Speaker Request Form below using the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex External Speaker Procedure [DOCX 105.06KB] as guidance.
Please complete the online External Speaker Request Form below.
It is anticipated that the vast majority of events organised will not need to proceed beyond Stage 1.
- Stage 1 – Self-Assessment
- Stage 2 – Local Assessment
- Stage 3 – Â鶹´«Ã½ Assessment
If you answer YES to EITHER self-assessment questions, you must proceed to Stage 2 (Local Assessment) and contact your Head of School or Professional Services Director. Please retain details of action taken within Stage 2, for audit purposes and progression to Stage 3 (where required).
You only need to move on to Stage 3 (Â鶹´«Ã½ Assessment) if the local assessment cannot approve the event with or without mitigation.
To proceed to Stage 3, please contact l.spenceley@sussex.ac.uk providing full details of all the action taken within Stage 2.
Please complete one form per event and in accordance with the External Speaker Procedure [DOC, 102KB] and Freedom of Speech Code of Practice [PDF 129KB]. Where there are multiple speakers attending the same event, please provide details of each speaker in the space provided. Please ensure that you consider the self-assessment questions in stage 1 for each speaker.
*Please note that if the political/reputational etc climate around a topic has changed since the risk assessment is conducted, it is the organiser's responsibility to review ahead of the event.*
If you have trouble accessing any information on this page please contact l.spenceley@sussex.ac.uk