A number of suppliers on the Legal Services Framework are providing a range of webinars to support the HE sector throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Womble Bond Dickinson
COVID-19: Crisis management for employers
COVID-19: Proactively managing business risk
COVID-19: Preparing your personal contingency plan
COVID-19: Dealing with existing contracts
COVID-19: Entering into new contracts as a customer
Navigating the short-term legal challenges of COVID-19
VWV have a Coronavirus resource library on their website with a specialist legal advice for universities. Please see the below sections and links for specific topics within this section of their website.
A practical guide to handling redundancies and restructurings
Immigration Issues for Universities
Subject access and examinations – what are the obligations of HEIs?
Freedom of Information requests during the Coronavirus pandemic
Using university property to combat coronavirus
Tier 4 immigration update for universities
Homeworking – what are the key considerations for HEIs?
5 ways to protect your organisation against cyber attacks
How can the job retention scheme help HEIs?
An update for universities on immigration Issues
Guidance on working from home – how to stay compliant
Coronavirus and student matters – advice for HEIs
Coronavirus and the workplace – advice for HEIs
Coronavirus and commercial leases – what HEIs need to consider
Coronavirus - implications for HEIs foreign national staff and students
Sector stability and integrity during the coronavirus pandemic
Government guidance on annual leave during the coronavirus pandemic
How do I conduct a coronavirus risk assessment
Weightmans
Redefining what is 'reasonable' and 'fair' in student complaints
Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland are holding a webinar on 4th September covering managing student settlement packages in response to Covid 19. To book your place please email: [email protected]
A new immigration system – what it will mean for your recruitment of non-British/Irish students and an update on the implications of covid-19 - webinar - Eversheds Sutherlands. The webinar will run on the two dates below:
Compliance with Tier 2 sponsor obligations
Compliance with Tier 4 sponsor obligations and update
Handling complex, reputationally sensitive and high value disputes in the world of Covid-19
Nuts and bolts of possession – residential
Hill Dickinson
On Wednesday 9th September Hill Dickinson are running a webinar that may be of interest for in-house lawyers. Running from 11am - 12noon, the session will be focusing on Frustration, Termination, and Force Majeure. Members that are interested in this free event can register directly through the following link: https://www.hilldickinson.com/events/webinar-house-lawyers-forum
Mills & Reeve
On Wednesday 16th September Mills & Reeve are hosting a webinar on Employment for the Education sector which will cover the winding down of the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and look at dealing with collective and individual redundancies. You can book your place on this free event online at: https://www.mills-reeve.com/events/employment-webinar-for-the-education-sector