International Mobility Project

Project overview 

As a UK-based university with a global outlook, we are committed to supporting staff who are planning to work overseas. However, working overseas can carry significant financial, legal, regulatory and safety risks for individuals as well as the university.  

To be competitive and world-leading, we must ensure our International Mobility (overseas working) function keeps in step with the global reach of our research and teaching.  

To achieve this, Imperial's International Mobility Team (IMT) and colleagues from across the organisation have been working together as part of an ongoing project with three key objectives:

1. Improve Imperial's in-house International Mobility function.  
2. Increase awareness and appreciation of the risks of overseas working and the need to request in advance.  
3. Undertake an up-to-date risk assessment for the current overseas workforce to provide required support and resolution of potential liabilities for individuals and/or Imperial. 

To achieve these objectives, we have: 

1. Established an expert International Mobility function to provide the service.
2. Developed and communicated an International Mobility Framework which outlines how new overseas working requests are assessed.
3. Implemented industry-standard software capable of identifying risks and mitigations, to be used by the IMT.
4. Provided clear guidance and information to staff.
5. Worked to create a risk profile of existing and recent overseas working.

After a successful pilot across 3 Departments, we have now rolled out our improved overseas working service to all eligible Imperial staff. All the information you need, whether you are planning to work overseas, are currently working overseas (or have been in the last 12 months), or are planning an upcoming business trip, can be found on the International Mobility webpages.