Additional Leave

Information on what additional leave covers, details of your entitlements and how to apply

Additional Leave can be provided to cover specific instances where you may be required to be absent from study for reasons that are not covered by other types of leave. These include: 

  • Special leave (including bereavement and pregnancy loss)
  • Baby loss (including stillbirth and neonatal death)
  • Carer’s leave
  • Additional disability leave associated with delayed adjustments
  • Health and safety
  • Public duties
  • Regulation leave

Entitlement 

You are entitled to 5 days in any 12 month rolling period, which can be taken in the event of an eligible circumstance. There is an additional entitlement for bereavement and pregnancy loss, of 10 days paid leave.

How to Apply

You should agree the use of additional leave in advance with your supervisor.  Once agreed, the Precision Medicine Team should be informed so as we can keep track of this.  Please email details to precision.medicine@ed.ac.uk.

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