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This module is aimed at anyone who needs to prepare a business case or who will be involved in reviewing or assessing business cases.It provides an introduction to the topic for those with little or no experience of preparing a business case. While it includes an overview of the financial elements of a business case, it does not assume any financial expertise.
This course aimed at all staff in a university to increase understanding of money laundering regulations, how to spot money laundering red flags in a university and what you should do.
This session will help you understand what the Criminal Finances Act 2017 is, and how it impacts universities. It also shows you what you need to do to protect yourself, and support your HEI.
This course will introduce the basics of business partnering. It includes what business partnering is and how to prepare for it. The course then identifies some of the basic skills for effective business partnering. It is an introduction level course.
This course will introduce the role of the Finance function in HE, what Finance do and why. The course will explore financial rules and regulations, financial reporting standards and financial sustainability. The module then moves on to financial information in HE, starting with the annual finance cycle, then to onto to financial statements and internal financial management.
This session will help you understand what Modern Slavery is and how it might impact your institution.
This course covers the basic rules and considerations for the import of goods into the UK whether those goods are purchased, loaned, donated or sent free of charge.
This introductory module will help improve your awareness of the risk of fraud in your institution, and what you can do to prevent it.
This course will be helpful to those responsible for dealing with financial transactions in universities, such as budgeting, purchasing or generating income. It provides an overview of how VAT applies specifically in the higher education sector but is not intended to be a fully comprehensive guide.
This course is an introduction to corporation tax and the core concept of charitable status which underpins all the corporation tax exemptions for universities. It helps to explain the potential corporation tax costs and obligations for universities and then finally the concept of non-charitable expenditure.
This course will be helpful to you if you are responsible for deciding whether to charge VAT on income received by a university for a research project, or need to understand whether VAT should be included in the cost of a research project.
This course outlines what TRAC is, it's purpose, the key elements of the methodology, and how it is used by institutions. It is intended to be useful for all colleagues involved in TRAC at all levels - even if not directly responsible for working with TRAC data or preparing returns.