Procurement

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 is aimed at individuals leading procurement activities and wanting to embed a sustainable approach.

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 course is intended for anyone responsible for purchasing items and who needs to know if relief from VAT is available. It will explain VAT reliefs commonly available to universities and how they are claimed.

This course looks at cost models, the different types of approaches to cost modelling, and introduces the idea of the value chain.

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.

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the requirements to assess engagements with individuals and personal services companies, to determine how they should be treated for tax.

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.

A two-part, in-depth course covering reliefs and schemes available to universities so that import VAT and/or duty is not payable on the importation of goods from outside the UK.

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 gives a high level overview of higher education procurement. It is broken down into smaller modules looking at effective procurement, the processes, competition issues, useful tools and how to think strategically.

This course will introduce what category management is and the benefits to using it as an approach. The course includes a 3-step approach to implementing category management.

This course will introduce to you to what contract management is and the benefits to effective contract management. It will also provide 6 steps for an effective contract management process.

This course is aimed at anyone within a university who needs to purchase a product or service. The course covers what a specification is and why a good specification is important. It will also take you through how to write a good specification including the different types of specification you may require. This course will supplement internal guidance.

This course looks at the human rights issues faced by organisations in general, and in particular in their supply chain. There are a series of detailed topics and a couple of quizzes to test your learning.

This course teaches you the why, what and how of spend analysis. You will learn about key tools, techniques and how to present to internal stakeholders.

This course looks at supplier due diligence and risk management, procurement ethics, commercial risk management and engaging with key stakeholders.

This course looks at the Bribery Act 2010 and the key elements of the legislative changes. It covers compliance issues, fraud and corruption prevention and what this means for procurement.

This course provides an overview of how VAT applies to purchasing in the higher education sector specifically. It is an accessible course, and is not a technical or comprehensive guide.

This course is designed to help anyone responsible for purchasing items which will be used in medical or veterinary research and training. It will explain which VAT reliefs are commonly available to universities undertaking medical or veterinary research and training and how they are claimed.