September 2026
The TRAC Conference will be held online on the afternoon of Tuesday 22 September and the morning of Wednesday 23 September, using the Ring Central platform. We are pleased to welcome Paul Kett, Vice Chancellor at London South Bank University, as our keynote speaker. Breakout session topics will include: Strategic use of…
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Version 3.1 of the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) guidance is now available. This version should be used for TRAC returns for the academic year 2025-26. Updates include: Clarifications on the calculation of the separate MSI for student residences and definitions of types of residences arrangements Clarification of definitions for…
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After three years of strong and effective leadership of the TRAC Development Group, Professor Jackie Labbe has moved on to new endeavours. TDG records its sincere thanks for Jackie’s work leading the TDG and TRAC agenda, her insight and support on TDG projects, and leadership of the annual TRAC conference.
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The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: Welcome from the Co-Chairs of the TDG Update on teaching cost collection TRAC Conference 2026 Reminders about changes to guidance around time allocation surveys TRAC regional groups…
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This edition of the TRAC Development Group’s bulletin focuses on the changes to the TRAC guidance for the submission relating to 2024-25. The aim is to help you understand: what has changed in the TRAC template for the 2024-25 return changes to the requirements for completing the return. The bulletin…
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The TRAC Conference will be held online on the afternoon of Tuesday 23 September and the morning of Wednesday 24 September, using the Ring Central platform. We are pleased to welcome Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice Chancellor and President of Kings College London as our keynote speaker. Breakout sessions will feature…
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The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: TRAC guidance for academic year 2024-25 TRAC ‘explainer’ document for academic staff TRAC Practitioners’ Conference Dates of upcoming TRAC related events TRAC regional groups TRAC Helpdesk…
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Version 3.0 of the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) guidance is now available. This version should be used for TRAC returns for the academic year 2024-25. Updates include: Calculation of a separate MSI for student residences Changes for both the statistical collection method and the in-year retrospective method. A change…
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The ‘explainer’ document has been produced to help institutions communicate with academics and other colleagues around the principles of collecting time data and how the data is used in the TRAC return. It also describes the relationship between TRAC and income received by the institution. The document is editable so…
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The TDG has issued a revised guide to the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) for senior executives and governing body members. The guide provides a simple introduction to TRAC, its methodology, and how TRAC data informs strategic and operational decision-making. See TRAC: A guide for senior executives and governing…
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