November 2023
The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: A look back at the TRAC Practitioners’ Conference Update on projects looking at academic staff time allocation and technical aspects of the Margin for Sustainability and Investment ‘Need to knows’ on the TRAC guidance Regional group meetings…
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The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: Review of TRAC – next steps TRAC guidance Update on TRAC(T) TRAC community groups TRAC Conference 2023…
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The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: Welcome from the new chair of the TDG TRAC submission – key reminders Reminder – role of the committee of the governing body Update – review of TRAC TRAC Development Group vacancies How TDG is supporting TRAC…
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The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: Review of TRAC COVID update Updated TRAC guidance 2.6 for 2020-21 Update on application of 2019-20 charge-out rates The TRAC Support Unit helpdesk…
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Version 2.6 of the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) guidance is now available. This version should be used for TRAC returns for the academic year 2020-21. A change log is provided at Annex 1.1a to help identify updates. The supplementary guidance to address issues arising from the impact of…
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The TRAC Development Group’s latest bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: • TDG’s response to COVID-19 and frequently asked questions• TRAC guidance updates• TRAC Practitioners’ Conference for 2020• Annual TRAC data for the UK and Peer Group Analysis for 2018-19• Outcome of the initial…
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This report provides guidance on how workload planning is being implemented across a growing number of institutions and how it can be used as an alternative to other time allocation methods used for TRAC. The report identifies how the requirements for using workload planning in TRAC can be…
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The TRAC Development Group’s September 2019 bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: TRAC guidance Role of the TRAC Development Group TRAC Conference 2019 TDG work plan for 2019-20 Annual TRAC 2017-18: sector analysis Department of Education study – understanding the cost of higher education provision…
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The TRAC Development Group’s November 2018 bulletin provides updates on the group’s work including: Updated TRAC guidance and webinar Feedback from TRAC Conference 2018 New reports published Pensions briefing note published Margin for Sustainability and Investment: Analysis of 2016-17 data Annual TRAC 2016-17: Sector analysis…
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This report sets out to provide insights, drawn from existing higher education institutions, on the development and delivery of undergraduate provision via alternative methods. It is recognised that this is an emerging, but important issue that provides both opportunity and challenge to the higher education sector. The report complements the…
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