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. It will provide you with an overview of how VAT applies in relation to research in the higher education context, but is not intended to be a fully comprehensive guide.
FREE TO ALL MEMBERS - This guide is for any person, at any level in a university who needs to be aware of Modern Slavery and the Modern Slavery Act. This is a short introduction to the subject for non-specialists. For persons wanting more in depth or procurement focused training please refer to the free e-learning course entitled “Protecting Human Rights in the Supply Chain” on our website.
FREE TO ALL MEMBERS - This short training session is designed to help you understand what the Criminal Finances Act 2017 is, how it impacts universities and what you need to do to protect yourself, and support your HEI. This course should take about 20 minutes.
FREE TO ALL MEMBERS - The BUFDG Counter-Fraud Working Group have produced a free, introductory Fraud-Awareness e-learning course, for use in Universities. The course takes about 30 minutes to complete. It covers topics such as; what is fraud, what is bribery, who might commit fraud and what can universities do about it.
This course is primarily for Directors of Estates with responsibilities for the provision of testing, inspection, thorough examination and maintenance of equipment and devices so to safeguard relevant persons, staff, students and visitors. It will provide you with an overview of what you need to know about statutory maintenance obligations, ensuring systems safeguarding for your institution, scenarios if the HSE visit and provides sentencing guidelines and relevant resources of information.