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11 Aug 2015: The Head of Department/Institution may delegate their responsibility to a suitably nominated individual within the department. This is done on a template letter provided by the Research Operations Office which lists the areas of delegation as well

19 Mar 2015: Payments to students for grants and field trip expenses may be entered onto UFS without obtaining clearance from the Tax Team. Bursaries and studentships should ideally be paid through payroll using a UPS3 form though in practice they are unlikely

4 Sep 2015: A reference guide for Source of Funds codes This section gives a fuller description of what each Source of Funds code represents, how it can be used and why. Use the menu on the left hand side to view the contents of this section. Latest version 01

2 Apr 2015: Topics covered in this section are: Sources of funds for donations General Donations - source of funds EF** to EX** Specific Donations - source of funds H*** Specific Endowments

7 Apr 2015: Search site. Finance Division. Appendices. Search. Some items on this website are restricted. University members are encouraged to log in using Raven to make the best use of the site:. 2024 University of Cambridge.

19 Mar 2015: There are certain exceptions to the rules about “deemed employment” where people are being retained to undertake very short term academic tasks. These can be paid through the UPS using a UPS1 form as ‘automatic self-employed’ without the

17 Aug 2015: No income generating activity should put the University’s charitable status at risk. Institutions must consider whether any new income-raising venture falls within the University’s core charitable activity.

6 Aug 2015: The Accounts Receivable (AR) module of UFS is used for customer record creation and maintenance, raising sales invoices, credit memos and debit memos to external and internal customers. These memos are commonly referred to as a credit or debit notes,

7 Apr 2015: Departments will wish to monitor their fixed assets using the Fixed Assets module from time to time. In order to maintain the university's Fixed Asset Register, departments must ensure that when processing AP invoices for Fixed Asset purchases, they

2 Apr 2015: Donations are credited to a source of funds code in the ranges indicated in the below table and with an appropriate transaction code beginning LF**. The decision tree at Appendix A should be referred to for further guidance.

2 Jun 2015: Bribery As defined in the University's Policy against Bribery and Corruption. Certifying Completion of Procurement Services' on-line dispensation form.

11 Aug 2015: All external funding bodies (known as ‘sponsors’) have their own terms and conditions covering how funds should be applied for and administered when received. You should review these before applying.

17 Aug 2015: Staff must not represent themselves as an agent of the University when undertaking personal consultancy work. University-headed document templates, the logo and the University’s Financial system (UFS) must not be used for charging customers for non

17 Aug 2015: Consider if it is reasonable to obtain payment in advance of any income generating activities to remove the need for offering credit. Should you decide to trade on credit terms you must assess the associated credit risks.

31 Mar 2015: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an auditable set of standards designed to ensure certain card data is stored securely by us and any third party which stores, transmits or processes such card data on our behalf.

29 Jul 2015: When funds are received from a body external to the university, the following criteria are used to determine if those funds can be classed as a research grant or should be recorded as something else eg. a donation.

5 Aug 2015: If you are aware of a new supplier with outsourced accounts i.e. using a factoring company, it is essential that the Site Name is entered as Factor when setting up the supplier.

12 Aug 2015: Once the project has ended departments may wish to compare the actual costs incurred against the original application. This will identify any deficiencies in the costing or planning of the research and improve future applications for that sponsor.

4 Sep 2015: The J Sources of Funds are used to account for non-research grants received from the Office for Students and Research England and other bodies for specific purposes, together with the associated expenditure, whether revenue expenditure or

4 Sep 2015: Sources of financial information The Finance Division produces the following main sources of financial and management information based on General Ledger balances: at Department level monthly departmental summary reports at School / Group level