| Activity |
Additional information |
TAS form reference
|
| Accreditation of courses |
Including negotiation with accrediting bodies |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Administration |
Administration which is specific to teaching, research or other activities should be assigned directly to that activity. |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
B15 - Support for research
C17 - Support for other activities
|
| General school and University administration should be assigned to general support. |
D18 - Faculty and University Administration
|
| Admissions |
Including interviewing students and induction |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Advancement of own knowledge and skills |
Professional Development /Scholarship specific to Teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| All other Professional Development /Scholarship |
B13 - Other Research and Scholarly Activity
|
| Advisor of study duties |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Annual leave |
Annual leave does not form part of the return. |
Do not include on TAS
|
| Assessment of students |
For undergraduate taught students
For postgraduate taught students
|
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research students |
B14 -Training & Supervision of PGR students
|
| Bid preparation |
Time spent preparing bids for research contracts should be assigned to support for research. |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Bid preparation for other activities should be assigned to support for other activities. |
C17 - Support for other activities
|
| Careers advice |
|
D18 -Faculty and University Administration
|
| Clinical services |
All time spent on NHS duties. |
C16 - Clinical Services (on the Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences TAS) |
| Non Research Clinical Trials |
C17 - Support for Other activities
|
| Commercial teaching courses |
|
A3 or A4 - UG or PG non-publicly funded teaching
|
| Committees |
Course / Teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Research committees, internal and external REF panels |
B15 - Support for research
|
| General Faculty/University committees |
D18 - Faculty and University Administration
|
| Conferences |
Conferences relating exclusively to Teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| All Other Conferences |
B13 - Other Research and Scholarly Activity
|
| Consultancy |
Undertaken formally or informally for Queen's and the University receives income in respect of this work |
C16 - Other activities
|
| Undertaken formally for Queen's but there is no opportunity to receive income, the time should not be considered consultancy but recorded as scholarship |
B13 - Other Research and Scholarly Activity
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| Not undertaken for Queen's but carried out in Queen's time in agreement with the University. If it is material, e.g. a day a week in legal practice, then this time should be included as General Support |
D19 - Any other Activity Not Covered Above
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| Carried out outside institutional time - i.e. private consultancy - this time should not be recorded on the TAS |
Do not include on TAS
|
| Course development |
For planned courses/where course strongly likely to run |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For courses at exploratory stage where the future of the course is unclear |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Credit bearing courses |
|
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded or
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded
|
| Curriculum development |
For planned courses / where course strongly likely to run |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For courses at exploratory stage where it is unclear if a programme will run |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Committees/School administration / Boards |
Work directly relevant to Teaching. |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Work directly relevant to Research |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Non specific work should be assigned to General Support |
D18 -Faculty and University Administration
|
| Editing research journals |
|
B15 - Support for research
|
| Examinations (including external examinations) |
|
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Examination boards |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Faculty administration / boards / Committees |
Work directly relevant to Teaching. |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Work directly relevant to Research |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Non specific work should be assigned to General Support |
D18 -Faculty and University Administration
|
| Fieldwork |
For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research (PGR) students |
B14 - Training & Supervising PGR students
|
| Holidays |
Staff holidays are covered in annual leave |
Do not include on TAS
|
| Income Generation Activities (non research) |
|
C16 - Other Activities
|
| Interviewing students |
For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research (PGR) students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Knowledge and skills, Advancement of |
Professional Development /Scholarship relevant to Teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| All Other Professional Development /Scholarship |
B13 - Other Research and Scholarly Activity
|
| Laboratory Supervision |
For undergraduate and PGT students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For PGR students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Lecturing |
For sub-degree, undergraduates and PGT |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For PGR |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Marking incl. examinations |
Marking and assessment work is considered as core activities associated with lecturing. |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Material preparation (for lectures and tutorials) |
|
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Maternity Leave |
Please record time under D19. If relevant, please also note the name of the person who provided cover for you during your maternity leave. |
D19 - Any Other Activity Not Covered Above
|
| Module review and development |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Negotiating contracts |
All preliminary work on agreeing project scope, terms and financial arrangements is support for the relevant area |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
B15 - Support for research
C17 - Support for other activities
|
| Other Services Rendered (OSR) |
|
C16 - Other activities
|
| Overseas students |
All students on award/credit bearing courses should be allocated to Publicly funded teaching. (where overseas students and self-funded students are a material proportion of the student population on award/credit-bearing courses, a high level adjustment of the associated cost of teaching them will be attributed to Non-Publicly Funded Teaching centrally) |
A1 - publicly funded Teaching |
| For postgraduate research students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Outreach |
Related to teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Related to research |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Related to other direct activities |
C17 - Support for other activities
|
| Pastoral support, student counselling |
Within planned tutorials |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Outside planned tutorials |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Students |
|
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Postgraduate Research (PGR) Students |
|
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Preparation |
Existing courses and programmes (incl.new courses which have been agreed) |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Initial development of a new course (when the future of the course is uncertain) |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| The preparation of research papers and books should be allocated to Research |
B4 to B9 as appropriate
|
| Project management |
Research projects |
|
| Other Services Rendered (OSR) or consultancy projects |
C16 - Other Activities
|
| Project Proposals |
Time spent drafting and preparing proposals for research projects should be assigned to support for research. |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Drafting and preparing project proposals for other activities should be assigned to support for Other activities. |
C17 - Support for other activities
|
| Prospectuses, preparing |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Publicity / Negotiating / Preparing bids / submissions |
For teaching facilities and opportunities. |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| For research areas |
B15 - Support for research
|
| For Other Services Rendered and consultancy |
C17 - Support for other activities
|
| Quality |
QAA visits
Quality control on specific projects is Support to that type of activity |
D18 - Faculty and University Administration
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching or
B15 - Support for research
|
| REF |
Preparation of documentation/Members of panel |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Refereeing research papers |
|
B15 - Support for research
|
| Sabbatical leave |
Carried out under research fellowships should generally be allocated to Research by funder |
B7 to B12 research
|
| Scholarship |
Maintenance and advancement of own personal knowledge and skills (reading literature, attending professional conferences, maintaining professional skills, acquiring new skills, CPD as participant) and staff development |
B13 - Other Research and Scholarly Activity |
| School administration / Boards / Committees |
Work directly relevant to Teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Work directly relevant to Research |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Non specific work should be assigned to General Support |
D18 - Faculty and University Administration
|
| Schools liaison |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Secondment to/academic exchanges with other universities |
For teaching purposes |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Research Exchange Schemes |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Seminars |
Seminars relating exclusively to Teaching |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Seminars relating exclusively to Research |
B15 - Support for research
|
| Sickness |
'Normal' periods of sickness (up to 2 weeks) do not form part of the return. |
Do not include on TAS
|
| Long term sickness |
D19 - Any other Activity Not Covered Above
|
| Staff recruitment, management, supervision, appraisal |
Staff management related to specific research projects e.g. recruiting research assistants for funded projects etc. |
B7 to B12 as appropriate |
| General staff management |
D18 - Faculty and University Administration
|
| Student induction |
For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Student interviews |
For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Supervising students |
For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Timetabling |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Travel |
Should be allocated to the activity that requires the travel. However if work is done during the travel that relates to another activity, then it should be charged to that activity |
A1 - D16 as appropriate
|
| TQA |
|
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Trading Activities |
|
C16 - Other Activities
|
| Undergraduates(UG) |
|
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| Vacation, annual leave |
Staff holidays are covered in Annual leave |
Do not include on TAS
|
| Visiting student placements |
For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students |
A1 - undergraduate publicly funded
(or A3 if a non-publicly funded course)
A2 - postgraduate publicly funded (or
A4 if a non-publicly funded course)
|
| For postgraduate research students |
B14 - Training & Supervision of PGR Students
|
| Writing |
Books for teaching purposes |
A5 or A6 - Support for UG or PG teaching
|
| Research books, papers and articles |
B7 - B13 as appropriate
|
