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Finance Services
  • A: Introduction
  • B: Corporate governance
  • C: Financial management and control
  • D: Income
  • E: Expenditure
  • F: Assets
  • G: Other
  • Appendix

Finance Regulations

The full regulations can be viewed on these pages, or alternatively download the Finance Regulations .

A: Introduction

  1. Background
  2. Status of Financial Regulations

B: Corporate governance

  1. Council
  2. Designated officer
  3. Committee structure
  4. Remuneration Committee
  5. Audit requirements
  6. Dual assurance
  7. Data quality and assurance
  8. Value for money
  9. Other officers and senior managers with financial responsibility
  10. Risk management
  11. Fraud and corruption
  12. Public interest disclosure (Whistle-blowing)
  13. Code of Conduct
  14. Receiving gifts or hospitality

C: Financial management and control

  1. Financial planning
  2. Infrastructure and capital planning
  3. Overseas activity
  4. Other major development
  5. Financial control
  6. Accounting arrangements
  7. Document retention
  8. Taxation
  9. Treasury management

D: Income

  1. General
  2. Maximisation of income
  3. Receipt of cash, cheques and other negotiable instruments
  4. Collection of debts
  5. Student fees
  6. Student loans
  7. Research grants and contracts
  8. Other income generating activity
  9. Off-site collaborative provision (franchising)
  10. European Union (EU) and other matched funding
  11. Specific and earmarked accounts
  12. Additional payments to staff
  13. Intellectual property, rights and patents
  14. Gifts, benefactions and donations
  15. Voluntary funds

E: Expenditure

  1. General
  2. Segregation of duties
  3. Scheme of delegation/financial authorities
  4. Pay expenditure
  5. Pension schemes
  6. Severance and other non-recurring payments
  7. Procurement
  8. Purchase orders
  9. Purchasing cards and institution credit cards
  10. Tenders and quotations
  11. Capital and major refurbishment contracts
  12. EU regulations
  13. Receipt of goods
  14. Payment of invoices
  15. Staff reimbursement
  16. Petty cash
  17. Other payments
  18. Late payment rules
  19. Giving hospitality

F: Assets

  1. General
  2. Safeguarding assets
  3. Stocks and stores
  4. Personal use
  5. Asset disposal

G: Other

  1. Insurance
  2. Companies and joint ventures
  3. Security
  4. Guild of Students
  5. Use of the university’s seal
  6. Provision of indemnities

Appendix

Appendix A: Main features of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
Appendix B: The Seven Principles of Public Life
Appendix C: Summary of protocols for proposed major developments
Appendix D: Authority to bind the University: Schedule of delegations of authority to enter into contracts

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