TRAC Conference 2019 - Monday 23rd September at One America Square, London.
Registration and Refreshments from 9.30am ready for a 10.00am start. The scheduled finish time is 4.30pm.
The conference will include a variety of sessions, with a mixture of keynotes and more specific breakouts which can be selected. The agenda is as follows:
9.30 |
Coffee and registration |
10.00 |
Welcome by Conference Chair Neville Ford, TDG Chair
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10.10 |
Finance Director perspective on TRAC Andrew Connolly, CFO, the University of Exeter |
10.50 |
Update on TRAC Development Group work plan and activities Support Unit |
11.20 |
Break |
11.45 |
Breakout sessions 1) TRAC for Beginners Introduction to TRAC. A practical introduction to TRAC for those new to TRAC reporting. Catherine jones, University of York, TRAC Support Unit 2) TRAC Assurance & MSI. This session will provide an opportunity to gain an understanding on the latest TRAC assurance and to discuss issues and variations in implementation of MSI and obtain feedback for the review of MSI. Facilitators TRAC Support Unit / Gareth McDonald, Head of Funding Assurance UKRI
3) Understanding the cost of Teaching from TRAC A briefing and discussion on the DfE study on costing undergraduate teaching together with exploring the findings from the TRAC(T) feasibility work. TRAC Champion, Facilitators, Support Unit 4) Communicating information with impact
You know you have done great work on your TRAC analysis; its technical, it’s tricky there are a lot of numbers. But will ‘they’ read it? will ‘they’ understand what it means? If you want to improve your chances of writing a great report (ie telling a great story about your work), you need to understand who will read it, and therefore how you write it for them. Phil has been through a few TRAC reports in his day as FD at University of Edinburgh and will share some practical tips on how to transform your thinking and writing. Phil McNaull (Invisible Grail)
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13.00 |
Lunch |
13.45 |
Breakout sessions 1) TRAC Essentials This is a session for more experienced TRAC practitioners, providing reminders of key TRAC requirements and sharing examples of how more subjective or difficult aspects of TRAC are addressed, as well as providing good practice from practitioners Facilitators, TRAC Support Unit 2) TRAC Assurance & MSI This session will provide an opportunity to gain an understanding on the latest TRAC assurance and to discuss issues and variations in implementation of MSI and obtain feedback for the review of MSI. Facilitators TRAC Support Unit / Gareth McDonald, Head of Funding Assurance UKRI
3) Understanding the cost of Teaching from TRAC A briefing and discussion on the DfE study on costing undergraduate teaching together with exploring the findings from the TRAC(T) feasibility work TRAC Champion, Facilitators, Support Unit 4) Communicating information with impact
You know you have done great work on your TRAC analysis; its technical, it’s tricky there are a lot of numbers. But will ‘they’ read it? will ‘they’ understand what it means? If you want to improve your chances of writing a great report (ie telling a great story about your work), you need to understand who will read it, and therefore how you write it for them. Phil has been through a few TRAC reports in his day as FD at University of Edinburgh and will share some practical tips on how to transform your thinking and writing. Phil McNaull (Invisible Grail |
15.00 |
Break |
15.20 |
Feedback from Breakout sessions Neville Ford and break out group reps |
15.50 |
Question Time Other issues and questions for TDG to consider - invited from the floor Chair with the panel comprising of speakers / TDG members
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16.20 |
Closing remarks Neville Ford |
Tagged : Management Accounting, TRAC, Annual Conference
Type : Conference, Training
Please contact info@bufdg.ac.uk for more information