Learning and Development

BUFDG believes that learning and development should be at the heart of a high-performing finance team.  As part of our role we will develop your knowledge through networking, providing you with relevant resources and a variety of events.  If you have any thoughts or ideas for future programmes please contact Rachel.

What's New?

• BUFDG Pro - our new e-learning subscription service is now live
• Action Learning Sets
• Management Accountant Conferences

E-learning - BUFDG Pro

Our new e-learning subscription service BUFDG Pro is now live.  BUFDG Pro subscribers have access to an additional range of e-learning modules.  You can read more about this in our e-learning pages, but for 2019-2020, these include:

• Intro to Corporation Tax in Higher Education
• Intro to Credit Control in Higher Education
• Introducing VAT in Higher Education
• Finance for Non-Finance Managers
• Finance Business Partner Foundations
• Procurement - Writing a Specification
• Procurement - Category Management
• Procurement - Contract Management
• VAT Reliefs
• VAT on Income in HE
• VAT on Purchases in HE
• Procurement  - Advanced Sustainability

What's happening for me?

We have a range of activities across our members – don’t see anything for you? Please get in touch with Rachel.

• Finance Directors
• Deputy Finance Directors
• Financial Reporting
  
• Fraud
• Management Accounting
• Payroll and Expenses
• Procurement
• Tax
  
• Treasury

Learning and Development Group

This is the working group to develop BUFDG's learning and development opportunities and networking. Our 16 members are representative of HEIs of all sizes across the UK to ensure we fully understand our member needs.

Click here to see more on the L&D Group.

What resources are available for me?

There are a range of resources available depending on your role.  Please review our Resource pages to see what is available:

Our Discussion pages are also a source of great information, shared across individuals across the sector

BUFDG Member Discounts

If you have more individual development needs then your HEI Staff Development Teams will be your first point of contact for support. If your Staff Development Teams are not able to assist on any occasion, then as a BUFDG member, you can access a range of courses through the below provider at a discounted rate. They have a range of courses on their website that may just tick the box for your development needs:

Hemsley Fraser - Open training courses stand at £375+VAT for 1 day and £700 +VAT for a 2 day, a 30% discount on average. Residential courses are done by individual requests. No discounts apply to accreditation courses. Click here to enquire.

Important Information:

BUFDG's Cancellation Policy