FPSE PGR INDUCTION – FINANCE 28th September 2017

Who are we? We are the FPSE Finance Team based in Building 60 - Gower Contacts for studentship queries: ECS – Abi Ramsden (A.Ramsden@soton.ac.uk) ORC – Jackie Cox (J.Cox@soton.ac.uk) Physics – Rob Riley (R.Riley@soton.ac.uk)

What do we do? We process all maintenance and fees payments for students who have been awarded a studentship Fees are paid annually, maintenance payments for studentships are made quarterly We set up Research Training and Support Grant (RTSG) accounts for all eligible students We are the first point of contact for queries relating to studentships and RTSG accounts

RTSG (Research Training Support Grants) Each eligible student will be given a subproject code at the start of their course and told how much they have been allocated, this can differ depending on your course and your funding. Your supervisor will be the budget holder and will have to approve all orders for you. You can spend your grant on: Computer ‘uplift’ costs Conference Travel Summer Schools Other small value consumables

RTSG (continued) Any unspent money remains in your account until the end of your studentship (when a student submits), after which it is returned to the funder Additional guidance can be found on the PGR website http://www.gradschool.fpse.soton.ac.uk/rtsg

Purchasing The Purchasing team and the Expenses & Purchasing helpdesk are located in Building 37 room 3049 Please email buy@soton.ac.uk or phone on ext 25328 to make a purchase You can access the Procurement rules in detail here https://intranet.soton.ac.uk/sites/finance/wiki/Procurement%20and%20Purchasi ng%20-%20Buying%20goods%20or%20services.aspx ECS students can also place their orders through ECS Manager Instructions can be found here https://secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk/notes/ellabs/MSc/ug-purchasing.pdf

Claiming Expenses You can claim your expenses quickly and easily via Agresso Web accessed through Sussed Agresso Quick Reference Guide can be found here https://learnit.soton.ac.uk/training/user_documentation/agresso/qrg/agresso_expenses.pdf Please contact expenses@soton.ac.uk or call them on ext 27094 if you have any queries

Any Questions?