Why is a survey of staff time required?
The University already knows what it pays individual members of staff and what salaries cost in total. In order to calculate the costs of teaching, research and other activities it is necessary to collect data to show how staff utilise their time. From January 2005 we have to cost projects on a full economic costs basis, and from September 2005 all Research Council applications will have to be on a full economic basis. Government departments will be expected to pay for research at the full economic cost.
