TRAC(T) Guidance (for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland)

The TRAC(T) Guidance was approved by the TRAC(T) Steering group at its meeting on 26 September 2006, and by HEFCE. For further details on the background and context to the development of the TRAC(T) guidance, refer to the HEFCE web-site under TRAC_T.

The TRAC(T) guidance is set out in the following documents and spreadsheets:

Overview

• TRAC(T) Guidance Update (November 2008)
• TRAC(T) Guidance Update (April 2008)
• TRAC(T) Guidance Update (September 2007)
• TRAC(T) Overview of Guidance (September 2006)

Action plan

• Implementing the minimum requirements

TRAC(T) Guidance

• Guidance: Part VII - TRAC(T) subject-related costs and Part VIII - non-subject related costs

Appendices

• List of appendices - indicating appendices that form part of the minimum requirements
• Appendix 1 - TRAC costing schematic
• Appendix 2 - Hierarchy of information (contains three spreadsheets in workbook)
• Appendix 3 - Definitions
• Appendix 4 - Cost recording levels (one spreadsheet)
• Appendix 5 - HESA academic cost centres
• Appendix 6 - Implementation plan
• Appendix 7 - Reasonableness tests
• Appendix 8 - Sample Benchmarking proforma (Adobe PDF)
• Appendix 9 - Worked example-removal of non-subject related costs (one spreadsheet)
• Appendix 10 - Funding table for non-subject related activities 2008-09 (contains two spreadsheets in workbook)
• Appendix 11 - Implementation of TRAC(T) by HEIs in Northern Ireland
• Appendix 12 - Implementation of TRAC(T) by HEIs in Scotland
• Appendix 12-1 - HESA Academic costs Centres - mapping onto funding subject groups in Scotland
• Appendix 12-2 - SFC funding allocated to HEIs to be used as a proxy for non-subject related costs: AY 2008-09 (contains two spreadsheets in workbook)
• Extract of the 2008-09 HEFCE web facility documentation: HEFCE-fundable student FTEs for TRAC(T) algorithms