Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC)
Information for staff completing the Time Allocation Survey
These pages are intended to provide you with information on TRAC, the Time Allocation Survey, web-diaries and guidance on how to complete them.
The Time Allocation Survey is in the form of an on-line diary. When entering the Time Allocation Survey you will be asked for your University username and password. Please refer to the Instructions for Time Allocation Survey before starting the diary.
TAS 2012-13 Guidance Notes (PDF, 122 KB) and Time Allocation Survey FAQs are provided to clarify the definitions of various activities; please use them as a reminder through the week. A list of active research grants within your School is provided in the diary system to enable you to allocate time spent on research to a source of funding where applicable. It is possible to print out the blank webdiary page for each week, and if preferred you can complete on hard copy, and then transfer the information into the online diary at the end of each week.
Diary completion weeks
The weeks for diary completion in Semester 2 this year are the weeks beginning:
- Monday 4th February
- Monday 11th February
- Monday 4th March
- Monday 11th March
- Friday 7th June
- Friday 14th June
Further information
- TAS 2012-13 Guidance Notes (PDF, 122 KB)
- Instructions for Time Allocation Survey
- Frequently asked questions
- Reasons why we use the Time Allocation Survey and TRAC
Reporting problems
- TRAC coding issues and definitions
Contact Andrea Saunders in Finance (trac@st-andrews.ac.uk)
- Systems issues and access to on-line diary
Contact Hamish Lawson in IT Services (hbl@st-andrews.ac.uk)