Dear All
Here at Bath we are currently in the process of reconciling Research Council
accounts as we appear to have in some cases larges sums of money owed to us
by the Research Council. My understanding of the payment mechanism by
Research Councils means that effectively some of our 'anniversary' students
who start part way through an academic year may never have their fees fully
paid if they start for example just after one of the payment dates since the
Councils will only pay based on attendance on certain dates.
We are wondering if we have created this problem for ourselves since
students are permitted to start their Research at any point during the year
and our policy for invoicing means that we pro-rata fees based on the
students start date.
Could you tell me how you deal with this in your own institutions - do you
invoice based on the Research Council returns so that the invoice matches
the payment or do you have another way of dealing with this, perhaps even
restricting the times during the year when students are permitted to start?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Karen
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