Travel and Expenses information

Student information

STFC funded students

For students funded by the Science and Technologies Funding Council (STFC) who started before 2008 expenses forms can be found here. N.B. Remember, (try to) apply for expenses before travel and to claim afterwards within the allowed time periods.

STFC funded students who started from 2008 should contact Valerie Flood about travel arrangements, accommodation requirements and travel insurance cover as well as LTA arrangements. Also see http://www.stfc.ac.uk/resources/pdf/InsPolicy.pdf for travel insurance with STFC.

SUPA funded students

Follow the instructions for Staff claiming GU expenses below.

Staff information

ATLAS travel

Before travbelling please fill in a visit notice https://pprc.qmul.ac.uk/app/travel/travel.php.

Instructions here ATLASQMULVisitNotice

STFC Budget

For full details please read http://www.ppd.stfc.ac.uk/public/PPFinance/Claims/index.html.

New Guidance Notes for Travel and Claims, in particular covering the change to 'actuals' for overseas travel, will be issued in the near future. (Note the transition to 'actuals' is not yet in effect for non-STFC staff)

STFC instructions and URLs change from time to time: please see the page above.

To book flights please email Valerie Flood ( v.flood@physics.gla.ac.uk) with the following information:

* Destination

* Departure and return date

* Preferred time of day for the flights

* Budget code (obtainable from the BudgetHolders page).

Department Budget

The same information as above is required for booking flights, but a university budget centre is required instead of a project code.

Insurance

Travel insurance is arranged by the University Finance Office. To apply for Travel insurance read the Finance & Purchasing Office pages and complete the online form

Claiming Expenses

The various expense claim forms which you may require are available online: CCLRC advance form ( .doc, .pdf)

STFC expenses claim form for UK trip ( .xls, .pdf)

STFC expenses claim form for overseas trip ( .doc, .pdf)

GU expenses claims should be submitted through the Core HR portal: https://hrportal.mis.gla.ac.uk

All STFC expense claims for UK trips, regardless of the total amount claimed, require the budget holder's signature. Glasgow University Finance Office will only accept expense claims written in black ink. Forms in blue, or any colour other than black, will be returned unpaid.

Accommodation while at CERN

The group has a flat within the close vicinity of CERN. Group members travelling to CERN should therefore use this accommodation if at all possible. Availability and booking of the CERN flat can be found on the 2013 flat booking page.

(Please update your bookmarks, the weblink has changed as of Dec 11th, 2012).

NEW: 2014 booking page is available now 2014 flat booking page.

• Please make sure you are booking the right year.
• As of November 2013, a "TEST" user has been added. Please use this for testing, rather than booking in Richard Bates randomly.
• If your travel plan changes, please unbook yourself.

Archived (cannot be edited after migration from nfs to afs filesystem):

2012 flat booking page.

2011 flat booking page.

-- KennyWraight - 16 Jul 2008