Guidance Note

Scholarly Work and Professional Development activities

To clarify the TRAC requirements in this area, these can be recorded at three separate sections of the TAS On-line Form. This is dependant on the perceived benefit of the activity and whether this:

• Enhances Teaching – record as Support for Teaching (Section A11)
• Enhances Research – record as Support for Research (Section B1.5 (Publicly Funded) or at Section B2.7 (Non-Publicly Funded). If this cannot be specified please split evenly between the two.
• Where it is unclear where the benefit lies record as General Support (Section D)

The relevant extracts from the Guidance Notes are shown below:

I - Teaching

General Support for Teaching

• Scholarly work which includes keeping up-to-date in your field or exploring new areas with some potential benefit to teaching. Include attendance at conferences on teaching
• Time spent on the advancement of your personal knowledge and skills related to teaching (e.g. training courses, professional development courses, discussions on teaching feedback).

II B1.5 and B2.7 - Support Activities for Research

Scholarly work and Advancement of personal knowledge and skills in relation to research, e.g. keeping up with the literature, acquiring new technical skills, attendance at professional conferences, block time in other institutions on research exchange schemes

III - D General Support

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and attendance at internal training courses where this cannot be linked directly to and recorded in either Support for Teaching or Support for Research.