University Policy on the Payment of Subscriptions to
Professional and Other Bodies
This policy statement sets-out the rules covering the payment
of subscriptions to professional and other bodies and applies to
all academic and non-academic staff employed by the
University.
There are two categories of subscriptions:-
1. Corporate Subscriptions for the
University
2. Individual subscriptions for
staff
The policy for payment of subscriptions is as follows:-
1.Corporate Subscriptions
Where the University has a corporate subscription to a body
such as the Arts and Humanities Research Board, London Universities
Purchasing Consortium etc, the cost of this will be borne by the
School or department which has taken out the subscription from
existing School or departmental budgets.
Corporate subscriptions are defined under this policy as those
where the membership or affiliation is open to all staff in an area
within the University or the membership can be proved to be in the
beneficial interest of the University as a corporate body and not
selected individuals.
2.Individual Subscriptions
Where individual members of staff pay a subscription to a
professional body or organisation in their own name (for example
the Association of University Administrators, Institute of
Personnel Managers, British Computer Society etc) the University
will not meet the cost of these subscriptions and any claims
for payment will be rejected. Staff who ignore this rule may be
subject to disciplinary action.
Staff may be eligible for tax relief on the cost of individual
subscriptions by declaring the subscription as a permitted expense.
Further advice on tax relief is available from the Inland
Revenue.
The only exception to this rule is the limited exemption for
those academic staff who are required to hold accreditation from
the Higher Education Academy in order to teach at the University.
In these instances only, the cost of individual membership
will be met by the University from a fund managed by the
Vice-Chancellor.