Hi

For pension cost reasons, the University of South Wales has decided to create a subsidiary company. And all new (non-Academic) staff appointed after 01/08/18 will be employed by that subsidiary.

However, all Research funding will continue to be awarded to the main USW entity.

Therefore, I am assuming that funders will view staff from the subsidiary (eg RAs, Technicians, Admin) as sub-contractors. Is my assumption correct, or is there a way to avoid this? And if there is no way to avoid it, I’d be grateful for any information/sign-posting that would assist us in preparing for this change.

Thanks, Dafydd.