Universities Finance Conference : 25th October 2019 Edinburgh : Please book now

The Scottish Universities Finance Conference will take place on Friday 25^th October 2019 at the University of Edinburgh’s Pollock Halls.

The event is open to all finance staff across departments/schools at all Scottish Universities. The main sessions will be of interest to anyone working in HE finance and we hope to have breakout sessions themed around the key areas of finance work. This event is fully catered.

• Information on how to get to Pollock 
• Limited visitor parking is available on a first come first service basis

If anyone has any further ideas for topics to cover and/or would be willing to present or lead a discussion topic please contact Morag.Eadie@ed.ac.uk or Elizabeth.Welch@ed.ac.uk.

Registration from 8.30 ready for a 9.15am start and an approximate finish time of 4.45pm (buffet lunch to be included).

The provisional agenda includes:

Speakers

• Peter Mathieson, Principal, University of Edinburgh,
• Professor Heather McGregor, Executive Dean, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University (aka Mrs. Moneypenny)
• Director of Finance, University of Edinburgh
• Director of Finance, University of Stirling
• Adam Bullough, Performance Audit & Best Value, Audit Scotland
• Laughology – Laughter and Learning 

Breakout Sessions

(to be led by colleagues from various Scottish Universities and External speakers)

• Procurement/Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable topics
• Integrated Reporting and Sustainable Development
• Post-award research
• Systems implementation
• Modern Apprentices next steps
• Pensions accounting and valuations demystified
• Personal development skills

Stands

We hope to have a range of stands of interest to colleagues in the sector e.g. Student Loans Company, Volunteer Scotland, SFC, HMRC, BUFDG, etc.

In order to book a ticket, you will need to have a BUFDG user account. If you don’t yet have one it is a quick and easy process to set up – just follow this link.

Click here to book your free place.

Please book soon as places are limited