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Transparent Costing (TC) survey instructions

  1. You can access the TC survey by logging on here
    OR via the Staff Portal (you will need your login details to access the survey or the Staff Portal) under:
    • myResearch Research Quality
    • Innovation and Engagement
    • National Development
  2. It is expected that the survey will take 15-30 minutes to complete
  3. The survey tool looks like the screenshot below:
Transparent Costing Survey screen shot

Name and Employee ID will be displayed from your login details and do not need to be manually filled in.

NOTE: The survey is NOT confidential as responses and demographic must be traceable, however the response data will only be visible to the survey administrator and will not be used for any other purposes.
  1. The hours spent each day should be filled-in in the relevant time use category. Time must be entered in hours and up to 2 decimal places can be used to represent minutes
    ie.g 1 hour 15 minutes = 1.25 hours
    • The total hours for each day must add to less than 24 hours.
    • If Javascript is turned on the total hours per day and per category will be automatically calculated when entered. An error message will be generated it the total hours per day exceeds 24.
      If Javascript is off, a 'Display Totals' button will be visible - totals will be calculated when this button is pressed.
    • Saturday and Sunday are included in the survey to capture any work done outside of Monday-Friday.
  2. The 'Save' button allows partly completed surveys to be saved, but not submitted. For example, the survey can be filled out daily and saved after each day's entry.
  3. Pressing 'Save and Submit' will submit the survey.
    • If any day has >24 hours an error message will be generated and the survey will not be submitted. Once the survey has been submitted data entry will no longer be possible. To correct errors to the response data please contact the Survey Administrator.
  4. Time spent training your own ACG associated HDR students should be assigned to 'ACG research'. Time spent training your other HDR students should be assigned to 'Training of your own HDR and honours students'.
  5. Time spent on research towards a HDR degree should not be included in the survey.
  6. Delegation of entry of the survey data is possible. Contact the Survey Administrator to assign another staff member to a Delegate role. That person can then enter the data on your behalf providing that they know your Employee ID.
  7. For any further questions contact the Survey Administrator
    Email: TransparentCostingSurvey@unisa.edu.au
    Or
    Michael Millan,
    Deputy Director: Research and Innovation Services
    Email:  Michael.Millan@unisa.edu.au

 

 

 

 

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