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Programme Management and Resources Handbook
rate.
However, when trainees visit participants for their research work or go to a site to
conduct research for their thesis research, claims can only be made when the
distance is greater from home to base, and then only at public transport rate. For
example, if a trainee lives 50 miles from Lancaster but is collecting data for research
at a hospital base (or participant’s house) that is 48 miles from home, then no claim
can be made. If the hospital base (or participant’s house) is 52 miles from home,
then a claim can be made for 52-50 = 2 miles at public transport rate.
The travel claim form is available from the office. Trainees should submit their claims
on a monthly basis. Claims must be within three months of the date of travel.
Programmes and conferences
In addition to the academic programme trainees are encouraged to attend
programmes and conferences elsewhere. Currently, funds allow for £400 in total over
the three years. Trainees need not necessarily divide this into equal portions for each
year if there is an expensive event that they can justify wishing to attend. Policies
and an example of the claim form, with instructions for how to complete it, are
available. Trainees must complete the relevant form and give this to the Programme
Office. Only in exceptional circumstances will programme staff allow attendance at a
conference or non-programme event if this involves missing part of the DClinPsy
teaching programme. Claims for travel to conferences are to be submitted on the
University forms. Conference attendance would normally be discussed and approved
at the trainee’s TPR with the two individual tutors.
Additional documents (click on the links below if viewing online, or if viewing hard
copy, look at the appendices):
Training events and conference policy:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/shm/study/doctoral_study/dclinpsy/new/handbook/appendi
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Annual leave
Trainees are entitled to the annual leave specified in their employment contract.
However, within the NHS contract is a clause to the effect that trainees must meet
the requirements of the University in terms of regulations relating to their education.
The University requires that trainees attend teaching. Therefore, if any trainee
wishes to take annual leave on a teaching day they should follow a set procedure.
Trainees are normally allowed to pre-book a maximum of four teaching days of annual
leave per academic year. The programme requests that the trainees work to ensure
that there is some ‘scatter’ across the months, such that no area of teaching is poorly
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