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Buying and Ordering: Common Financial Stuff and i-Proc Tips

This section is all about how to buy or order things you might need for your postdoc work; everything from computers to lab equipment.  Depending on what you want will depend on how you should go about getting it.  And it can get complicated!  Fortunately, we’ve been here before and learned a lot, and we’ve put it all here for reference. The principle way to buy things is via the university’s central purchasing tool: i-Proc (and eMarketplace), but there are other ways to make purchases too, such as using a credit card or ordering from Central Stores.  All this is listed below.  There’s also additional financial information available on the StaffNet finance page. (NOTE: Additional useful links on these and other related financial matters can be found on this page managed by humanities.  Note that this page is not tailored for our school directly, although much of the information is generally relevant.  Everything you should need is listed on this website though.)
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i-Proc related

A brief page about the university’s Finance Systems team Details of how to register to use i-Proc / eMarketplace so you can order things Instructions on how to use i-Proc to order things Various task codes you may need to refer to when ordering things on i-Proc How to set up a new supplier so they appear on the list when making i-Proc orders if they’re not already there How to buy a new computer
Buy a new computer Buy a new computer Credit card purchases Credit card purchases

Other payment methods/support

Ordering from Central Stores located on campus How and when to use the school’s credit card How and when to claim back petty cash purchases Instructions if you need to make a one-off payment to a supplier How to arrange ordering very expensive items The Finance Hub helps with common financial tasks you may run across as a researcher; this page covers this and the weekly school meetings provided by the finance manager for the faculty
One-off payment forms One-off payment forms Expensive orders (over £5k) Expensive orders (over £5k) Petty Cash Petty Cash Advances Advances Conferences and travel Conferences and travel Expense claims Expense claims

Conference and travel related

Going to a conference?  Check out our one-stop-shop page which covers how to pay abstract submission and registration fees, booking flights, hotels, trains, or hire cars, travel insurance, arranging spending money advances, tips on receipting, printing posters and where to buy poster tubes from. How to arrange an advance so you have spending money before you go on a trip or conference How to claim money back if you didn’t get an advance
Registering to buy things on i-Proc Registering to buy things on i-Proc How to buy things on i-Proc / eMarketplace How to buy things on i-Proc / eMarketplace IE, category, and task codes IE, category, and task codes Set up a new i-Proc supplier Set up a new i-Proc supplier Central Stores Central Stores Search website Search website
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