Time Allocation Survey (TAS) Form

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Time Allocation Survey (TAS) Form How to complete
it Quick step-by-step Guide
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Step 1

• E-mail arrives
• Make a note of your allocated week
• Contact sender only if you are on sabbatical
  during your allotted week all other issues are
  covered on the form (annual/sickness leave,
  atypical weeks etc.)

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Step 2

• Allotted week arrives
• Note down all your actual university activity
• Cover every day/evening for that week (from
  Monday morning to Sunday midnight)
• There are guidance notes located in the form to
  assist when you start to enter the data

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Step 3

• End of allotted week
• Enter TAS form via hyperlink http//tas1.mancheste
  r.ac.uk/ (note this can be done at any time up
  to 4 weeks after your allotted week, closing date
  is indicated within login credentials)
• Use login credentials provided at foot of all TAS
  e-mails (surname, user id PIN)

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Step 4

• End of allotted week (continued)
• Insert data into appropriate categories in form
  (use actual no. of hours worked, split data
  across categories if appropriate)
• Note section at beginning of form to record
  absence use standard 7 hours per day here

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Step 5

• Once all data entered into form
• Click save or save/submit
• Click back button to re-enter if saved before
  finished
• Relax! Thats it for this years return