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Getting paid by a university Prof?

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Bicurico:
A simpler way to getting paid by a University is to invoice a service.

Normally the department and/or the teacher has an economate with budget for services.

This way they don't have to open a public tender to purchase a software or equipment.

Getting the teacher to buy equipment for you as if it was for her is a big mistake: all items purchased (in my country this includes books) belong to the institution and has to be inventoried. Even if you don't mind that, it has a catch: you wouldn't be able to sell such an equipment and at the end of life of the equipment, you may have to return it.

mikeselectricstuff:
It will depend very much on the individual university - Some places will have figured out that it's not worth extensive paperwork and approvals for lower-value purchases. If the prof has authority to make discretionary purchases up to a certain value, then it may simply be a case of her issuing a purchase order and you sending an invoice against that.
Obvously that will depend if her subject area is one that normally involves making purchases - practical engineering -  probably, gender studies -  not so much.. ;D

If she is sufficiently senior she will likely know how to do it / who to ask to make things happen.

Software may be a but tricky as it's less tangible and may raise issues of support and IP licensing.

 
 

armandine2:
... a job is a relationship between an employer and employee ... as my friend always says

not overly sure what his point is  :palm:

I guess the fudge is asking if you could get expenses or recompense . Personally, if i agree to help someone it is free of charge before expenses beyond my budget are incurred  :popcorn:

artag:
I agree with Mike, it depends on the Uni I've had some (a prof at UCL, and a researcher at another London Uni) able to pay me easily. Another (a department at RCA) made me go through registering as an employee then ripped me off by taking all their employment costs out of the payment.

Moral : Don't do anything  for the Royal College of Art.
 

LaserSteve:
At my employer,  1500$ or less at best needs department chair's approval.  Threshold for contract and bidding required is 25,000.  USD unless it is construction or building materials, which is much lower.  Threshold for non-chemical inventory / property tag requirent is  > 1500.00 USD.  Only can buy computers from Dell unless you can get a waiver for laboratory needs, or if your part of e-sports team.  More important is the waiver to force turnoff of auto-updates and OS upgrades for supplier provided computers in lab instruments, and the waiver to keep IT'S paws off my lab instrument LAN.



Steve

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