Overview
Lobbying Costs
2,375,000€
Financial year: Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
50 Fte (50)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
-
Info
Goldsmiths, University of London (Goldsmiths)
EU Transparency Register
513817923870-61 First registered on 13 Oct 2016
Goals / Remit
Goldsmiths is part of the University of London and part of the UK's higher education sector. Members of our academic staff regularly apply for funding for research projects under EU schemes such the Horizon 2020 programme. We also have students at under- and post-graduate levels.
Further description on our website: http://www.gold.ac.uk/about/about-goldsmiths/
Engagement with the EU Parliament is in relation to the findings and inventions created from our EU-funded research. This may be in an expert witness role in the future.Main EU files targeted
(1) Applicants for research funding under Horizon 2020 schemes.
(2) Applicants for research funding under European Research Council schemes.
(3) Applicants for research funding under Erasmus schemes.Address
Head Office
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
50
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 50 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
50
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
A number of staff are employed to support research and administration of researchers in EU-funded research schemes, such as the Research & Enterprise team: http://www.gold.ac.uk/research/about/research-office/; Research Finance teams; our Erasmus team: http://www.gold.ac.uk/erasmus/; researchers supported by EU grants, departmental administration, HR/Payroll administration for example. Additionally international affairs is managed by the Deputy Warden, Professor Jane Powell. a member of the Senior Management Team, http://www.gold.ac.uk/our-people/smt/.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Mark d'Inverno (Pro Warden (Research & Enterprise))
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ian Pleace (Director of Finance)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None.
Member organisations
None.
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
2,375,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
2,875,000 € (Source: FP7, H2020 funding, eRC grants)
Other financial info
Goldsmiths is funded from a variety of sources - a summary of the institution's funding is shown on the website at: http://www.gold.ac.uk/news/finance-statement-2015/ . In the current period we have no specific costs related to activities covered by the register.
Estimate of costs - based on 50 fte x average salary including on-costs including the overheads (roughly 1.2 x staff costs using the TRAC methodology developed by UK HEIs). -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None.
Other activities
Goldsmiths is a constituent college of the University of London. The university's registration was required to allow Dr Kirsten Campbell from our Department of Sociology to present findings from her ERC-funded project, "The Gender Of Justice: The Prosecution Of Sexual Violence In Armed Conflict", ERC Grant agreement no.: 313626.
Goldsmiths' researchers have been awarded grants by ERC and continue to apply for funding: Professor Eyal Weizman has recently been awarded an ERC Considator award (https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2015_cog_results_sh.pdf)
Meetings
Meetings
None declared