Starting Monday, staff must report “conflicts of interest, foreign affiliations and paid outside work”

And when the university refers to staff it means all fixed-term and continuing people. Completing the form will take 30 mins for those with nothing to declare but academics should not just paste last year’s answers. This year’s form is updated.

One clause that continues allows unrelated work, such as, “running a dog walking business,” – researchers be warned if anybody from an embassy approaches with puppy treats.