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21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office are offering X5 training and would like to invite departmental staff who are required to generate costings for their departments to attend one of these events.

10 Aug 2015: 3. Procedure Details of each stage of the Orgainisational Change Procedure can be accessed using the links below or in the menu on the left hand side: Step 1 - Planning and Proposals Step 2 - Consultation and Communication Step 3 - Implementation

10 Aug 2015: 2. Eligibility 2.1 This policy applies to all employees of the University. However, the policy should be read in conjunction with the relevant Statutes and Ordinances for University Officers (Statute C, Schedule). 2.2 This policy will only apply to

18 Aug 2015: 1. Context and Policy Statement 1.1 The University needs to remain responsive and flexible in how it operates to ensure it continues to deliver education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. This will involve a

6 Feb 2015: CIMA - The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants CIMA is the world's largest and leading professional body of management accountants with 203,000 members and students in 173 countries.

6 Feb 2015: ACCA - The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants, with 162,000 members and 428,000 students.

6 Feb 2015: The revised (AWERB Process) ensures that the University continues to consider the use of animals used for or destined for use in Scientific Procedures, and to regularly review the points set out in section 10.

19 Mar 2015: Background The Research Councils expect there to be efficiencies in the use of equipment: Universities must now check if there is an opportunity to share equipment with internal departments and other institutions prior to submission of grant

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Thursday 29 May 2014, 9:30am in the Clinical School, Seminar Room 3.

3 Jul 2015: Statutory SPL Pay (ShPP) A mother, who meets the eligibility criteria, is entitled to statutory maternity/adoption pay or maternity allowance for up to 39 weeks. If the mother has given notice that they wish to curtail their maternity/adoption leave

3 Jul 2015: As with any period of extended leave it is important for the Institution to plan how the employee’s absence on SPL will be covered. It is usually beneficial to do this in conjunction with the employee before they start their leave. It may be

10 Aug 2015: Step 2 - Consultation and Communication 3.2.1 Effective consultation and communication is an important aspect of organisational change and should be handled sensitively and transparently. Consultation must be meaningful and take place as soon as

30 Oct 2015: Our Service The Finance Staff Bureau is a dedicated team in the Finance Division to provide temporary or longer-term accounting cover for any department within the University.

10 Aug 2015: Definitions Term Definition Organisational change (Major change) Any revision to the way in which a service is provided, which has significant implications for staff.

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Terms and Conditions of some of our research funders, they require evidence of an individual’s time worked on an award. These sponsors include the Research Councils (RC), European Commission (EC) and National Institute of Health (NIH

21 Apr 2015: X5 has now been rolled out to all users and can be accessed from anywhere in the world.  The new system has already been used to create over 200 new proposals and users have been supported by the Research Operations Office and MISD.

21 Apr 2015: 1. The New Funder Form has been updated with an additional funder budget heading and is available here.2. A new line has been added to the warnings section (p6) of the Validation Guide and is available here.3. UIS are planning an upgrade of the X5

29 Oct 2015: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Information Session about Funders’ Requirements for Sharing Research Data

10 Dec 2015: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Nature’s ‘Scientific Data’ journal event 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students Guidance for Resarchfish users Nature’s ‘Scientific Data’ journal event Open Data @ Addenbrokes Open Data @ Mill Lane 3.

10 Aug 2015: Step 4 - Concluding the Change Period and Next Steps Confirmation of Redundancy and PILON (Pay in Lieu of Notice) 3.4.1 On conclusion of the change period, the lead manager will confirm the following in writing to any employees that are to be made

3 Jul 2015: There are three possible outcomes following a SPL application: A: unconditionally accept a SPL application and leave is granted As outlined above, an application for continuous leave must be granted, therefore applications for continuous leave

3 Jul 2015: The mother or adopter may be able to change their decision to end their maternity or adoption leave early in order to take Shared Parental Leave. The mother or adopter may be able to revoke a leave curtailment notice by serving a revocation notice.

10 Aug 2015: Step 3 - Implementation Preparation The remainder of the change period (the implementation planning period) will be used for planning the implementation of the change. Further details of the aspects this may include are provided below. Voluntary

16 Apr 2015: We have a set of model and template agreements that contain the University's preferred terms for specific types of research collaborations.

25 Jun 2015: Once you have contacted the Contracts Manager we will send an introductory email to open the contract negotiation dialogue. The following will also happen ROO will assign an "RG number" for the project, if it does not already have one.

10 Aug 2015: Step 1 - Planning and Proposals Establishing the need for change 3.1.1 The first step in any organisational change process is to understand why change is necessary and the scale of the change required. This may involve a review of the current

10 Dec 2015: Open Data Afternoon Session will: provide you with all the necessary information you need to know about your funder requirements for research data sharing how to avoid sanctions for non-compliance with your funder policies allow you to ask any

3 Jul 2015: The University may request, within 14 days beginning on the date on which the employee gives notice of an intention to take Shared Parental Leave: the name and business address of the partner’s employer ( or where the employee’s partner has no

10 Aug 2015: 4. Support 4.1 The University is committed to minimising the adverse impacts of organisational change and to ensure that employees are provided with the tools and support to cope with organisational change effectively and maintain their wellbeing.

6 Aug 2015: The Research Operations Office is again offering X5 training and would like to invite departmental staff, both academic and administrative, who are required to generate costings for themselves or for their departments, to attend one of these events.

21 Apr 2015: The Isaac Newton Trust has recently written to all the Heads of Departments in the Biological, Clinical, Physical Sciences and Technology Schools advising them of a change to the application process. The key change is that for all

16 Apr 2015: Bespoke Agreements A bespoke agreement, based on one of our models where possible, is drafted and negotiated so that the research contract is tailored for a specific project. These research contracts take longer to finalise and take longer to

6 Feb 2015: Warning - CIMA do change the exemption rules from time to time so always make sure that you check the situation directly with them before beginning any study programme.

16 Apr 2015: Collaborators and funders sometimes supply their own contract, which will contain those terms most beneficial to that party but may also contain terms detrimental to the researcher or omit terms that are necessary to the University.

21 Apr 2015: We are aware of an issue with Euro and USD currency rates not updating when the file is updated through the rates tab within the costing screen. Whilst we are waiting for a fix from the developers we would advise users to: i) Check that the rate is

21 Apr 2015: As of 25 November 2010, the Research Office will no longer recharge DHL courier costs for EC grants to Departments or to the research grant. These costs will now be covered by the Research Office. If you have any queries, please contact your School

20 Aug 2015: Some users of the Online Contracts Submission for MTAs and CDA have encountered difficulties when uploading supporting documentation. Affected users are presented with an error message regarding a file name that is too long. If you see this message

30 Mar 2015: This chapter is not currently available to download This chapter is currently being re-written and is unavailable In the interim, guidance may be found in the Purchasing guide This outlines the end-to-end journey for purchasing goods, works and

21 Apr 2015: The European Union has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Russia since 31 July 2014. A guidance document is available on the Research Operations Office website. Principal Investigators should consider this guidance whenever planning to undertake

21 Apr 2015: Emma Carey, European Advisor for UKRO, gave two presentations on Monday 16 March about Horizon 2020 and the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Actions. A copy of her presentations are now available on our website:

10 Aug 2015: Step 3 - Implementation Preparation 2.3.1 Fair selection involves fairly applying selection criteria to a pool of employees. Therefore the first step is usually to identify the group of employees from which those who will be made redundant will be

27 Feb 2015: The Framework Programme for Research and Technology (FP7) was the main research funding stream in the European Union from 2007 until 2013 with a €54 billion budget. Recipients of EC FP7 funds are required to manage the administration of their fund

23 Jun 2015: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 16 June at 9.30am in Mill Lane Lecture

3 Jul 2015: Once an employee has notified their Institution of their entitlement to SPL and, if applicable, ShPP using a CHRIS75a, they must apply to take any leave using a CHRIS75b. Applications to take leave can be given at the same time as the notice of

21 Apr 2015: This is an advance notice that the University, in line with fEC guidelines, has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year. More information regarding these changes will be available in the next Bulletin. Please note

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Council’s commitment to moving to the Shared Services Centre, the MRC will be transferring to the RCUK joint electronic system (JeS) at the end of March. All applications to the MRC with a deadline before the end of March

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from February each year. Therefore, please be advised that the University fEC rates will change on 2 February 2015. X5 will not be available on Monday 2

21 Apr 2015: Dr Ian Viney, Head of Strategic Evaluation from the MRC visited Cambridge on Wednesday 26 January to talk about the MRC's second annual output data gathering survey e-Val and how the data gathered will impact on the future availability of f

14 Jul 2015: The sharing of reagents and scientific materials is widespread throughout the scientific community and is vital for the progress of research. Most organisations (including academic institutions) will only release materials if there is a Material