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6 Feb 2015: Sales These are the University’s Terms and Conditions which apply to all sales of goods and services made by the University unless otherwise stated or agreed between the parties, as well as our General Conditions of Contract terms for purchases of

19 May 2015: Policy The policy of the University of Cambridge is to provide paternity / co-parent benefits which comply with both the letter and the spirit of the law and, in most cases, are in excess of statutory requirements. This policy applies to all

10 Jul 2015: All major funders expect recipient institutions of research funding to provide assurance that public funds are spent efficiently and in a cost-effective manner. Some research projects are subject to financial audits. Scientific (technical) and

22 Dec 2015: The individual meetings Mediation is carried out in neutral premises. Each party has a separate room to wait in and a further room where the meetings will be held. The first party arrives at 9.30am for their individual meeting, an hour is allocated

6 Feb 2015: You will be prompted for your RAVEN password. The web-based course can be accessed from the following devices with the latest browser versions:.

3 Jul 2015: The process for applying and taking SPL initially appears complex. However, when broken down into the key stages (see page below) it is more manageable. The four stages are: Becoming aware of a pregnancy or match; Choosing SPL and notification of

6 Feb 2015: Status 2023/2024 May 2024 June 2024 Accounts Payable CLOSED OPEN Accounts Receivable CLOSED OPEN Purchasing CLOSED OPEN Grants CLOSED OPEN Inventory CLOSED OPEN Fixed Assets CLOSED OPEN General Ledger CLOSED OPEN

3 Sep 2015: Reports available Summary of standard Cognos reports available to departmental users in both GL and Grants.

3 Jul 2015: CHRIS/75a CHRIS/75b CHRIS/75c Letter A Letter B Letter C Letter D Letter E

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.

16 Jul 2015: There is an increased emphasis on managing and sharing data produced in research. Many of the research funders supporting work at the University of Cambridge require that research data are openly available with as few restrictions as possible.

24 Mar 2015: The Contracts Team of the Research Operations Office (ROO) is responsible for all contracts related to research with a wide range of external organisations and for authorizing all research contracts for collaborative research within the University.

19 Jan 2015: From 6 April 2013 form P38(S) was withdrawn from use. From this date students are treated in the same way as all other employees for Income tax and National Insurance contributions purposes. A Starter Checklist form should be completed in place of

21 Apr 2015: The minutes for the RGUG held on Thursday 24 July 2014 are now available on the ROO websitePlease note that the next meeting been re-scheduled for 16 October 2014 (previously 30 October 2014) at 9:30am and will be held at the Mill Lane Lecture Rooms,

19 Aug 2015: 1. Introduction 1.1 This Guidance supports staff and institutions in implementing the Organisational Change Policy and provides information on good practice. It should be read in conjunction with: The Organisational Change Policy Pay Protection

3 Jul 2015: Employees may be entitled to Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if: their baby is due on or after 5 April 2015 they adopt a child on or after 5 April 2015 The following individuals may be entitled to Shared Parental

3 Jul 2015: Please click here to see some examples.

21 Apr 2015: Two short videos demonstrating how to use two tools in X5, 'the Project Setup Wizard' and 'Submitting a costing', have been published on the Research Operations Office X5 website.Further videos will be published over the coming weeks demonstrating

6 Feb 2015: There are a number of different reporting tools currently available to enable staff to extract and analyse financial information from UFS UFS Cognos Excel Tableau UFS Standard reports and online enquiries run directly within UFS that generally

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: Researchers will be able to “submit” their Researchfish return (signing off all data attributed to awards as complete and accurate) until midnight on November 14th at the latest.

21 Apr 2015: The first rounds of Early Adopters training have taken place this week and these users can now create live costings in X5.For more information on X5, training and live roll out, please visit http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/applying/x5

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.

21 Apr 2015: Please be advised that X5 will be upgraded on Monday 3rd March and to allow MISD time to perform the upgrade the system will be unavailable between 8am and 12 noon. The upgrade being performed is a like for like upgrade with little change to the

21 Apr 2015: Further to the update on the CUFS downtime. Please could all departments ensure that all transactions are completed by close of business on 14 April 2014 for any grants that require reporting or audits at the begining of April/end of May.Thank you

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

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.

21 Apr 2015: Please be advised that X5 will be unavailable on Monday 4th November between 8am and 8:30am to allow for updating of the submission reports.Updates will be made to the Je-S, Generic and Wellcome reports and will include: Generic and

21 Apr 2015: pFACT, the University’s costing tool has been in use for several years and as such, holds a large number of proposals. To keep the system running smoothly, it is good practice to undertake regular house-keeping within pFACT, and to this end we are

4 Jun 2015: The Research Operations Office is again 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. The content will include; using the Project Wizard

3 Jul 2015: Mother: in this document ‘mother’ refers to either the biological mother who gives birth to the child or the primary adopter who is eligible for adoption leave and pay. Partner: the child’s biological father or the partner of the mother/adopter

26 Nov 2015: Process for 2023/24 Completed Scheduled Indirect Cost Contribution (or ICCs.) 3rd June 1st July Monthly Payroll 24th May 25th June Bad debt provision 3rd June 1st July CUEF distribution 11th June 9th July Deposit interest 11th June 9th July

21 Apr 2015: X5 will be unavailable on Tuesday 23 July between 0800 and 0900 so that routine mainentance and bug fixes can be undertaken.

21 Apr 2015: A patch will be applied to X5 on Wednesday 9th October between 8am and 9am, when the system will be unavailable to users.The changes that this release will bring are around existing issues within the system rather than new functionality. Salary

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.

21 Apr 2015: Timesheets Recent EC audit findings have found a number of instances where timesheets are either missing, have not been signed off or not been reconciled to CUFS.  It is very important that timesheets have been fully completed and signed off at

21 Apr 2015: Further to the update on the CUFS downtime. Please could all departments ensure that all transactions are complete for any grants that require reporting or audits at the begining of April/end of May.Thank you for your cooperation.

21 Apr 2015: Please note the availability of the X5 costing and pricing application during the following periods - • X5 will be vulnerable on Monday 18 August between 8:30am and 9:30am due to the updating of University pay scales• X5 will be unavailable on

21 Apr 2015: X5 Update This week we are continuing with UAT testing and are grateful to the volunteers who are working with us during this period. This is an important phase as the feedback we receive from our testers  ensures X5 meets the demands that will be

12 Nov 2015: OpenCon is the conference for students and professionals on Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. Following the main event in Brussels, Belgium we are organising a dedicated Satellite event in Cambridge. OpenCon Cambridge will provide a

10 Aug 2015: Roles and Responsibilities 4.1 All parties involved in and affected by organisational change have roles and responsibilities that will ensure that the organisational change process is successful. Details of these roles and responsibilities are

21 Apr 2015: The Research Strategy Office has developed a new section on its website dedicated to Restricted Calls. ‘Restricted calls’ are an internal University of Cambridge process that has been established in response to the increasing number of funding

21 Apr 2015: Presentations from the Research Grant User Group (RGUG) on 1 November are now available on the Research Office website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/rgug/default.aspx?id=20111101The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 13 December, 9

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.

14 Aug 2015: Procedural Guidance Guidance is provided on each stage of the Organisational Change Procedure. Please use the links below or in the menu on the left hand side: Step 1 - Planning and Proposals Step 2 - Consultation and Communication Step 3 -

21 Apr 2015: There are 3 new tutorials to help you use X5 on the following topics: Copying a costing Costing Tabs External partner leads These videos are available on the X5 website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/applying/x5/default.aspx  

12 Nov 2015: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers ContentMine Workshop: mining for the life sciences OpenCon Cambridge New RCUK guidelines on research data sharing policy - feedback welcome 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students ContentMine Workshop: mining for

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.