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8 Feb 2018: In terms of policy impact the first results on the baseline scenarios have been used by the Cambridge and Peterborough Independent Economic Review (CPIER, 2018), with further outputs on radically different,

9 May 2018: The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (‘the Protocol’) is an international agreement to ensure the fair and

8 Jun 2018: Test the meta standards developed and identify further meta standards to be analysed by market feedback. ... Execute the test case defined in WP6. 2. Subject area not understood, needs research:.

26 Oct 2018: The Nagoya Protocol Checklist for Researchers outlines the practical steps to determine whether the Protocol applies to your research and what actions researchers should take to ensure compliance.

4 May 2018: Presentations from the April meeting are available here https://www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/about-us/rgug/rgug-meeting-26-apr-2018 The next RGUG meeting is Thursday 28th June 2018 10am – 11:30am Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham

8 Nov 2018: It's important to take the time to thoroughly plan your research. If you don't, there's a risk it could fail, wasting your funding and your time and effort. Here you can find out how to: plan, draft and write a proposal.

3 Jul 2018: The UK Government’s Prosperity Fund comprises £1.2 billion from the aid budget which is ring-fenced to promote economic growth needed to reduce poverty in countries supported by the ... This more systematic approach to infrastructure development will

26 Oct 2018: The Access and Benefit Sharing Clearing House (ABS Clearing House) website is a platform to exchange information on access and benefit sharing measures.

14 Dec 2018: Next week (w/c 17th December 2018) a change will be made in X5 to the current “ROO deadline” label. The wording will be made clearer by relabelling to “5 day deadline”.

8 Nov 2018: Find out how to: record and report your research to meet funders terms and Research Excellence Framework (REF) requirements. publish your research data, articles and other papers for open access.

4 Oct 2018: Therefore carbon should serve as an effective proxy for economic as well as environmental sustainability. ... The evidence suggests then that the digitisation of construction should improve the environmental and economic sustainability of buildings.

18 May 2018: The X5 User Group met for the first time on 21st March to discuss the development of X5 and support for users. The minutes, presentations and membership are available here

20 Jun 2018: It is of particular interest in the context of the evolution to ‘operate and integrate’ that will enable the optimisation of organisational business services and socio-economic outcomes. ... construction for the future and transform the UK

23 Feb 2018: The training covers setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. Thursday 19th April 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane Monday 14th May 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane To book a place please

12 Jul 2018: leading on infrastructure for economic development as well as other teams where infrastructure development plays an important role (e.g. ... was talking about economics and decision making around infrastructure through the interconnectivity and

23 Oct 2018: of a portfolio of assets, which can be integrated to enable the optimisation of organisational business services and socio-economic outcomes. ... The speech considered the digitisation of the entire life cycle of our built assets and innovative ways of

30 Nov 2018: BRE customers use the organisation’s expertise and services to deliver their social, environmental and economic goals. ... A digital built Britain will:. understand what information is needed to enable better through life economic, social and

26 Jan 2018: The training covers setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. Monday 19th March 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane Thursday 19th April 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane To book a place please

2 Aug 2018: Infrastructure is vital to a country’s prosperity and is an enabler of economic growth and poverty reduction, but there is a global infrastructure ‘gap’ caused by 1) a lack of ... The infrastructure gap is a major global challenge: it is estimated

9 Mar 2018: University Information Services (UIS) has now made it possible for institutional IT staff to provide basic SharePoint sites for office teams and research groups that need a collaborative group workspace. It provides free access to cloud-based

17 Dec 2018: industry bodies and individual firms to test those new ideas and help put the best of them into action by demonstrating their value, sharing good practice, supporting organisational change, developing common

13 Nov 2018: Andrew has also spent 11 years in New Zealand, at an economics, engineering and environmental consultancy, as corporate planner at a city council, and as a strategy adviser at a Crown ... He is a Cambridge economics graduate from many many years ago.

9 Nov 2018: Keeping track of grant spending Find out how to keep track of grant spending. Invoicing Find out about invoicing. Claiming expenses Find out about claiming expenses

1 Jun 2018: The BMM sets out a measurement rational and model, whilst the Application Report tests deployment of the BMM on projects that have used BIM in their delivery.

20 Jul 2018: It does this by working with academics across all of the University’s six schools to deliver the technical, social and economic research needed to understand how to exploit innovations in ... The core aim of the DFTG is to ensure that the UK is well

30 Nov 2018: The following new pay scales were imported into X5 on 27th November 2018 with an effective date of 01/04/2018 (Cost Of Living Allowance): NHS grades MRC CBU and TOX

22 Feb 2018: What level of false positive or negative test results is acceptable?

6 Dec 2018: I would encourage industry leaders to engage with the DFTG and to act as champions for delivering the organisational, societal and economic benefits possible through effective information management.”.

9 Feb 2018: The Research Operations Office and UIS would like to invite Administrative and Academic staff to join a new X5 User Group. The group will be working towards a future upgrade of X5 which will include Understanding user requirements, processes and

14 Mar 2018: to test a building for people with a range of conditions that affect processing sensory inputs; to a case study of The Edge, a sustainable and smart building in Amsterdam, and

8 Aug 2018: to test the network.

23 Mar 2018: Cancer Research UK has informed us that they intend to carry out an audit of approximately 200-300 transactions from 16 research grants. The audit will be done remotely and Departments will be contacted by mid-April if their grants have been

19 Jul 2018: The core aim of the DFTG is to ensure that the UK is well positioned to capitalise on the use of data for the public good in the UK’s economic

18 Dec 2018: A digital built Britain has the potential to transform the way we live our lives while contributing to our economic prosperity.

20 Nov 2018: the Construction and Infrastructure Sectors’, highlighted how digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure, driving up commercial competitiveness and productivity to

28 Sep 2018: The following rates were uploaded into X5 on 27th September 2018 – New August 18 pay scales: for University grades (non Clinical) and banded rates for MRC EPI, CU, BSU and MBU grades. The MRC CBU and Toxicology grades will be uplifted at the same

3 Jul 2018: build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.

18 Jul 2018: The core aim of the DFTG is to ensure that the UK is well positioned to capitalise on the use of data for the public good in the UK’s economic

10 Aug 2018: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. This is an open meeting for Departments, Schools and Administrative Staff. The next meeting is as follows Thursday 20

1 Feb 2018: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2018 as of today. The revised fEC rates are available on the PRAO website. Should you have any queries related to the updates, please contact your Research Support Advisor at the

16 Nov 2018: The Research Operations Office www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/ website now includes a new feature on the home page to help Researchers and Administrative staff navigate through the grants lifecycle. We have been working with the User

29 Jun 2018: The numbering for Research Grants will be changing in the 2018 Michaelmas term. Currently the University uses a 7 digit reference for research grants starting with “RG” and then five numbers e.g. RG12345. We are running out of 5 digit numbers

28 Aug 2018: Designing for children has also become a bit of a numbers game which considers a few metrics about people, economic background and child yield.

10 Aug 2018: The 2019 ERC Work Programme, which was due to be published in mid-July, is now expected in mid-September 2018. This significant delay means that the opening of the call and issuing of the University’s usual crib sheets will also be delayed. The

1 Jul 2018: Economics and Business.

16 Aug 2018: Congestion and overcrowding have reduced, overall network efficiency has improved and economic benefit has been estimated as £130m per year.

20 Jul 2018: If we get this framework right, and enable secure interoperability across the various sectors of economic infrastructure, we will by that act get much of the National Digital Twin.

23 Feb 2018: Since the launch of the Equipment sharing initiative 5 years ago, the University of Cambridge now has over 3000 individual items of equipment available for sharing http://www.equipment.admin.cam.ac.uk/ The equipment database has been accessed by

21 Feb 2018: We have significant economic strengths on which to build and we need to make the most of the untapped potential right across the country.

23 Mar 2018: We have recently become aware that parts of the staff costs charged to EC grants by the Temporary Employment Service (TES) may be ineligible under Horizon 2020 rules. As per Articles 6 and 18 of the Annotated Model Grant Agreement, the cost of