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22 Jul 2015: Search site. Cambridge Admissions Office. Consultation of New A Level Regulatory Requirements Response. ... Topic:. Consultation of New A Level Regulatory Requirements Response. Recipient:. OFQUAL.

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: 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

1 Jul 2015: The University has retained an excellence award which demonstrates its commitment to improving the working conditions and career development of research staff. The second set of UK universities to be externally evaluated for the HR Excellence in

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

19 Jan 2015: All foreign staff commencing employment must complete a Starter Checklist form, which should be sent to the Payroll Section. Download the Starter Checklist here. This form is designed to be completed online. Please ensure you complete both the

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.

24 Mar 2015: Colleges have similar requirements for meetings held on their premises, and the senior College member responsible for their oversight should be consulted.

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

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: Please be advised that X5 will be unavailable on Monday 3rd March between 08:00am and 12:00 noon to allow MISD to perform an upgrade to the system.Users have been advised separately regarding this downtime but it is important to note that once the

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

21 Apr 2015: From 1 January 2011, all EC Framework 7 applications should be budgeted at £2000 per audit.  This is because: audit costs have remained the same for a number of years and inflationary pressures during this period means that the budgeted amount now

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

16 Mar 2015: Please note that there will be changes to the eligibility criteria of the Fund which will come into effect from Tuesday 2 April 2024. Further information is provided below.

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

26 Nov 2015: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Researchfish system for collecting Research Outcomes Researchfish submission for Arthritis Research UK – deadline 1 Dec 2015 Researchfish submission for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) 2. RELEVANT TO: Research

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

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  

21 Apr 2015: unsocial hours of work - a requirement to work unsocial hours on a regular and frequent basis, finishing and/or starting at a time when public transport provision does not provide a ... persons having a requirement to use a car for work purposes on a

21 Apr 2015: The ability to create an award costing in X5 at Department Administrator and Principal Investigator level has been removed, as this costing type should only be used at Research Office level. If you need to create an award costing for an award not

21 Apr 2015: The process for including new items of equipment on the Equipment Admin Database is as follows: New Fixed Assets in excess of £10K will be loaded monthly by the Fixed Assets Team in Finance into the database as ‘DRAFT’ records. This will

21 Apr 2015: The Estates Division has responsibility for specific areas of safety management including the control of asbestos, and the provision of advice and guidance on fire safety. Close links are established with the University's Safety Office ensuring a

21 Apr 2015: This is advance notice that the University, in line with fEC guidelines, will be implementing revised full economic cost rates from 1 February 2011. Please note that pFACT will not be available on the morning of Tuesday 1 February (8am to 12noon),

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

25 Jun 2015: The earlier the Contracts Manager is involved in the process the greater the likelihood of putting in place an agreement with suitable terms for both parties. The University has its own set of standard agreements that cover a range of different

6 Aug 2015: The Research Policy Committee have approved guidelines on authorship designed to encourage good practice in this area. The guidelines are available on the University’s Research Integrity webpages

21 Apr 2015: RCUK PhD stipends have been updated (see http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2014news/Pages/070114.aspx). National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2014/15 is £13,863 Research Councils UK Indicative Fee Level for 2014/15 is £3,996 The rates been updated

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

21 Apr 2015: Departments will be contacted nearer the time with further details of the costing requirements under the sharing project; however advance notice is being given for those who wish to book themselves

24 Jul 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: 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

4 Jun 2015: If you have any questions or if you would like to know more about research data requirements and help offered by the University of Cambridge, come to the ‘Open Data’ session ... Open Data sessions will:. provide you with all the necessary information

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

2 Apr 2015: postgraduate (PGT) degree provision by collecting feedback from current students in a systematic and user-friendly way.

21 Apr 2015: Sanctions may also affect some postgraduate teaching and the receipt of funding from sanctioned Russian individuals or companies.

21 Apr 2015: Funding alerts generated by Research Professional and circulated by Rhys Morgan will discontinue from the end of September.  Each institution should now have a designated administrator able to create and distribute more discipline-specific alerts

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

4 Jun 2015: If you have any questions or if you would like to know more about research data requirements and help offered by the University of Cambridge, come to the ‘Open Data’ session ... students keep track of their research data and comply with funder

21 Apr 2015: pFACT will no longer be supported after 31st July 2014 and therefore will no longer be available for use after this date.What do you need to do ?1) Please ensure that any reports you need access to are printed and/or saved before 31st July 2014 so

21 Apr 2015: This change will be implemented from 1 October 2013. Grants ending before 1 October will continue to require a final report to be submitted unless this requirement has previously been waived.

21 Apr 2015: We would like to apologise for any inconvenience cause by the unplanned outage of X5 this morning. Unfortunately any work performed within X5 from 8:30 until 9:45 is likely to be lost and will have to be rekeyed. We are currently investigating this

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