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30 Aug 2019: Other publications:. Conference Presentations. '"Wild foods" for nutrition security'. Oral presentation and poster at the 'Interdisciplinarity – Beyond Boundaries' conference of the Economic and Social Research Council, October 2019, Cambridge, UK.

6 Dec 2019: A new Industry Pricing Policy has been approved by the Research Policy Committee and guidelines are currently being drafted for Departments. A summary of the policy is available on the Research Operations Office website.

26 Jul 2019: The Research Office have updated their due diligence process, which aims to offer a more robust service, delivering a closer level of scrutiny as well as quicker turnaround times for departments. To mitigate the risk posed to the University, the Due

24 Apr 2019: Ellen is a researcher with expertise in sustainable investment and economic education and policy.

5 Mar 2019: The fund aims to remove barriers to economic growth and promote sustainable development needed to reduce poverty in partner countries. ... The Prosperity funded Global Infrastructure Programme (GIP), aims to support sustainable infrastructure development

19 Dec 2019: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on the 2020 Research Grants Programme for Administrators. Consisting of seven separate morning sessions, the modules comprise a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer utilising workshops,

2 Apr 2019: The Fund aims to remove barriers to economic growth and promote sustainable development needed to reduce poverty in partner countries. ... Infrastructure is vital to a country’s prosperity and is an enabler of economic growth and poverty reduction, but

22 Nov 2019: The following updated pay scales with an effective date (COLA date) of 01/04/2019 were uploaded into X5 on Tuesday 19th November - NHS grades for nurses: NHS6, NHS7 and NHS8a grades. Note: these are different to Research nurses grades Clinical

12 Apr 2019: sector. In particular, it looked at ways in which the construction sector could learn lessons from the manufacturing, automotive and software industries and create significant value by doing so.

8 Feb 2019: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2019. The revised fEC rates are available on the PRAO website. If you have any queries related to the updates, please contact your Research Support Advisor at the Research

22 Nov 2019: We need voices and lessons from a broad spectrum of experiences if we are to bring novel solutions to stubborn systemic problems. ... our international knowledge forum (a leadership-oriented community for the sharing of lessons, case studies and best

9 Aug 2019: EPSRC is working with colleagues across UKRI on a review of the AI landscape, to understand current support for AI research and innovation, and engage stakeholders in identifying opportunities and future directions. To stay informed about the

6 Dec 2019: In response to an increasing number of findings on audits of Innovate UK grants, there are some areas of concern in relation to the following eligibility of staff costs (DI And DA), including templates for timesheets and declarations eligibility of

4 Apr 2019: We need to ensure that value is not measured purely through the lens of lowest capital cost, but also whole life value and meeting broader social, economic and environmental outcomes – for

15 Jul 2019: environment, including economic and social infrastructure.

9 Aug 2019: There are a few spaces available at the next X5 training session which includes setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. To book a place please contact Debbie.West-Lewis@admin.cam.ac.uk

22 Feb 2019: The new April 2019 USS pension rate of 19.5% (currently 18%) for employers has been added into X5. In the Rates tab, the Salary Files show as ‘Out of date file’ and users will need to update it by clicking on ‘Apply all updated files now’.

19 Dec 2019: We would like to gauge topic suggestions for a proposed Research Administration Open Day. This presents an opportunity to discuss what transforming research administration at Cambridge means for all of us together. To help us plan the event, it

11 Oct 2019: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place as follow Tuesday 3rd December 2019 2pm – 3:30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0RB Presentations from the previous meeting on Thursday

8 Nov 2019: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting is led by the Research Operations Office and is an open forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting will take place as follows Tuesday 3rd December