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6 Jan 2023: tech_festival_-_hs_banner_2.png Discover a world of career possibilities at the Tech Festival The Tech Festival in Lent term 2024 has now finished, but you'll find more useful resources below. Careers across Tech can span marketing, developer roles,

13 Mar 2023: Employers across a range of sectors answer mature students’ questions about their sector, navigating the world of work and much more. Discover our Mature Students' Careers Q&A Series.

22 Mar 2023: in Economics, the Postgraduate Diplomas in Legal Studies and in International Law, or the Certificate of Postgraduate Study (CPGS).

1 Mar 2023: I direct the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits and collaborate with colleagues from Plant Sciences, Zoology and Economics.

10 Feb 2023: The resources and spaces provided by peatland ecosystems are important culturally and socioeconomically to all the communities studied, but with pronounced differences relating to the communities’ different sociocultural and economic experiences

20 Feb 2023: Jonathan believes that this will lead to massive political and economic problems. ... Speakers from the University of Cambridge include activist Dr Mary Murphy, who specialises in environmental education; social and economic geographer Dr Anna Barford,

20 Feb 2023: The socio-economics of peatland restoration. A case study on the Fens.

18 Jan 2023: Voi has developed an in-app reaction-time test that is activated during certain hours of the day when people are likely to be drinking. ... The test aims to educate users on why drunk riding is unsafe (impacts reflexes, balance, overall judgement), and

18 Jan 2023: The Strategy, which is being developed by the Sustainability team with support from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, will encompass all aspects of sustainability (environmental, social and economic) at the

10 Feb 2023: X5 has been updated with the new fEC, facility and inflation rates which are effective from 1st February 2023. The increase in rates was expected given current market conditions. Departmental and central expenditure has increased compared to last

7 Feb 2023: Dr Comim specializes in Development Economics, his research focusing on human development, sustainable development, capability approach and economics of poverty. ... Lecturer, and Director of Studies in Economics for many years, as well as Director of

8 Feb 2023: Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology . Economics . Education (for students matriculating from 2023 onwards).

6 Mar 2023: A study on COVID modelling, by Andrew Harvey, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, and Paul Kattuman, Professor of Economics at Cambridge Judge

31 Jan 2023: profiling_of_test_agents_in_rodents_in_a_drug_discovery_platform_non-technical_summary_redacted.pdf (154.11 KB).

23 Dec 2022: Purpose of petty cash A petty cash float (normally up to a maximum of £100, unless the Director of Finance gives written consent to increase the limit) may be required by departments to defray minor expenses incurred by University employees on

20 Jan 2023: This can include wider holistic understandings of climate and sustainability themes, for example the biodiversity crisis, just transitions, or broader economic or social ramifications of climate change.

9 Feb 2023: She is an environmental scientist by training with experience in regional economic land use modeling.

14 Feb 2023: Edible economics: how much can food tell us about economic change? - ... Professor Ha-Joon Chang and food archaeologist Martin Jones talk about Professor Chang’s new book Edible economics: A hungry economist explains the world.

24 Feb 2023: The Cambridge Libraries Survey is running until Friday 3 March. Give feedback on how you find accessing information, resources, help and training opportunities, as well as what you think about library spaces. Services provided by libraries include

13 Jan 2023: We have a number of vacancies at the Research Office, further details can be found on our jobs page.

10 Mar 2023: Edible economics: how much can food tell us about economic change? ... online] - Professor Ha-Joon Chang and food archaeologist Martin Jones talk about Professor Chang’s new book Edible economics: A hungry economist explains the world.

24 Feb 2023: th. March 2023). Fellowships awarded in the 2023 round will be awarded for three years' duration instead of two and they will move to a Full Economic Cost model.

10 Feb 2023: Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Professor Ha-Joon Chang.

10 Mar 2023: There will be examples from Healthcare, GIS, Economics, Humanities and Social studies, as well as the use of Jupyter notebooks online and the use of AI.

24 Feb 2023: The COLP is a non-consolidated pay award that has been awarded to all staff and is an integral element of the salary of staff members. Therefore, the assumption is that this is an eligible cost on a grant for our major research funders that allow

24 Feb 2023: th. March 2023). Fellowships awarded in the 2023 round will be awarded for three years' duration instead of two and they will move to a Full Economic Cost model.

13 Jan 2023: For UKRI grants, the starting certificate must be submitted in Je-S within 42 (calendar) days of the Project starting. The date entered on the Start Confirmation will be the Official Start Date of the Grant. If you want to begin the project before

10 Feb 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 308. Published on 10 February 2023. X5 has been updated with the new fEC, facility and inflation rates which are effective from 1. The increase in rates was

10 Mar 2023: The deadline for Principal Investigators to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for most major funders including UKRI, CRUK, BHF and NIHR. Funders have made it clear that strike days will not be accepted as

27 Jan 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place on Thursday 23rd February at 11:15am as a Teams meeting. RGUG is led by the Research Operations Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed

13 Jan 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 306. Published on 13 January 2023. Following the UKRI FAP audit last year, we implemented new timesheet procedures for DI staff working less than 100% on a grant

27 Jan 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 307. Published on 27 January 2023. We are seeking a mid-career researcher to join the newly formed Research Culture Steering Committee and participate in the

27 Jan 2023: The annual audit of US Federal Funding (including NIH awards) for the Financial Year 20/21 is now available. The following issues were highlighted which you need to be aware of when managing US Federal Funding. Salary costs: costs charged to the

24 Feb 2023: Our internal auditor for grants is offering some online training sessions for research support staff and PIs for the following funders Monday 27 March 9:30am -12noon Financial Audit of EC Grants Wednesday 29 March 10am -11:15am Financial Audit of

10 Feb 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place on Thursday 23rd February at 11:15am. The agenda will include information about how the Joint Electronic Submissions system (Je-S) will transition over to The Funding Service,

2 Mar 2023: Balance the seesaw of criticality. Test your strength against the infamous Prince Rupert drop.

24 Feb 2023: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 23rd February 2023. The recording and slides are now available. The meeting included an introduction to UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS) which will replace

24 Feb 2023: When costing your project in X5, please put SRCP under the Non-staff tab as an ‘Other directly incurred’ type cost. Then specify in the description field how many years and how many studies the cost covers. Input VAT can be left at zero rate

10 Mar 2023: The Finance Training team is undertaking a review of grants courses with a view to redesigning Grants 4 – Grants administration in CUFS. We would like to survey all staff involved with using the University finance systems to monitor or manage

10 Mar 2023: When costing your project in X5, please put SRCP under the Non-staff tab as an ‘Other directly incurred’ type cost. Then specify in the description field how many years and how many studies the cost covers. The current rate is £700 per study

27 Jan 2023: We are seeking a mid-career researcher to join the newly formed Research Culture Steering Committee and participate in the setting of strategy and priorities for research culture across the University. The termly meetings are scheduled for Tuesday

10 Mar 2023: There will be examples from Healthcare, GIS, Economics, Humanities and Social studies, as well as the use of Jupyter notebooks online and the use of AI.

10 Jan 2023: In exceptional circumstances, the Accounts Payable Team can arrange for an urgent payment. For the team to be able to process this payment, the specific invoice needs to be entered into UFS. Please contact the Accounts Payable Team to discuss your

27 Feb 2023: George Fulham, (2021, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) recently had the opportunity to visit the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES) for a month for some experimental work in collaboration with Prof. Paul

23 Dec 2022: Requests for a petty cash float and any permanent, or temporary, increases to an existing float must be made in writing by either the Head of Institution or Administrator to the Head Accounting Services, clearly stating the amount of petty cash

23 Dec 2022: Heads of Institution are responsible for the security of the float and for ensuring that all expenditure is properly supported and authorised. There must be regular independent checks of petty cash balances and use and Departments are required to

23 Dec 2022: Petty Cash must be used exclusively for expenditure directly relating to University business. These shall be limited to items of expenditure below the cost of £25 unless the Director of Finance has given written dispensation to increase the limit.

23 Dec 2022: Each department will need to establish a Petty Cash Imprest System for issuing petty cash to employees and recording all transactions. Each time the float requires replenishing a Petty Cash Imprest Form must be completed.

23 Dec 2022: Actions required Completed Action Ensure petty cash is stored in a suitable safe or locked drawer and never left unattended Ensure the Imprest Form is completed and posted to the ledger, prior to replenishing the float Check each payment from petty

13 Jan 2023: Following the UKRI FAP audit last year, we implemented new timesheet procedures for DI staff working less than 100% on a grant which included setting up SharePoint libraries for uploading timesheets. UKRI will be returning to the University of