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26 Jan 2022: Training provider: Corndel. Although I had supervised people during my post-doctoral work, I hadn’t been formally trained in management and wanted certification for my CV. ... I would need to directly line manage more people to become a full CMI member,

28 Jan 2022: A team of people from the Research Operations Office, Legal Services Office and University Information Services will continue to work with US lawyers to formulate a set of policies and practices

16 Dec 2022: Position titles for roles formerly known as Senior Research Support Advisor and Research Support Advisor have been updated to reflect the work and approach of these teams more accurately. Below is a summary of the changes: Previous title

9 Feb 2022: Through our Hackathon event we aim to bring people together and work in collaboration to look at how we can make better use of available data to boost the built environment

23 Feb 2022: Dr Hugo Leal invites people on a journey through the online disinformation maze. ... Dr Julia Rone asks people to think about social media and write what, for them, would make an ideal social network.

4 Feb 2022: The group of apprentices going through the course at the same time were very supportive of each other and helped cheer people on if they were struggling which created a lovely, ... supportive hub of people.

15 Mar 2022: One Green Team member Amy Bains said that:. 'One lovely thing about the Green Team is that it is allowing us to meet new people from across the dept that we

14 Jan 2022: The Research Office is conducting its annual SAM (System for Award Management) registration renewal process for US Federal funding and in doing so is performing some additional checks to satisfy recent updates to the US regulatory framework. We

9 Mar 2022: Henry Fenby-Taylor, the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s Head of Information Management explores the start-up ecosystem in construction and how a new report from the Construction Innovation Hub can help those looking to set up or invest in

5 Aug 2022: If you are costing a new proposal to submit to a Horizon Europe (HE) call, you should continue to use the current “EC Horizon Europe” Funder templates in X5. The “UKRI Horizon Europe Underwrite” Funder templates are only to be used for those

24 Jun 2022: From 1st July 2022, UKRI Final Expenditure Statements (FES) will need additional reporting due to the University receiving "limited assurance" on its recent audit. The additional reporting will include providing full transaction listings, staff

25 Feb 2022: The Research Administration Programme aims to help staff who work in grant administration to improve their knowledge and understanding of the grant lifecycle. Each module will focus on a different aspect of grant administration and consists of

22 Jul 2022: Over the last few weeks, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement so that it can comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (including Innovate UK). Part of this work has involved

20 May 2022: Our Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration aims to support all those who run and are involved in the grants lifecycle at the University of Cambridge. If you would like to be involved with this group, please sign up on the Supporting

20 May 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 290. Published on 20 May 2022. Following the recent UKRI FAP Audit, we would like to draw your attention to the UKRI Terms and Conditions of Grant Guidance RGC 14,

14 Jan 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 282. Published on 14 January 2022. The Research Office is conducting its annual SAM (System for Award Management) registration renewal process for US Federal

25 Mar 2022: The University has been informed of the outcome of the recent UKRI Funder Assurance Programme Audit and has received LIMITED assurance. Systematic issues were identified in relation to Directly Incurred staff costs (RGC 14e) which requires all

10 Jun 2022: Earlier today (10th June), successful ERC Awardees and MSCA Fellows from the 2021 Horizon Europe calls were contacted by the EC informing them that the process to terminate the EC Grant Agreement Preparation sessions will soon be initiated. As

10 Jun 2022: A reminder that the next RGUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday 14th July at 11:15am. An agenda will be circulated nearer the time. If you have any queries, please contact Hannah.Pawson@admin.cam.ac.uk.

5 Sep 2022: Sticking with astounding inventions, which happens to be this year’s Heritage Open Days theme, it might still surprise some people to know that the creation of the modern-day laws ... Cambridge has never had a shortage of extraordinary people (unknown

6 May 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 289. Published on 6 May 2022. Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 26th April. The recording and slides are

20 May 2022: Is an ATAS certificate required? From 21 May 2021, relevant international researchers applying for permission to enter or stay in the UK under the Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange (Temporary Work) (GAE) or Visitor immigration routes

12 Sep 2022: These SMEs see their main constraints in the management of their People and Information.

14 Jan 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 11:15am. Details will be circulated nearer the time. Slides and recording of the previous RGUG meeting in November are available on the RGUG web page. For further

19 Aug 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 297. Published on 19 August 2022. Academics and research support staff can find details of how to apply to the ERC Starting Grant on the ROO website including a

22 Sep 2022: 4.1 Where it is proposed to engage an individual to provide services personally either directly, or through a company, partnership or agency, clearance must be obtained from the Tax Team prior to engagement. In the first instance, please read the

11 Feb 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, CRUK, BHF, WT and other funders is 7th February to 17th March 2022 during which time PIs should use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Award holders will have

22 Jul 2022: The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) 2022 call is now open and the cribsheet is available on the ROO website. As usual, the MSCA PF submissions to ROO are treated as ‘Small Applications’ in line with the

11 Mar 2022: The annual audit of US Federal Funding (including NIH awards) for the Financial Year 19/20 is now finalised and available on the ROO website.

6 May 2022: As outlined in the April RGUG meeting, there are ongoing delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe which are continuing to impact the Grant Agreement process for many of the recently awarded Horizon Europe grants. We

10 Mar 2022: The event was not designed to try and get everyone to turn vegan….simply to broaden our food horizons and surprise a few people…which we did! ... team wanted to get more people aware of the tastes and opportunities available with this style of foods.

28 Jan 2022: A team of people from the Research Operations Office, Legal Services Office and University Information Services will continue to work with US lawyers to formulate a set of policies and practices

1 Dec 2022: A review of the University’s Retirement Policy had been scheduled to take place during 2019/20, but this work was postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic. On 20 October 2022, the Human Resources Committee agreed that the review should now take place

25 Jan 2022: Likewise, if people are looking for a particular item, such as clothing, they can advertise their request too.

14 Jan 2022: Following published guidance from the Office for Students, both the Annual Financial Return and the TRAC Return submissions for 2020-21 have been given an extension until the end of March. Therefore, the University’s fEC rates and the

16 May 2022: The University is working to increase the frequency, quality and impact of Staff Review and Development (SRD) conversations. As part of this, the SRD guidance on the HR webpages has recently been simplified and streamlined to make it more user

13 Oct 2022: Route U, the University bus for everyone, is subsidised by the University of Cambridge, and carries around 60,000 people per week, linking Eddington with West Cambridge, the city centre, the

16 Dec 2022: Thank you all for your support and engagement with the new timesheet process. UKRI have given us positive feedback on the work that we have all been doing to address the audit findings. Please continue to upload into your all historic timesheets

1 Sep 2022: From Monday 5 September 2022, the structure of the central HR administration teams will be changing as follows: Life Events Team (excluding Clinical School) – This new team has been established in the HR Shared Service and is responsible for

11 Mar 2022: UKRI guarantee funding scheme for the first wave of successful applicants to Horizon Europe is open for applications for EIC and EIT-KICs. UK-based organisations who are partners on successful applications to EIC 2021 calls can apply for a UKRI grant

25 Aug 2022: The HR Schools/NSIs teams have been renamed the "HR Business Partnering teams" and position titles have been updated to more accurately reflect the work and approach of these teams. The new titles also better align to other similar organisations

14 Jul 2022: Background Like all other organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the University was required to transform the normal working routines of staff at unprecedented speed and in unprecedented ways. The various ways we needed to work during the

31 Jan 2022: the continent prevents a lot of people from applying.

28 Jan 2022: A student-led group formed under the name Striving Towards Anti-Racist Research in Youth Literature (STARYL) hosted a series of workshops delivered by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour researchers, ... The project worked with the Cambridge African

18 Oct 2022: I will also be looking at whether extensive exposure to a foreign accent means that people have separate paths to perceive their own and the other accent, without needing to go ... As our world becomes increasingly globalised, we interact more and more

31 Mar 2022: A Construction Innovation Hub enabled project by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Natural Material Innovation (CNMI) aims to showcase the benefits of modular school design and construction through a demonstrator project at a primary school

25 Feb 2022: The Apprenticeship Levy is a tax on salary bills introduced in 2017. There are many funders who deem the Apprenticeship Levy cost ineligible when costing a project; this includes CRUK, Royal Society, Leverhulme, BHF and the BA. For applications to

29 Jul 2022: Text to forward to people who fill in timesheets. You may wish to circulate the following text and include any of your own Department information to colleagues who are required to

7 Oct 2022: UKRI Terms & Conditions require that all timesheets must be signed by both the 'Employee' and by the 'Approver' within 2 months of the end of the timesheet period. From 1st July 2022, monthly timesheets of part funded DI staff need to be uploaded

4 Apr 2022: We endeavour to do more and encourage more people to get involved as what’s good for the environment is good for our soul.