Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 142

Published on 2 October 2015

ROOTS Tier 2 Research Administrators Programme 2016

^{The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 (2016) Research Administrators Programme.}^{We invite submissions from all staff who}^{have been in post for a minimum of six months and}^{play an active role in the Grants Lifecycle and Research Contracts process within the University}

^{The Programme will run over six months on the following dates in 2016}

^{Tuesday 23 February}
^{Tuesday 15 March}
^{Tuesday 12 April}
^{Tuesday 17 May}
^{Tuesday 14 June}
^{Tuesday 12 July}

^{Delegates will need to be available for all six sessions.}

^{Application Process}

^{1.Complete the Expression of Interest Form which can be found on the Research Operations Office website http://www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/about-us/events/roots-tie... This form requires the endorsement of your Departmental Administrator or Line Manager.}

^{2.Email the form to Debbie.West-Lewis@admin.cam.ac.uk by 2nd November 2015.}

^{3.The final 15 will be chosen by the Assistant Directors within the Research Operations Office and successful candidates will be informed by 16th November 2015.}

^{If you have any other queries or require an Expression of Interest form, please contact}^{Debbie.West-Lewis@admin.cam.ac.uk}

X5 Training Dates 2016

^{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. The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and other essential knowledge required to produce an accurate costing.}

^{Delegates: 9 available places for each session}

^{Venue: All training will be held at 17 Mill Lane}^–^{UIS Computer Room}

^{Time: 9:00am to 12:30pm}

^Dates:

^{Thursday 14th January 2016}
^{Monday 15th February 2016}
^{Thursday 17th March 2016}

^{To book a place at one of the X5 sessions or if you have any queries, please email}^{Debbie.West-Lewis@admin.cam.ac.uk with}^“^{X5 Training Session}^” ^{in the subject heading of your email.}

RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit

^{RCUK will conduct a Funding Assurance Programme (FAP) visit from Monday the 23rd}^{to Wednesday the 25th}^{November 2015.The RCUK Funding Assurance}Strategy^{will test compliance with the terms and conditions across}^four^“^pillars^”^{of assurance:}

^{Research Grants and Fellowships}
^{Doctoral Training funding}
^{Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC)}
^{Non-Financial terms and conditions}

^{In order to assist Departments}

^{in preparing for the audit a series of workshops will be held. These workshops are aimed at Departmental Administrators and Research Support Staff. These will take place on:}

^Date	^Time	^Venue
^{Wed 7th October 2015}	^11:00-13:00	^{Clinical School, Herschel Smith Building, H139}
^{Wed 7th October 2015}	^15:00-17:00	^{Mill Lane, Lecture Room 7}
^{Tue 13th Oct 2015}	^9:30-11:30	^{West Cambridge,} ^{IFM Seminar Room 2}

If you have any questions about the upcoming RCUK FAP Audit or the workshops please contact Sara Hajnassiri Sara.Hajnassiri@admin.cam.ac.uk

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 142

ROOTS Tier 2 Research Administrators Programme 2016

X5 Training Dates 2016

RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit

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