Costing Archives

Launch of the Research Costing Tool – BlackDackel

by Niki Harratt | Jan 18, 2023 | Costing

We are pleased to announce that we have launched access of BlackDackel to Research Academics and Project Managers. This launch is based on voluntary access to the costing tool, where you will be able to model research grants in a safe environment and share this with...

Update: Research Costing Tool project

by Fiona | Apr 27, 2022 | Costing, Projects

The RCT project aims to improve the University’s ability to accurately cost research activity. Phase two of the decommissioning of pFACT will take place on Monday 3 May 2022.

Colette Fagan and Angus Hearmon: Investing in research support at our University

by Fiona | Mar 30, 2022 | Cloud solutions, Compute capacity and resources, Costing, Data access, export and preservation, Databases, Digital Collections, Edge compute, End-to-end processes, Event, Funders and partners, HPC, Professional Services, Projects, Pure, Research networking and collaboration, Restricted data, RLP2, Storage solutions, Survey, Survey Tools

Read more about Colette and Angus’ views on future investment into research support at our University through RLP2.

Newsletter: February 2022

by Fiona | Mar 9, 2022 | Costing, Microsoft 365, Newsletter, Projects, Research networking and collaboration, RLP2, Survey

Find out more about the Research Risk Profiler and RLP2.

Research Costing Tool project: Decommissioning of pFACT

by p35377ls | Feb 22, 2022 | Costing

The research costing tool project aims to improve the University’s ability to accurately cost research activity and will allow staff to model costs throughout the lifecycle of a research project. BlackDackel, a web-based costing tool, has been implementedfor the current Research Services Support cohort. As a result, the project will now enter a decommissioning phase of the old, unsupported costing system, pFACT.