Research Lifecycle Programme | Projects Archives

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.

HRDS now charging for services

by Fiona | Apr 26, 2022 | Projects, Restricted data

We have now introduced charging for use of the DSH and REDCap services. The introduction of charging is necessary to cover the increased specialist support within the HRDS team, and the administration costs for maintaining high security and compliance standards.

Update: Pure Portal Project (Project E)

by Fiona | Apr 14, 2022 | Pure portal project, Research networking and collaboration

Read the latest update from the Pure Portal Project which aims to provide an upgrade to the current Pure Portal, also known as Research Explorer.

Newsletter: April 2022

by Fiona | Apr 7, 2022 | Digital Collections, HPC, Newsletter, Projects, Pure, Research networking and collaboration, Restricted data, RLP2, Survey Tools

This months newsletter was focused on the SafePod launch, our last engagements for RLP2 and an upcoming webinar on Figshare.

SafePod: Securely access research Data Centre datasets on campus

by Fiona | Apr 5, 2022 | Projects, Restricted data

In collaboration with the ESRC SafePod Network, the University has now launched a SafePod on campus in the Main Library.

RLP Project S: Highly Restricted Data Service engagement sessions

by p35377ls | Mar 31, 2022 | Restricted data

The Research Lifecycle Programme’s Highly Restricted Data Service (HRDS) project (Project S) held two engagement sessions for researchers and University staff interested in the development of our Data Safe Haven (DSH) service and our newly installed SafePod. During the engagement sessions we explained the necessity for introducing charges, later this year, for use of the DSH and REDCap services.

Webinar: Figshare research data repository

by p35377ls | Mar 31, 2022 | Data access, export and preservation, Uncategorised

Sign up to this webinar to learn more about how Figshare, the University’s institutional research data repository, can support your research.

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.

Enabling research groups working with highly restricted data using Microsoft Teams for collaboration

by p35377ls | Feb 22, 2022 | Research networking and collaboration, Restricted data

Dr Kath Watson from the Biological Studies Research Group (BSG), led by Professor Kimme Hyrich, approached the Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP) team to ask for support in developing a protocol, to enable the BSG to use MS Teams for internal and external online meetings which discussed highly restricted data.