Research Lifecycle Programme | Projects Archives

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.

Launch of the Research Risk Profiler tool

by p35377ls | Feb 21, 2022 | End-to-end processes

Research and Business Engagement, in collaboration with the Research Lifecycle Programme, have launched the ‘Research Risk Profiler’, a tool that helps researchers navigate the increasingly complex risk and compliance landscape for research.

Webinar: Introduction to the upcoming Highly Restricted Data Service

by p35377ls | Jan 20, 2022 | Restricted data

One of the Research Lifecycle Programme’s (RLP) projects aims to provide a Highly Restricted Data Service (HRDS) for researchers working with commercially sensitive, restricted and/or highly restricted data. The project team would like to invite the research community (and any interested staff) to a webinar which will give a preview of the enhanced HRDS service.

Update on the new Highly Restricted Data Service

by p35377ls | Jan 20, 2022 | Restricted data

The Research Lifecycle Programme and Research IT recognise the need to support our researchers in keeping their data safe, especially when it is subject to contractual or regulatory requirements. In support of this increased focus, we are planning the release of our new Highly Restricted Data Service (HRDS) later this year

Coming soon: Risk and compliance tool for international research

by p35377ls | Jan 18, 2022 | End-to-end processes

In partnership with the Research Lifecycle Programme, Research Services are developing a tool to help researchers navigate an increasingly complex risk and compliance landscape for research, particularly when undertaken in an international context.  

Newsletter: December 2021

by p35377ls | Nov 25, 2021 | Compute capacity and resources, Data access, export and preservation, Digital Collections, HPC, Microsoft 365, Newsletter, Pure, Research networking and collaboration

Find out more about the Figshare launch and the new Pure Portal project.

Figshare: Manage and publish your research data easily with the University’s research data repository

by Fiona | Nov 23, 2021 | Data access, export and preservation, Projects

Following its soft launch in summer 2021, the Research Lifecycle Programme is pleased to announce the formal launch of the University’s Figshare for Institutions research data repository.

Collaborative investment: Improving compute capacity and resources for the research community and teaching and learning

by p35377ls | Nov 18, 2021 | Compute capacity and resources, Projects

Several research teams came together to ‘pool’ their money with funds from RLP to further invest in compute resources and capacity for the greater good of the University’s research community.

NEW: Pure Portal Project

by Fiona | Nov 18, 2021 | Projects, Pure portal project, Research networking and collaboration

The Research Lifecycle Programme recently started a new project called the ‘Pure Portal Project’. This is a stream of work that falls under the Research Networking and Collaboration project (Project E), which is focused on improving the University’s ability to...