News and announcements

RLP news and announcements

We publish our Research Lifecycle newsletter every month, with a very occasional extra message if we’ve got an event or timely piece of news we’d like to tell you about. We won’t use your email address for any other purposes.

September newsletter: Introducing the Survey Tools project

by Lily Pearson | Sep 3, 2020 | Costing, Digital Collections, In focus, Newsletter, Research networking and collaboration, Restricted data, Survey Tools

This month we are pleased to announce the launch of the Survey Tools project. Read the newsletter to find out more about this and other RLP projects.

Summary report: Networking and Collaboration workshops

by Fiona | Aug 25, 2020 | Projects, Research networking and collaboration

The networking and collaboration project (Project E) recently held a series of workshops and in-depth interviews with the research community. Read more to learn about the findings of these and nexts steps.

September update on the Research Costing Tool project

by Fiona | Aug 19, 2020 | Costing, Projects

Find out more about the Research Costing Tool project’s forthcoming developments and new launch date next year.

Introducing: the Survey Tools project

by Lily Pearson | Aug 14, 2020 | Projects, Survey Tools

The aim of the Survey Tools project will be decommissioning the existing survey tools at the University that do not fulfil user requirements, and replacing them with two best of breed tools.

An insight into a secondment post within the Research Lifecycle Programme

by Lily Pearson | Aug 12, 2020 | Costing, Projects

Research Support Manager, Traceyanne Sinclair, gives her insight on taking a secondment role within the Research Costing Tool project.

August newsletter: Launch of Overleaf at the University

by Fiona | Jul 30, 2020 | Compute capacity and resources, Costing, Data access, export and preservation, Digital Collections, HPC, Innovation community, Newsletter, Professional Services, Projects, Pure, Research networking and collaboration, Research support interface, reporting and communications, Restricted data, SCSC, Survey

This month we are pleased to announce the launch of Overleaf – a collaborative authoring tool for researchers, staff and postgraduate researchers (PGRs). Read the newsletter to find out more about this and other RLP projects.

Launch of Overleaf at the University

by Fiona | Jul 28, 2020 | Projects, Research networking and collaboration

We are launching premium access to Overleaf, a collaborative authoring tool, for the research community, postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and staff at The University of Manchester.  

RLP focus areas for 2020/21 academic year

by Fiona | Jul 27, 2020 | Compute capacity and resources, Costing, Data access, export and preservation, Digital Collections, HPC, In focus, Innovation community, Professional Services, Projects, Pure, Research networking and collaboration, Research support interface, reporting and communications, Restricted data, SCSC

An update on RLP’s focus areas this year after SCSC approved our business case.

Pure AMM now live

by Fiona | Jul 22, 2020 | In focus, Projects, Pure

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Awards Management module (AMM) in Pure, which went live on Wednesday, 1 July. AMM, will be used to manage research funding applications and awards, including supporting online approvals.