This year’s annual Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference was subtitled “Good Advice for Hard Times”, referring of course to the recent and impending wave of government spending cuts as well as the HE White Paper, which is the…
Conference: Showcasing UK Administrative Data – 11th July 2011
A recent conference announcement from the Administrative Data Liaison Service which may interest some members of staff: You are warmly invited to a one day conference to be held in London on Monday the 11th July 2011. This ESRC supported…
HEFCE-Funded Award Management Project Underway
The University of Exeter have recently announced that the HEFCE/JISC-funded RMAS (Research Management and Administration System) project is now underway. This is important because although some institutions already use off-the-shelf systems like this, often they are not fully inter-operable with other university…
Changes to ESRC Final Reporting
ESRC have recently written to us to let us know about changes to their final reporting requirements which affect any holders of ESRC grants. Here’s the email in full: From 1st November 2009, the Council’s current requirement for a 5000…
British Academy Move to Electronic Grants
British Academy announced last week that it is moving to an electronic grants system for all future proposals by the end of the summer. They intend to use eGAP2, which is the same web-based system used by the Royal Society.…