Projects Archives

Digital exploration of the School of Architecture’s model collection

by m94573nh | Apr 25, 2024 | Data access, export and preservation, Digital Collections

Innovation & collaborationUsing innovative 3D scanning equipment & techniques and with the collaboration of several parts of the organisation, the University of Manchester is embarking upon a project to make students physical architectural models accessible as...

Making the Most of The Research Risk Profiler

by m94573nh | Jan 17, 2024 | End-to-end processes, Reporting, monitoring and audit, Uncategorised

The Research Risk Profiler – Usability Testing In early February, the team who support The Research Risk Profiler (RRP) will be hosting two workshops to evaluate its usability for early-career researchers, academics and professional services colleagues. The team are...

Managing Research Data

by m94573nh | Sep 8, 2023 | Storage solutions

The Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP) and Research IT (RIT) have kicked off a piece of work to improve how the University manages and stores research data that is no longer in regular use, also known as ‘cold’ data. Many researchers already use RIT's Research Data...

Academic Timesheet Project – August Update

by m94573nh | Aug 23, 2023 | End-to-end processes, Timesheets

Update on the implementation of the Academic Timesheet system.Research Finance and The Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP) are working together to improve the academic timesheet submission process – these are timesheets that are required by research funders. The...

Technical Specialist Vacancy

by m94573nh | Jul 27, 2023 | Databases, Uncategorised

The Research Lifecycle Programme is looking for an experienced user of Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) to help develop new systems and approaches that will benefit the research community across the University.Working with The Programme’s friendly and supportive team,...

Research Data Management Archive and Preservation Service

by m94573nh | Jun 29, 2023 | Data access, export and preservation

The Research Lifecycle Programme and Research IT are reviewing the platforms that the University uses for the long-term, or cold, storage of research data once a project concludes. This will help to inform the development of a replacement system. The Programme is keen...

Timesheeting – Project Update

by m94573nh | Jun 29, 2023 | Timesheets

Research Finance and The Research Lifecycle Programme are working together to improve the academic timesheet submission process – timesheets that are required by research funders. The outcome will be to move away from the current spreadsheet submission format. The...

Award Mobilisation – Project Update

by m94573nh | Jun 29, 2023 | End-to-end processes, Uncategorised

The Research Lifecycle Programme continues to support Project A – Award Mobilisation to improve the researcher and professional services experience at the point of award mobilisation. Demands on time for our...

HRDS Webinar

by m94573nh | Jan 26, 2023 | Restricted data

On Thursday 9 March the team behind the University's Highly Restricted Data Service hosted a webinar outlining the capabilities of the systems and platforms they support. This 50 minute webinar has been developed to explain the functionality and costs of using the...

Updating the Research Lifecycle Programme’s Capability Assessment

by m94573nh | Jan 23, 2023 | End-to-end processes

Work will shortly commence to update the research lifecycle capability assessment. The previous assessment exercise was conducted by Sally Horridge in 2019 at the beginning of RLP1. This capability assessment became a baseline for RLP activity and informed the...