Campus News
Host a Conversation Station at the Nottingham Research Culture Conference
April 27th, 2022
Join in and help shape the research culture at Nottingham by leading a small group discussion on issues that matter to you and your peers. We build culture together and this is an ideal opportunity for you to add your voice to the discussions.
On Thursday 7 July 2022, the Researcher Academy will bring together postgraduate research students, technicians, early-career researchers, professional service staff, academics, and senior leaders for our first Research Culture Conference – Building a Healthy, High-Performing Research Ecosystem.
Together we will explore the changes needed to facilitate a paradigm shift in research culture within the university and academia and empower people to achieve their highest ambitions.
We are inviting all colleagues to submit a proposal to host a Conversation Station and lead a small group discussion on any topic related to the theme of Research Culture.
The aim of the Conversation Station is to spark conversation, stimulate ideas, initiative, and imagination.
Submit your proposal here by Sunday 15 May 2022.
Tags: research, research culture, research culture conference, Researcher Academy
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USS pension: personal information sessions – your questions answered
April 26th, 2022
The university is arranging one-to-one information sessions for members of the USS pension scheme to answer any questions they may have on the series of changes that have been made to the scheme with effect from 1 April 2022.
If you are a member of the USS pension scheme, and you have questions about the changes, you can book a 15-minute video-conference session with consultants from leading independent pensions management company Isio.
To book an appointment, please email ussqueries2021@nottingham.ac.uk
Appointments will be offered on Tuesday 10 May 2022 on a first-come, first-served basis.
Isio will be able to answer your questions, help you understand the background to the changes, highlight resources and identify some areas that it may be helpful for you to explore further. To get the best from your sessions, do offer an indication of the topic(s) you want to discuss when you book.
Please note however that neither the university nor Isio are able to provide any personal financial, investment or tax advice during these sessions and attendance does not constitute independent financial advice.
This will be confirmed in a standard compliance notice that will be issued.
Please visit our USS Pension Resources webpages to see recordings of the USS Roadshows.
Tags: USS, USS pension scheme, USS Pensions, USS Roadshows
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Changes to Amazon delivery addresses
April 26th, 2022
The university is trialling a change to the delivery process to prevent parcels from getting lost or damaged and to improve your experience using Amazon Business.
To address the on-going issues of Amazon parcels not being delivered to the correct location and couriers struggling to find locations/departments due to the lack of information on purchase orders, we will be trialling a new delivery method.
From Sunday 1 May 2022, all Amazon Business orders for either University Park or Kings Meadow Campuses (KMC) will be delivered to two locations.
There will currently be no changes to deliveries made to Jubilee or Sutton Bonington Campuses.
All deliveries that are going to the L2 Stores in the Faculty of Engineering will remain unchanged. Please select the following delivery address:
L2 Stores
Faculty of Engineering
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
For all other Amazon Business deliveries to University Park or Kings Meadow Campus, these will now be made to the KMC Mailroom. The Mailroom will then contact you by email to either arrange delivery or collection from KMC. When placing your Amazon order, you will need to select the following delivery address:-
Amazon Business
University of Nottingham
Mailroom
Kings Meadow Campus
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NR
Deliveries from the Mailroom may take up to 2/3 days, therefore any urgent orders will need to be collected from the KMC Mailroom.
Should you need to contact the mailroom, please do so by emailing bw-mailroom@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk
This process will be reviewed over the coming months, so should you have any feedback regarding the process please email BB-Procurement@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk.
Tags: delivery, KMC, mail, Mailroom, Packages, procurement
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Update to staff access to SAP Concur expenses system
April 26th, 2022
There has been an update made in the background to the single sign on access to SAP Concur (the university’s expenses system).
The new single sign on link to access SAP Concur can be found below (workspace login required): https://workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/display/TravelandExpenses/Expenses
If you have previously bookmarked the page for login, please replace the bookmark with the link above.
Please note – nothing else has changed other than using the new link to access Concur.
For any questions, please contact Nicola Harrison.
Tags: Concur, expenses, SAP, SAP Concur, Travel and expenses
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Using USB devices safely at the university
April 26th, 2022
The university is reminding all staff to be careful when using USB devices and not to store personal or sensitive data on them unless they are fully encrypted.
USB sticks and pens are very convenient for fast access to frequently used items like presentations.
But because of their small size they are one of the things that most often gets dropped, lost or left plugged in to laptops.
Because of this our advice is never store any personal or sensitive data on a USB device unless it is fully encrypted, this means that if you lose it or leave it behind then no one else can access any of the data that is on the device.
The university has obligations placed on us under UK GDPR to make sure we are taking all reasonable measures to keep our data safe, and this extends beyond pcs and laptops.
Peripheral items such as USBs can be purchased through DTS and can be found through the usual ordering channels.
For more Information Compliance and Security advice please visit the Information Security Sharepoint Site.
Tags: cyber security, data security, DTS, GDPR, personal data, sensitive data, USB
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Invitation: research culture workshops 16-26 May
April 26th, 2022
An update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner
I am delighted to invite you to join the next stage in our ambitious project to transform research culture at the university.
Research culture workshops take place between Monday 16 and Thursday 26 May.
Sign up for a research culture workshop
These one-hour, open discussions will explore emerging themes and findings from our research culture survey and help us plan interventions that positively influence our working environment and change how we behave.
Each workshop is open to all colleagues and will be held via Microsoft Teams.
For those yet to take part in our research culture survey, I encourage you to share your insights and experiences.
To support our workshop discussions, we will issue attendees insights into the survey findings so far. We would be grateful if you could read this before attending the meeting.
Your help in supporting the survey and the workshops will truly make a difference and help build a picture of how research is experienced and supported at Nottingham.
Please also look out for updates on further opportunities to contribute.
Read Dame Jessica’s full update
Did you register for a workshop before midnight on Thursday 5 May?
Due to a glitch on the MS Form we are using for workshop registrations we did not capture the names of those registering up to midnight on Thursday 5 May. This in turn means that we are unable to send invitations to any of the colleagues who registered. Sincere apologies for this situation and the impact on you and other colleagues.
We can confirm the glitch has been rectified and registration is now capturing people’s names.
We are very sorry, but we have to ask anyone who has registered for workshops before midnight on Thursday 5 May to re-register for the workshop via this MS Form.
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New changes to National Insurance may affect you
April 25th, 2022
From Friday 1 April 2022, the percentage at which National Insurance Contributions (NIC) are calculated increased by 1.25%.
This means that those that earn above £823 per month will see a minimum 1.25% increase in their National Insurance contributions.
Please see an example table below of how this might affect you:
Please note that the above calculations are based on exact salaries only. These are intended as a guide and will not be the actual figures reflected in your payslip if your salary is between the values stated.
For more information, please visit HMRC’s website, which provides a more in-depth breakdown of the new rates.
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Greater openness for Nottingham research: changes to repository licences
April 22nd, 2022
Find out about the upcoming licensing changes to publications in university repositories beginning in May 2022
Over the last twenty years, the university has become a significant publisher of the outputs of research.
As of 22 September 2021, the scale of open research across University of Nottingham repositories included:
- 30,945 articles/conference papers
- 2,088 books/book chapters
- 2,375 data deposits
- 5,027 e-theses
Current licensing arrangements
Our repositories (previously ePrints and now RIS) have always offered various licensing options for authors to choose from when depositing their research outputs. However, during this process authors have often declined to select a particular licence and as a result, many outputs are under very restrictive licensing terms.
This especially hinders commercial organisations that may be our knowledge exchange partners. Some outputs are only available on a basis of “all rights reserved”, in line with UK copyright law. This severely limits scope to copy and adapt previous work as new findings emerge, even in non-commercial research settings.
Funding bodies and licensing
Many funding bodies believe that permissive licensing of outputs underpinned by grants will maximise the reach and impact of research. Consequently, this has become a key condition of much grant funding.
UKRI, the Wellcome Trust and NIHR all require journal articles to be published with a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. The CC BY licence allows works to be shared and adapted with appropriate attribution.
Upcoming changes to licensing for university research publications
In response to these trends, and to align with the university’s core strategic value of openness and “championing the free exchange of ideas”, University of Nottingham Libraries will be taking the following steps to enhance the reuse potential of the publications in our repositories.
- All outputs which were migrated to RIS by 2018 and are associated with the ePrints generic licence will transition to CC BY licence terms
- All outputs deposited in RIS since summer 2018 with no licence specified will transition to CC BY licence terms, subject to consultation with their University of Nottingham authors
- Where in future a University of Nottingham author does not choose to associate a licence with a new output at the point of deposit in RIS, CC BY licence terms will be applied by default.
Libraries will begin making these changes and contacting authors from May 2022.
If you have any questions about these changes or what it means for your research outputs, please contact the Libraries team at openaccess@nottingham.ac.uk.
Tags: ePrints, repositories, repository licences, research, RIS
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New wellbeing workshops for staff
April 20th, 2022
The University Counselling Service are once again offering a number of workshops for staff.
Time to take stock, reflect, check in, consider where you might need to ease up on yourself… and also enjoy a few mindfulness practices too.
The workshops are for all members of staff and students at the university and are about providing reflective spaces with elements of self-care and mindfulness.
Please register with your university staff (or student) email address using the links below.
NOTE – the workshops will be carried out online on MS Teams and the details of how to access the workshop will be sent to you shortly after you register.
Manage Anxiety and Stress for Students: Wednesday 4 May 2022
Wednesday 4th May 2022 (13:00-14:00)
MS Teams live event, Online – 365 Teams Meeting
Breathe Here Now for Exam Stress for Students: Thursday 5 May 2022
Thursday 5th May 2022 (13:30-14:00)
MS Teams live event, Online – 365 Teams Meeting
Mindfulness for staff and students: Tuesday 10 May 2022
Tuesday 10th May 2022 (13:00-14:00)
MS Teams live event, Online – 365 Teams Meeting
Perfectionism and Procrastination for Students: Wednesday 11 May 22
Wednesday 11th May 2022 (13:00-14:00)
MS Teams live event, Online – 365 Teams Meeting
Breathe Here Now for Staff and Students: 26 May 2022
Thursday 26th May 2022 (13:30-14:00)
MS Teams live event, Online – 365 Teams Meeting
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Trent building to turn orange for Stephen Lawrence Day
April 20th, 2022
The university’s iconic Trent Building will light up in orange on Friday 22 April 2022 in commemoration of the death of Stephen Lawrence.
Friday 22 April commemorates the life of Stephen, a young Black British teenager who in 1993 was murdered in a racist attack in London.
The Stephen Lawrence Foundation works to continue to influence attitudes towards race; and the journey to restore trust and eliminate racism across Britain is ongoing. #ALegacyofchange
The Foundation will be illuminating several key landmarks in orange on Friday, including the London Eye, National Maritime Museum and the Cutty Sark.
The University of Nottingham will be joining civic partners Nottingham Trent University (Newton Arkwright building) and Nottingham City Council (Council House) in the commemoration event.
All colleagues and students are encouraged to engage in the light up by taking pictures/videos and posting them on social media using the hashtag #ALegacyOfChange.
Please visit the Stephen Lawrence Foundation for more information.
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