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Further Links for Researchers


Cardiff Portal

Cardiff Portal is the new rebranded and developed gateway to your electronic resources, IT services, University announcements and more:

  • collaboration tools, including integrated email, calendar, instant messaging, file sharing, virtual groups and online meeting services. This will enable much easier and more effective collaboration with your research colleagues in the University.
  • off-campus access to electronic journals to facilitate information discovery regardless of location.

Examples of future services which may be provided to researchers are:

  • World-class collaboration tools to exchange information and ideas with colleagues external to the University.
  • Enhanced tools to manage your research projects including improved processes for proposals, finances and recruitment.
  • Notifications of latest research grant opportunities targeted to your research area.

More information is available on the Cardiff Portal web area.

Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA)

A new division called Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA) has been established to transform the support and coordination of high-end computing-based research at Cardiff University. Information Services Directorate works in close partnership with ARCCA to provide joined-up support across a huge range of research needs.

Advanced research computing is a hugely powerful technique which uses leading-edge IT resources and tools to pursue research, including computer simulation and modelling, manipulating and storing large amounts of data, and many other methods to solve common research problems. ARCCA provides 

and a wide range of related services including 

Research and Commercial Division (RACDV)

The Research and Commercial Division exists to support and facilitate the process of University-wide research, and the commercialisation of research outputs. The Division seeks to ensure that the process is consistently smooth and successful by providing a number of services, from assistance with research grant applications and managing research grants and contracts, to technology licensing, business development and other commercial opportunities.

Research@Cardiff is a fortnightly bulletin providing details of some of the current sources of research funding, together with general information related to research. It is sent to all Cardiff University academic staff.

Research Fortnight carries details of funding opportunities for all subjects. It also has news and articles on current topics relevant to the research community.

External Links

  • Times Higher Education Supplement now has free access to articles, including its archive of news.
  • Research Information Network was set up in 2005 to lead and co-ordinate the provision of research information in the UK. It has commissioned a number of studies on how researchers find and use information and on current issues such as access to scholarly journals and open access publishing.
  • INTUTE's Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research.