Freedom of information (FOI) releases from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

This is a disclosure log of UK Research and Innovation's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. Request received: 08 November 2024

    Can you please provide me with the number of sexual harassment cases reported to and upheld by UKRI in the year's 2019-2024? If possible, please can these results include all departments within the organisation and be broken down into each department (or council)?

    Published: 5 February 2025

  2. Request Received: 3 December 2024

    I want to apologise in advance for the length of this request, the first part is just an outline of the request bellow

    (A-D) I have added this for clarification so you know exactly what I am referring to. Can you please read all the information within the request this is an urgent request so if you could please provide me with the information before the 20 working days this will be greatly appreciated.

    You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following.

    The information I require relates to the organisation’s software contract, please send me the organisation’s primary contract around the types of contracts below.

    I require the organisations to provide me with the following contract information relating to the following corporate software/enterprise applications:

    A. Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP) -this is the organisation’s main ERP system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades.

    B. Primary Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution-this is the organisation’s main CRM system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. Example of CRM systems the organisation may use could include Microsoft Dynamics, Front Office, Lagan CRM, Firm step

    C. Primary Human Resources (HR) and Payroll Software Solution-this is the organisation’s main HR/payroll system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. In some cases, the HR contract maybe separate to the payroll contract please provide both types of contracts. Example of HR/Payroll systems the organisation may use could include iTrent, Resource link.

    D. The organisation’s primary corporate Finance Software Solution-this is the organisation’s main Finance system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. Example of finance systems the organisation may use could include E-Business suite, Agresso (Unit4), eFinancials, Integra, SAP

    In some cases you may come across contracts that provides service support maintenance and upgrades separate to the main software contract, please also provide this information in the response following the requested data below.

    For each of the categories above can you please provide me with the relevant contract information listed below:

    1. Software Category: ERP, CRM, HR, Payroll, Finance

    2. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract?

    3. The date in which these applications were implemented

    4. The brand of the software: Can you please provide me with the actual name of the software. Please do not provide me with the supplier’s name again please provide me with the actual software name.

    5. Description of the contract: Please do not just state two to three words can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included. Please also include any modules included within the contract as this will support the categories you have selected in question 1.

    6. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract?

    7. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract?

    8. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract.

    9. Contract Start Date: What is the start date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.

    10. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.

    11. Contract Review Date: What is the review date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. If this cannot be provided, please provide me estimates of when the contract is likely to be reviewed. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.

    12. Contact Details: I require the full contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for this particular software contract (name, job title, email, contact number).

    If any of the information is not available, please can you provide me with the notes on the reasons why?

    Published: 3 February 2025

  3. Request Received: 2 January 2025

    Thank you for the response to my request, published 3 Dec 2024, on UKRI's website titled "FOI2024/01031: Reasoning behind inconsistent internal and external recruitment of directors".

    I have follow-up questions on the internal recruitment of SCS so am submitting a new request.

    This gov.uk website states, all SCS1 and SCS2 roles have been advertised externally by default, since 13 May 2022, unless a minister has authorised an exemption. This approval cannot be delegated.

    1. Both BAS director roles cited in my aforementioned request (FOI2024/01031) were advertised as "Band X (SCS Pay Band 1)". It was not clear whether Band X is the same as SCS1 (including all policy requirements) or whether Band X is the equivalent of SCS1 for compensation purposes only. Please confirm whether the BAS Director of Polar Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure role (which was recruited internally) should have been subject to the external by default rules? If so, please state which minister authorised an exemption. If not subject to the rules, please explain the association between Band X and SCS1.

    2. In your response (FOI2024/01031), you explained the BAS Director of Polar Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure role was recruited internally because the required experience highlighted your existing staff as your primary candidate pool, i.e., “BAS has a large cohort of existing staff with applicable operational experience in managing operations in Antarctica.” Please provide the number of internal staff who applied for the role and how many were interviewed.

    Published: 30 January 2025

  4. Request Received: 20 November 2024

    What modelling was done in the lead up to the Sept 2022 announcement of a 10% increase in PhD stipends from 2022-23, regarding the impact the raise would have on the number of students UKRI could fund? https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-increasing-the-minimum-stipend-from-1-october-2022/

    Similarly, what modelling was done in the lead up to the May 2023 announcement of a further increase in PhD stipends from 2023-24, regarding the impact the raise would have on the number of students UKRI could fund? https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-publishes-stipend-and-postgraduate-research-consultation/

    Please provide any papers prepared for the UKRI Executive Committee and UKRI Board on these matters.

    Published: 28 January 2025

  5. Request Received: 21 November 2024

    In relation to your Analysis of responses to Initial decisions consultation – REF 2029, Section 4 – Units of Assessment … Would it be possible to see the raw data for question 17 – i.e. the 222 responses you received.

    Published: 28 January 2025

  6. Request Received: 8 January 2025

    Dear British Geological Survey,

    Under the FOI Act, I would like to request the two most recent pay settlements accepted by employees of your department. Please provide all pay grades and their respective salary bands, for 23/24 and 24/25.

    Published: 24 January 2025

  7. Request Received: 20 December 2024

    Please can you provide a copy of the Board paper mentioned in the response to question 2 of my previous request [2024/2025 Marine Facilities Programme update’ paper from the NERC Cruise Programme Executive Board meeting held on 10 October 2024].

    Published: 22 January 2025

  8. Request Received: 3 December 2024

    When I wrote “Open (Plus) Fellowships”, what I meant was both Open and Open Plus Fellowships. Might you be able to provide the data for the Open Fellowship scheme as well?

    I confirm that I am seeking data (% FTE of successful applicants) for the EPSRC Open Fellowships scheme only.

    Published: 21 January 2025

  9. Request Received: 8 December 2024

    I have been studying the case of the crop circle known as: "The response to the signal sent by the Arecibo radio telescope", which appeared on August 20, 2001, next to the Chilbolton radio telescope.

    I am curious to know if, by chance, there was a record of any radio frequency signal captured on that date that could be related to the appearance of the aforementioned crop circle.

    Would you please provide me with this information?

    Published: 21 January 2025

  10. Request Received: 13 December 2024

    Information regarding oceanic CO, uptake and ocean acidification. Specifically, I would like to request:

    1. Data and reports on the levels of CO2 absorbed by the oceans in UK waters and globally from the last 10 years.

    2. Studies or research projects funded or conducted by NERC on ocean acidification and its effects on marine ecosystems over the past decade.

    3. Can you provide a PhD research project on Ocean Acidification

    4. What specific methods or technologies have been used to measure changes in ocean pH in NERC-led projects

    Published: 16 January 2025