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Author: Andy Roberts

This author has written 34 articles

Supervisors

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:11/06/2024
  • Post category:Help/Supervisors

The 'Supervisors' page shows a list of the supervisors of students who have applied for an OpenBright award, irrespective of whether they have been successful or not. It includes the…

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Students

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:11/06/2024
  • Post category:Help/Students

The 'Students' page shows a complete list of all students who have applied for an OpenBright award, irrespective of whether they have been successful or not. It includes contact details,…

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Test Call

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:27/02/2024
  • Post category:Calls/Help
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A Test Call allows the functionality of the system to be tested, and for users to be trained. A test call runs in parallel with other calls. Applications can be…

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Partnerships

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:05/01/2023
  • Post category:Help/Partnerships
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A Partnership is the contract document that defines the agreement between OpenBright and an institution. Partnership documents can follow a series of stages: - the early stage, a partnership with…

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Institutions

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:05/01/2023
  • Post category:Help/Institutions
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An institution is a generic term for an organisation, such as a university. It is also used to hold data about foundations, such as OpenBright. FurTHER DETAIL Full details about…

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Calls

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:05/01/2023
  • Post category:Calls/Help
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The Calls page is used to create and manage calls for applications. Each call progresses through a lifecycle, from Provisional, Confirmed, Current and finally Complete. Each call is set up…

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Cost Plans

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:03/01/2023
  • Post category:Cost Plans/Help
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Cost items are set up in Costs. These are as listed here: Planned and Actual Cost Plans At the start of the project, the Cost Plan is marked as 'Planned',…

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Preparing the Shortlist

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:30/11/2022
  • Post category:Help/Shortlist
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Preparation for the Shortlisting decision is done by each Trustee independently. The Trustees then discuss each application, and build up a list of applications to take further and invite to…

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Acknowledging an application

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:24/11/2022
  • Post category:Applications/Help
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When a student submits an application, they will immediately receive an email which is effectively a copy of their application. It is courteous to follow this up with more details…

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Website Analytics

  • Post author:Andy Roberts
  • Post published:09/11/2022
  • Post category:Help/System
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The OpenBright website uses Google Analytics to gather data on user activity and offer this data as reports. Google Analytics is a comprehensive tool, aimed at covering every type of…

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