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Expiration and beyond use dates in scheduled drugs

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Drugs have three critical cease administration factors to manage when conducting research:

• Beyond use date (BUD)
• Broach date
• Expiry date (also known as product shelf life)

Drug use in animals or experiments must not violate any of these factors. Using drugs beyond these end dates can pose issues with both animal welfare, ethics and research integrity. For example, changes in drug solutions due to degradation or lack of sterility can impact the pain or discomfort an animal may feel, the effectiveness of an antibiotic or the duration of a procedure due to slower acting time of a sedative. Beyond animal welfare concerns, using a drug or dilution that may not be stable, has changed concentration, preservatives/additives have degraded or is contaminated with bacteria or fungi also has implications for the reliability and replicability of results in a study. Accordingly, a standard condition of all Animal Research Authorities (ARA) and a clause of the Management of drugs in laboratory and animal-based research procedures 2024 (section 11(2)) is that out of date or expired drugs must not be used on animals.

Summary:

Beyond use date – any drug dilution or solution must not be used beyond 1 month after creation*.

Broach date – best practice is to follow the stated broach date on bottles.

Expiry date – applies to unopened bottles stored appropriately following the manufacturer’s instructions.

*Exceptions for some drugs - please check detail in the guide below.

Online Successful Applications Library (SAL)

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This article provides information on accessing and using the online Successful Applications Library (SAL). The Pipeline and Pre-Award team, with the consent of grantees, maintains a library of previously successful grant applications as a valuable resource for drafting and preparing research proposals.

Please note that due to the undertaking we provide to our contributors, the library is only available to University of Sydney staff and affiliates.

Changes to your University supplied SydneyMail email account

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Why is my email changing?

In 2019 the University made the decision to cease the continued access of University supplied email and Office365 to non enrolled student. This was driven by the University's commitment to improve the quality of the services for its active users. 

How to Check a Users Access to SharePoint Site.

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At times it is important to check what access a user has to a SharePoint Site. This can help to understand why a user might not be able to access a resource. 

SPSS Statistics and SPSS AMOS

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SPSS Statistics

SPSS Statistics is a world leading statistical software package. It offers you the ability to analyse large datasets efficiently and easily and uncover unexpected relationships in the data using an intuitive visual interface.

Other names for SPSS Statistics

SPSS Statistics has changed names over the years. It used to be called SPSS and before that PASW Statistics.

If you’d like to access data from older versions of the tool, look into the PASW Smartreader. This program is also known as SPSS Legacy Viewer and Smart Viewer.

SPSS Amos gives you the power to easily perform structural equation modelling (SEM).

 Using SEM, you can quickly create models to test hypotheses and confirm relationships among observed and latent variables – moving beyond regression to gain additional insight.

If you’d like to access data from older versions of the tool, look into the PASW Smartreader.

September 2024 Important vendor notice - SPSS Version 28 for MacOS is not available. 

The vendor has no current patch fixes available to address the recent Java related vulnerability communicated- https://www.hearne.software/SPSS-FAQ/IBM-SPSS-Statistics-Interim-Fix-for-Java-Runtime-E

Supported macOS platforms can be found at IBM SPSS Statistics Compatibility Report.

Request a cash advance in Concur

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You can request a travel or non-travel cash advance for the following:

• to cover expenses for research participants
• whilst you are travelling on approved University business to locations where your corporate card cannot be used.

Travel and non-travel cash advance procedures apply to University employees who do not have a corporate card. Once approved by your Line Manager in Concur, the cash advance will be transferred into your nominated bank account within 10 days prior to your departure. Please request the cash advance as early as possible, to ensure you receive it in a timely manner.

How to use Class View to add casual academics by week

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The below guide will provide steps on the process for entering in Class View in order to add different educators to the same class in different weeks. Often, there will be different academics presenting or tutoring in different weeks.