Research IT
Helping you achieve your research outcomes
Welcome to the latest edition of the Research IT newsletter! Available each month, the newsletter is focused on keeping University of Manchester researchers up to date with news that directly affects their research activities including new resources, training and events.
We also want to hear from you - the research community - so please send us news stories or events that are of relevance to researchers across the university or details of your research success stories!
The next edition of the newsletter will be published in April.
Research IT are launching a new series of sessions where you can discover more about Research IT, the skills and services that we offer and - most importantly - how to include them in your grant proposals.
Our Research Infrastructure team has a wealth of experience in building and supporting computational platforms, storage, VMs, Web servers and a wide variety of custom local infrastructure for research groups. We are planning to expand the team in order to provide research groups with dedicated support from individuals. If this is something you would be interested in then please let us know!
Research IT, in conjunction with other regional universities, is gauging interest in a Mathematica summer workshop to be held in Manchester. It would feature an introductory session, hands on workshops and a "teaching and learning using Mathematica" day. If this is something that you would be interested in attending please get in touch to register your interest.
The presentations from the recent Research IT Club are now available. Find out the latest news from our RSE and Apps Support and our Infrastructure teams as well as plans for the UoM Research Lifecycle Programme.
Find out how Research IT helped Prof Phil Withers in the School of Materials to secure funding for two Research Software Engineers (RSEs). If you would like to know more about RSE support for your research projects please contact us.
The next meeting of ‘R at University of Manchester’ (RUM) will be held on Monday the 13th of March, at 11:00-12am in The Congregation, Vaughan House. RUM is open to all staff and students using R at The University of Manchester, providing an open and relaxed forum for R users of all levels to exchange ideas and knowledge.
Research IT run a series of hands-on and online training courses which provide skills for researchers to further enhance their research. Our recently announced courses are:
Introduction to High Performance Computing and using CSF/DPSF - 11th April
Introduction to the UNIX shell - 20th April
Introduction to version control using Git - 9th May
Automation and Make - 6th June
For information on our courses or other training that we can provide, please take a look at our training catalogue or contact us.
About Research IT
We provide specialised eResearch capabilities to University of Manchester researchers, helping you to realise your aspirations and support you in conducting world leading, high impact research. Working with you to eliminate barriers, increase your productivity and continuously expand what's possible.
Find out more about Research IT and let us know how we can help you.
Next edition
The next edition of this newsletter will be circulated in April 2017.
If you wish to contribute to the newsletter please contact:
News items should be submitted before 24th March 2017 for possible inclusion in the next edition. News from academic colleagues and researchers are most welcome.
