Find out what’s on over the coming month in the world of Research IT and how the services available can support your research
Research IT on the road
We’ll be out and about at several events this month with our stand, leaflets and experts so if you see us, come and have a chat! We’ll be at the following events:
- 17 June – Postgraduate Research Showcase, Christies Bistro
- 18 June – Translational Research at Manchester 2025, The Nancy Rothwell Building
- 19 June – FBMH DAGS Summer Symposium 2025, Alan Turing Building
You don’t have to be attending the event to come and speak to us – just stop by for a chat!
Virtual Drop-in Help Sessions
Join our virtual drop-in sessions to discuss your research computing issues such as using or installing research software, running or creating your own code, research data storage advice and much more 1-2-1 with our experts.
Our sessions have gone monthly over the summer:
- 11 June – 2-3pm
- 9 July – 2-3pm
No appointment needed! For examples of some of the issues we’ve tackled at these sessions have a look at this great drop-in blog post.
CaDiR Round Up
Electronic Research Notebooks (ERNs)
Meet Dr. James Bird, a driving force behind the University’s Electronic Research Notebook (ERN) initiative and ERN community leader. As a researcher turned technical specialist, James shares his journey, his commitment to research data management, and his vision for building a vibrant ERN community.
GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation (GISMEO)
GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation have written a summary of their Humanitarian Mapathon event which saw people from across the University come together to explore the power of geospatial tools in humanitarian contexts.
Manchester Research Software Community (MRSC)
The slides from the last Manchester Research Software Community meeting are now available. Their meeting on the 21st of May featured a presentation on “ScaleBarIT – adding scale bars to microscopy images” from Daniel Scotson (Dept. of Materials). Head to the file section in their Teams channel to access the slides.
R User Group
The R User Group (R.U.M.) has released the recording of their last meeting which featured a presentation from Toni Price from Research IT. She spoke about “Thinking Beyond Scripts – build an R package from the ground up”. The recording can be found in the Files section of their Teams channel alongside many other previous meetings.