@uomresearchit
Research IT provide specialised research services and expertise for the research community at the University of Manchester. This includes research compute platforms, research software engineering and much more. https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/
We know that dealing with sensitive or confidential information can be difficult but our Highly Restricted Data Service team is here to help!
One of the services they provide is Secure Web Platforms. Find out more on our website.
Reminder that we have our virtual help session today at 2-3pm!
Come along to speak with a member of our team about research IT issues you may have. We can fix many of them there and then!
Did you miss our monthly newsletter last week?
A must read for the UoM research community as it rounds up all our latest service news and great case study examples!
Do you write software as part of your research?
Have you taken 5 mins to complete the SSI annual survey?
We'd love to see a great response from Manchester this year!
An interesting article if you are interested in the environmental cost of research computing!
Did you know that a Green Computing group has recently launched at UoM?
You can find out more at research-it.manchester.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
#GreenComputing
Working with researchers, GPs and NHS systems on a project to reduce the over-prescribing of antibiotics is all in a days work for our Research Software Engineers!
We're really pleased to welcome another special interest group to the CaDiR space.
If you are interested in the environmental impact of your research computing at the University, then join the Green Compute for Research @UoM space.
Our Research Software Engineering team have been developing and expanding their agile training offering.
If you are interested in finding out more, head to our website.
#RSEng
⏰ This week is help session week!
📅 Join us on Wed afternoon 2-3pm online where you can speak to a member of our team about anything research IT!
❓ More computational power, Cloud, AI, research software, research data - we can help with a wide variety of issues!
Our latest newsletter is out now. Headlines include advice on how to keep sensitive data safe if you're using an app to collect it, training opportunities and a round up from special interest groups across the University.
Huge thank you to @robertmaidstone.bsky.social, Nil, Charlotte, Will and Andrew for leading the activities of the UoM UK Biobank group.
They'll be announcing their next meeting soon so join their channel to be kept in the loop!
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Discover how our Research Software Engineers are working with UoM researchers, GPs and the NHS to tackle the issue of over-prescribing #antibiotics.
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We're pleased to welcome another special interest group to the CaDiR Teams space!
This SIG will look at the environmental impact of research computing at the University.
They've already been posting a wealth of information on green compute activities across the UK and more.
Our next virtual help session is next Wed.
Open to all UoM staff, researchers and PGRs - no appointment required, just join between 2 and 3pm.
Bring your research IT related questions and queries and discuss them 1-2-1 with a member of our team.
Last chance!
Our training survey closes tomorrow so if you are interested in free training from Wolfram in April, then let us know which topics you are most interested in!
Open to all UoM staff, researchers and PGRs.
Learn to do more with #R! Join the University R user group and @cararthompson.bsky.social on the 26th for the "Make it your own: tips and tricks for effortless stand-out visualisations in R" webinar.
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Our Research Software Engineering team continue to develop their #Agile training and expertise.
If you're interested in an event for your team please get in touch!
#RSEng #dRPTs
We'd love to see a good response from the research community at UoM so no matter how small the piece of software you write or develop is, please take part!
We all know how important it is to deal with restricted data in the correct way.
Secure web platforms from our Highly Restricted Data Service can let you collect data using apps in the safest way to protect you and your data.
It's great to have a local support network to help you navigate local idiosyncrasies and this is exactly the case if you use the @ukbiobank.bsky.social
It's a supportive network that can help and they run regular meetings where you can network with other users from across UoM.
We've been offered training by @wolframresearch.bsky.social and we're asking the UoM research community to vote on the suggested topics.
It doesn't matter if you haven't used Wolfram software before, we want to hear from everyone as there is a wide range of generic topics available!
Interested in your environmental impact of your research computing?
Join the newly created Green Compute for Research @UoM group!
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Our Research Software Engineers collaborate with researchers on wide range of projects.
In this case study Andrew Jerrison explains how they worked with the BRIT2 team from @fbmh-uom.bsky.social to help reduce the prescribing of antibiotics.
Later this month Cara Thompson, data visualisation consultant, will be presenting at the University #R user group on "Make it your own: tips and tricks for effortless stand-out visualisations in R". Full details of how to join are in the group Teams space.
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Without the input of our research leads we wouldn't be able to have such a wide group of special interest and user groups at the University.
Meet Robert who is one of the UK Biobank User group leads and find out how he got involved.
Have you heard that a new special interest group has been launched at the University?
If you are interested in the environmental impact of your research computing then head to the CaDiR Teams site and join in the discussion!
We want to hear from you about what training you would like to see from Wolfram in April. There's a wide range of topics to choose from ranging from #AI to #Python to Parallel Programming!
A reminder for anyone who writes software as part of their research - please take a moment to fill in the @softwaresaved.bsky.social survey!
We've just posted a case study about this on our website focusing on the great work done by our Research Software Engineers to create the knowledge support system. If you want to know more about the "back end" it may be of interest!
research-it.manchester.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
Join the University R user group on the 26th of March for a webinar from data visualisation consultant @cararthompson.bsky.social on "Make it your own: tips and tricks for effortless stand-out visualisations in R". Full details in the groups Teams space.
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