Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Open Research Fellowship Programme at the Office for Open Research. If you would like a buy out of your time to dedicate to an open research themed project then have a look at their website. Apply by Friday, 24 October #OpenResearch

Still using your P drive? The P drive service will be retired next year so ITS want to hear your views especially where you feel existing services such as OneDrive, Canvas and Pure might not meet their future needs. buff.ly/a43UobJ

⏰ Starting in 10 mins and on until 3pm today! Our virtual help session gives you the time and space to speak 1-2-1 with an expert from our team about anything research IT related. Research software, data storage, issues with your own code, access to our HPC resources and much more! buff.ly/s0jCCCN

Looking for a nice easy way to get started with web scraping? Have a look at this guide from one of our Research Software Engineers and remember that they are always there to help out and to offer advice!

❗ Reminder! Tomorrow (Wed) we have our virtual help session 2-3pm where you can speak to an expert from our team about anything research IT related. A wide variety of problems and issues can be solved there and then with some 1-on-1 help - just come along and ask!

If you write software as part of your research or if you are a research software engineer, you have until Friday to let the RSE Society know your thoughts on the society's offerings and future! They want to hear from both members and non-members alike!

📅 This Wed 2-3pm we have our virtual help session! Speak to a member of our team 1-2-1 about anything research IT related - installing / using research software, data storage, using our HPC systems, including our services on research grant applications & much more! buff.ly/s0jCCCN

Our Research Software Engineers, in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, teamed up with local #SME, #voxANN, to build an #AI pipeline that links English and Spanish for smooth, high-quality dubbing — unlocking smarter, scalable media localisation. #RSEng

Looking for ways to improve your #Matlab code? Have a chat with our Research Software Engineers! They can help with a wide variety of research software and help you get the most out of it.

Are you looking to capture data from online resources such as #Bluesky? Chris Lam from our team has written a simple guide which introduces web scraping with #Python, focusing on three prominent libraries: #requests, #BeautifulSoup, and #Selenium.

If you write software as part of your research then the RSE Society want to hear from you! They want to hear from members and especially non-members about why they joined the Society (or not!). Closing date is the 26th Sept!

Returned from holiday? Got a thorny research IT related question that you'd like to talk to someone about? If it's urgent please contact the helpdesk but if not come along to our virtual help session on the 24th!

✨ New workshop: An introduction to Social Network Analysis This free workshop will give an introduction to social network analysis. It is suitable for absolute beginners with no coding skills required. 📅 15 October 2025 ⏰ 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/an-in...

Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Open Research Fellowship Programme at the Office for Open Research. This is a fantastic chance for researchers at the University to enhance their careers. Apply by Friday, 24 October #OpenResearch

If you are still using your P drive please fill in this survey from ITS. The P drive service is expected to be retired next summer and it's important they here from members of the research community about their needs.

The recent Collaborations Workshop brought together researchers, developers, and educators for three days. With themes centred on future-proofing research software and fostering diversity, the event featured keynote speeches, panel discussions, lightning talks, a hack-day, and more.

Looking for an easy way to get starting with online data collection that doesn’t involve copying and pasting? Research Software Engineer Chris Lam has written a simple guide which introduces web scraping with #Python.

Did you miss our virtual help session last week? If so get the next one in your diary now! Wed 24th Sept 2-3pm online. Join any time for a 1-2-1 chat with a member of our team! buff.ly/s0jCCCN

Do you use #Matlab? Interested to see how you can make the most of it? Have a read of this great article below from one of our Research Software Engineers!

It's coming to the end of conference season for many in the team but they have been writing round ups of their experiences.

Looking for an easy way to get starting with online data collection that doesn’t involve copying and pasting? Research Software Engineer Chris Lam has written a simple guide which introduces web scraping with Python. #RSEng

IT Services intend to retire the P drive service, which can be used by staff and students for personal file storage and personal web pages. They want to hear from anyone who currently uses P drives!

We know that many UoM researchers use the UK Biobank and are a member of the UoM UK Biobank User group (bit.ly/cadirUKB). This is your chance to win £1000!

At #RSECon25 gently encouraging people to complete the Society survey. There haven't been a huge number of responses yet and they are really keen to hear from members AND non-members alike. So if you write software as part of your research and can spare 5 mins please fill it in!

Whilst some of our team are at #RSECon25, find out what others got up to at @softwaresaved.bsky.social #CollabW25 a few months ago.

⏰ Today 2-3pm we have our virtual help session. Join at any point 2-3pm to speak 1-2-1 with a member of our team about any research IT issues you may have. Research software, your own code, running jobs on the CSF / HPC, using AI - the list goes on! buff.ly/1Zg5Equ

Tomorrow (10th) 2-3pm we have our virtual drop-in where you can speak 1-2-1 with a member of our team about anything research IT related including: ❓ Help and support with research applications 👨‍💻 Programming/Coding 📱 Specialist areas such as mobile apps, visualization & VR/AR buff.ly/ZlkaZPW

Our September newsletter was launched last week. If you missed it you can catch up with all our news from the last month in one handy place. Articles this month include web scraping with #Python, improving your #Matlab code, using #AI for high quality dubbing and more! buff.ly/gFuqKSL

Quite a few of the team are at Warwick University this week for #RSECon25 Come and say hello if you spot us out in the wild!

Have a research idea that involves #AI? Have a chat with our Research Software Engineering who can help you turn your idea into reality!

📅 Reminder that we have our virtual drop-in session on the 10th Sept. Join the chatroom at any point during the hour to speak 1-2-1 with an expert from our team. They can help with a wide range of issues such as research software, HPC, research data storage and much more!

One of our Research Software Engineers has written a short simple guide to webscraping using #Python. It's available to all - follow the link! #RSEng

Our latest newsletter is out now with a round up of all the news from here in UoM Research IT. There are some great case studies including one on #AI, a guide to web scraping with #Python, how to supercharge #Matlab and much more! buff.ly/gFuqKSL

In Summer 2026, we intend to retire the P drive service, which can used for personal file storage and personal web pages. Please send your feedback and comments using this form - forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9HF7PcRnMA - to help us ensure we provide appropriate services for those who need them.

The presentations from the recent Manchester Research Software Community event are now available in the Files section of their Teams space. Discover the favourite package managers of Stavrina Dimosthenous, Data Curator, Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials buff.ly/jSUpUhH

We recently hosted MathWorks for a workshop demonstrating how MATLAB can go from sluggish to lightning-fast thanks to smart code optimisations and GPU acceleration. Is there a topic or technique that you would like to see us deliver training on? Let us know!

Several of our Research Software Engineers attended the @softwaresaved.bsky.social #CollabW25 Read more to find out how they got on and how they contributed to a wide range of activities at the event.

A reminder that a week today (10th) we have our virtual drop-in session. Join the chatroom anytime 2-3pm to speak 1-2-1 with a member of our team about anything research IT related! See our website for full details.

I made a video for MATLAB users who want to take their first steps into getting code up on GitHub. Includes how to let anyone in the world run your code -- even without a MATLAB license. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rRD...

If you have a research idea that involves #AI come and speak to our Research Software Engineering department! They have a wealth of experience in this area - have a look at our website for more detail on this great example!

Catch up on the presentations from the July meeting of the Manchester Research Software Community. Head to their "Files" section for @oscarseip.bsky.social's talk on "Introduction to the @softwaresaved.bsky.social and its activities" buff.ly/2SVbV45

Completed the @society-rse.org survey yet? It's open to everyone who writes research software no matter if you are a member or not. Deadline for completing the survey is the 26th Sept!

Did you know that our Research Software Engineers work on a wide variety of tools, research problems and innovative solutions? They are always happy to have a chat with you about your ideas and future funding proposals!

Our Research Software Engineers are working with a local SME to develop an #AI-powered localisation platform for the media and entertainment industry, using machine translation and expert input to dub content for international audiences.

Thank you to mike Croucher from #MATLAB who visited the University recently to run a workshop on supercharging MATLAB. What would you like to see future workshops cover? Let us know!

Heard of the Society but not sure what it's about? Are you a member and would like to share your opinion on the Society? @society-rse.org want to know more from members and non-members alike!

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Jools Kasmire and Christina Magder introduce synthetic data, how it’s used, and what fidelity means, before introducing us to a project exploring the benefits of low-fidelity synthetic data. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/not-real-but...

Catch up on the presentations from the July meeting of the Manchester Research Software Community. Head to their "Files" section for Raymond Wan's talk on "Deciding on the ideal software environment - Personal experiences with #Docker, #Anaconda, #VMs, and servers" buff.ly/kEAynDe

If you are an #R user at the Univeristy, are you a member of the R User Group? Meet Martin, one of the leads of the group and find out more about his plans for the next 12 months.

Discover how our Research Software Engineers are working with a local SME to help improve dubbing between English and Spanish using an #AI pipeline.