Research IT

About Us

Research IT is part of the University IT Services department but has a specific focus on research. We support postgraduate, post-doctoral, academic staff and professional services staff who carry out or who support research at the University.

We provide specialised research services rather than day to day IT and we have a large team of experts available to work with researchers so they can realise their research goals.

Research IT currently consists of over 100 team members in three teams:

Research Platforms and Infrastructure

The team provide access to and support for a range of computational resources including high performance computing (HPC) and GPU platforms. They also provide:

  • Research data storage
  • Edge compute and satellite storage
  • Regional and national compute resources
  • Research virtual machine service
  • Cloud Support
  • Highly restricted data service
  • Shiny app hosting

Research Software Engineering (RSE)

The team contains a wide range of expertise in the areas of research software design and build including:

  • Software design, build, test and deploy
  • Application support including Apple developer services
  • Mobile app development and publishing
  • Web application development and maintenance

Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP)

RLP is a portfolio of projects that will improve the experiences of the University’s research community. It’s spread across six linked workstreams and will help to deliver new products, services and infrastructure to ensure the University continues to deliver world-class research.

We also provide a range of training, both virtual and in-person, on a range of programming languages, computational techniques and more. Support can be accessed through the Connect portal or at one of our regular virtual drop-in sessions.