As well as our top 10 news articles of 2023, special mention should go to our most popular events in terms of page views – Manchester Research Software Community - Inaugural Meeting and the relaunch of the UoM UK Biobank Users Meeting.
Welcome to the GitHub Campus Program
Published 30th Oct 2023
Top of our news articles this year was the announcement that Schools, departments, institutes, and labs are all now eligible to join our University GitHub Enterprise account. You can keep your existing repositories, organisation, and GitHub account but you can now access enterprise-tier resources for free!
Upgrades to Our Computational Shared Facility (CSF3)
Published 5th Dec 2022
Yes it might have been published at the end of 2022 but there was plenty of interest in our latest updates to the University’s main computational platform at the start of 2023!
Baler: Using AI to Help Efficiently Store Data in a Big Data Age
Published 15th May 2023
In a world where more and more data is being produced, a story of how one of our Research Software Engineers helped to support a team developing a Machine Learning tool for compressing scientific and engineering data, proved popular.
Building a Vibrant Research Software Community
Published 29th June 2023
The "save the date" article for the launch of the University research software community which brings together people involved with or interested in research software from across the University. Join the community on the CaDiR Teams space.
Software Development Essentials for Scientists
Published 28th April 2023
In March members of our Research Software Engineering (RSE) team ran a Carpentries-style training course for researchers in the environmental sciences. You were keen to find out more about the course content and the way in which the training was delivered.
Bespoke for you - Python training at the University
Published 19th April 2023
Another training story! This time it was from April when members of our Research Software Engineering team ran a Carpentries-style training for the Henry Royce Institute. The training covered Introduction to Python and Data Analysis and Visualization.
Published 12th Oct 2023
In 2021 a similar update was at no. 10 and it was at no. 9 in 2022 but this year its at no. 7! Proof of the enduring popularity of MATLAB usage amongst the research community at the University.
Building Communities at the University of Manchester
Published 22nd Aug 2023
An article on the Computation and Data in Research (CaDiR) Teams space is at no.8. If you aren't already a member you are missing out on networking, peer support and collaborative meetings with researchers and PGRs across the University. There are a range of special interest and user groups already active with more coming soon in 2024!
What Can the Apps Team Do For You?
Published 12th Sept 2023
Our Applications team contains such a range of skills and knowledge that we felt that they deserved their own showcase! From code review to refactoring out of date code to research software installation - they can help!
Cheerio to our Year in Industry Students!
Published 4th July 2023
We finish our top 10 with a cheerio to our first Year In Industry students from the Department of Computer Science. It was a great experience for both them and Research IT - so much so that we've done it again this year!