Research IT News
The Next Generation of RSEs


Emma Simpson from the Research Software Engineering (RSE) team, hosted 3 college students as part of the in2science program introducing them to the role of Research Software Engineer as well as working within a STEM subject area and academia.
MATLAB Licence Update 2023


The University has once again renewed the license to allow the download and install of the full suite of MATLAB products on to both staff and students’ own, or University provided, computers.
What Can the Apps Team Do For You?


Over the last 12 months, the Research Application Support team has worked on over 350 support tickets from researchers across the University. Many are very much business as usual but some of them can be quite tricky or fun to work on.
Get the Latest from UK Biobank


Join members of the UK Biobank team on the 16th of November to find out the latest news from the service including how to access and use the service.
Mathcad Prime License 2023


The University has renewed its Mathcad Prime license for another year. Find out how this affects you.
Speed up Research Approval with the Research Risk Profiler


Originally launched in February 2022 as part of the Research Lifecycle’s Project A, the Research Risk Profiler (RRP) is a simple tool that helps researchers to quickly and easily identify factors which may delay or slow their work. Kalu Uka from the Research Lifecycle Programme explains more.
Cheerio to our Year in Industry Students!


After a year working with Computer Science Year in Industry students we reflect on the experience and say our warm farewells to the three students.
Building a Vibrant Research Software Community


Aman Goel, Research Software Engineer and Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, outlines plans for creating a research software community bringing together people involved with or interested in research software from across the University.
Research Software Engineering Summer Update


In May Adrian Harwood, Head of Research Software Engineering (RSE), posted the first part of his update on the latest improvements to the RSE department. In his second part he summarises the more external facing improvements delivered by the RSE Levelling-Up Programme.
Research Software Usage - Maple


Do you use Maple? Never heard of it? We know that Maple is well used by our UG community but we’d like to find out more about its use (or not!) by researchers through our very quick survey.
Internal Changes in our Research Software Engineering Department


Adrian Harwood, Head of Research Software Engineering (RSE), updates on the RSE department’s levelling-up journey as introduced last year. The RSE department has continued to grow in numbers as well as skills and experience and Adrian is excited to share with the community how it has developed so far and his expectations for the next 6 months.
Baler: Using AI to Help Efficiently Store Data in a Big Data Age


With ever more data being produced, can we store it efficiently? Research Software Engineer (RSE), Oliver Woolland, has been supporting a team to develop Baler, a Machine Learning tool for compressing scientific and engineering data.