Research IT News
Meet Our Year in Industry Students!


This year we are hosting three Year in Industry students from the Department of Computer Science. They will be an integral part of our team for the next year and will be working alongside our Research Software Engineers (RSEs).
Changes to the University LabVIEW License


The University has renewed its LabVIEW license for another three years however National Instruments have changed our license conditions.
Promoting Open Research


Research Software Engineer Ann Gledson appears in a new video case study from the Office for Open Research discussing how to make research data available to a diverse research community.
Help Shape the Future of Research IT


We are looking for members of the new Research IT Academic Advisory Group (RITAAG), from PhD researchers to senior academics and PS staff.
Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together?


Our Mobile Development Service (MDS) was recently approached by Dr Jonny Huck from the School of Environment, Education and Development, to develop a mobile app to collect data related to the movement and gathering patterns (or otherwise) of people in various areas of Chile to see if those sharing the same country of origin tended to visit and/or congregate in groups.
New Version of REDCap Launched


We are pleased to announce that the new version of REDCap is live and you can now request an account through the ITS support portal.
Compute Resources Available for Student Projects


Did you know that UGs and PGTs from the Faculty of Science and Engineering can use our HPC Platform for their projects?
Research IT Infrastructure Engineer Appointed N8 CIR Theme Lead


Peter Crowther from our Research Infrastructure team has recently been appointed as the N8 CIR Research Infrastructure Engineer (RIE) Theme Lead promoting community development for RIEs.
Mathcad Licence Update - Mathcad users act now!


The University is going to renew its Mathcad licence for another year until end of July 2023 but there is some action required from Mathcad users.
Interested in NVidia GPU / Python Training?


We are currently gauging interest for a potential NVidia training course and we need your feedback!
Azure Skies Ahead for MDS Testing


Testing mobile apps is challenging. When released via the app stores an app can potentially be downloaded onto numerous different sizes, makes and models of phones which run either Android or iOS with different operating system versions. Automated testing on the cloud provides affordable access to a large subset of these devices. Read about how our Mobile Development Service (MDS) makes use of Microsoft’s mobile testing platform on Azure, to ensure quality apps are released to the stores.
Subcellular Visualisation on the Web with Shiny


Our pilot Shiny app hosting service is allowing University researchers to showcase their research in exciting and interactive new ways. In this blog post, we show how Jo Watson, from the School of Biological Sciences, used it to publish an app accompanying her recent paper on subcellular visualisation.