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Exploring Research Software at the Collaborations Workshop 2025
The recent Collaborations Workshop (CW25), held at the University of Stirling, brought together researchers, developers, and educators for three dynamic days of collaboration, organised by the Software Sustainability Institute. 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. Read on for details about this inspiring gathering.
GRASS - Implementing an online patient registry
The Research Software Engineering (RSE) team has created a new online database to allow clinicians to track symptoms and treatments for patients with Alopecia Areata. This blog post discusses the technical decisions we made to guarantee the availability and security of patient data during the pilot phase of this project.
Manchester Research Software - Lightning Talks
Oct. 22, 2024 10:30 — 12:30
1.219 University Place / online
Registration is NOW CLOSED
Join researchers from across the University for lightning talks on a variety of subjects around research software creation and management.
Free Access to GitHub Co-Pilot
We have had a number of people ask us about access to GitHub Co-Pilot in recent months and now staff and students at the University can get free access to the tool through GitHub Education. If you aren’t sure what it is, how it can help you or what the risks of using it are, read on.
Reflections and Futures from Manchester Research Software Community
The Spring meeting of the Manchester Research Software Community featured a presentation on GitHub Project Automation as well as breakout groups to discuss the next steps for the group. Aman Goel reflects on what the community has achieved so far and their plans for the future.
Manchester Research Software Community
May 29, 2024 10:30 — 12:30
Rm 4.38, Simon Building
Registration is NOW CLOSED
After a successful winter meeting, we are excited to announce our spring meeting for the Manchester Research Software Community! The meeting will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn more about the community, learn about "GitHub Project Automation", participate in discussion sessions, as well as network with other community members. We encourage everyone involved with or interested in research software to participate!
Manchester Research Software Community - Inaugural Meeting
Nov. 21, 2023 11:00 — 13:00
G107, Alan Turing Building
Registration is NOW CLOSED
Bringing members of the research community for the inaugural meeting of the Manchester Research Software Community.
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.
Urban / Rural Hay Fever Divide
Several of our Research Software Engineers are co-authors on a recent Nature Scientific Reports paper which found that people living in urban areas have worse hay fever symptoms than those living in the countryside.
Got a Short-term Project? We Can Help!
Did you know that our pool of Research Software Engineers are not just available for long-term, big money projects? Even if you have very little funding or a very small amount of work for us to do, come and speak to us!
Making Your Code Reproducible and Shareable
Research Software Engineer Ann Gledson recently gave a training tutorial to research collaboration involving several universities from across England on how to improve their code, the software release process, the use of DOIs and more.
Introducing Software Citation
In August, GitHub announced software citation support in GitHub repositories. Discover how Rob Haines, Head of Research IT, played an instrumental role in making this happen.