Several of our Research Software Engineers spent this summer supporting a research internship where environmental-science students learnt how to analyse cutting-edge meteorological simulations of damaging windstorms.

Phil Bradbury, Research Software Engineer, and Adrian Harwood, Head of Research Software Engineering, introduce COMPASS. a community supporting digital research technical leaders to share operational best practice across institutions.

Collaborating with groups internationally can be challenging due to time zones and distances. Discover how our team used agile methods to successfully collaborate with the Center for Open Science (USA), why it worked and learn some techniques for using Agile in your own projects.

Head of Research Software Engineering (RSE) Adrian Harwood shares his thoughts on the shape of RSE services in the age of vibe coding.

An upgrade of the Dalton Nuclear Simulator by the Research Software Engineering team brought new life to a legacy educational platform used to explore nuclear reactor operations through interactive gameplay. Discover how our team strengthened a valuable tool for teaching, research, and scientific engagement.

Our Research Software Engineers (RSEs) worked with Dr Réka Solymosi from the School of Social Sciences to build a mobile app that helps women record where, when and why they felt unsafe during their runs – making a complex data gathering requirement possible in the form of a practical, usable product.

Researchers from across the UK came to Manchester in April for an ARCHER2 and Research IT course on intermediate research software development. Through hands-on exercises and flexible materials, they gained practical skills to write better, more sustainable code.

A two-phase collaboration between the Cai Lab and the Research Software Engineering team transformed a legacy Strain Database into a modern, scalable platform. The upgrade improved reliability, usability, and flexibility to better support the ongoing research needs of the lab.

When researchers are getting ready to publish a paper, they increasingly want to publish their software as well. Quite often, though, research software isn’t initially ready for public consumption. This is where Research IT can help.

This 2-part how-to guide outlines some key considerations if you are planning to use sensor data for your research. In this issue we present two important questions to ask before embarking on your data processing journey. The next part will look at the options available to UoM researchers for storing and processing sensor data, focusing on our Research Data Storage (RDS) and our central High Performance Computing resource, the Computational Shared Facility (CSF)

Our Research Software Engineering (RSE) Department has launched its new Terms of Engagement, setting out a series of commitments from RSEs and researchers governing how we collaboratively deliver our services and help the research we support produce the best possible outcomes.

The Research IT Agile Methods Working Group within our Research Software Engineering (RSE) department, in collaboration with University College London (UCL), has secured funding from DisCouRSE Network+ to deliver free Agile project management training to digital research technical professionals (dRTPs) across N8 universities (including the University of Manchester) and UCL.