Village Stories Launch

Our Research Software Engineer have been working with a team of Humanities researchers to produce an interactive website for an ESRC-funded research project.  The website will collect people’s memories of Manchester’s Gay Village and hopes for the future.  Initially it was planned to collect the stories in person but the advent of COVID-19 forced a change of plan to an online site. This is where Research IT came in to help.

https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/news/2021/01/20/village-stories-launch/

Announcing MATLAB Online

MATLAB Online is now available to University staff and students and provides an alternative for occasional use or use on a fairly low powered laptop or tablet computer.

https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/news/2021/02/02/announcing-matlab-online/

Research IT Virtual Drop-in Session 17 February

At Research IT we know how busy researchers are, and how talking face to face can be the easiest way to communicate a problem or complex research idea. That’s why every other Wednesday in term-time we host virtual drop-in sessions so you can talk to our experts about anything research computing related.

https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/events/

Research Software Camp

The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) presents its inaugural Research Software Camp on research accessibility, from 22 Feb to 5 Mar. This is a free online event encompassing live sessions, web resources (such as guides), and social media activities.

The topic of the camp will focus on different aspects of research accessibility, ranging from making tools, techniques, datasets, software and protocols used in research, reproducible, open and sustainable, to exploring formats and tools to facilitate and improve accessibility for the disabled.

https://www.software.ac.uk/RSCamp-research-accessibility

CSF3 Scratch File System Upgrade: next steps

All CSF3 users should now be using the new scratch file system and ready for the turn off of the old one on the 17th February 2021.

https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/news/2021/02/01/csf3-scratch-file-system-upgrade-next-steps/

New in Wolfram Language 12.2

Learn about the latest innovations, features and functionality in Wolfram Language 12.2 in this free webinar series. There are webinars dedicated to video, image and audio computation; machine learning; visualization; bio-sequence computation; and additional topics.  Each webinar features Wolfram experts who will discuss what’s new in their areas of specialty and answer your questions.

https://www.bigmarker.com/series/new-in-wolfram-language-12-2/series_details

Research Lifecycle Programme Update

Webinar: Using Overleaf for Literature Reviews

Following the high interest in the ‘Using Overleaf for Literature Reviews’ webinar, the Overleaf team will be re-running this session on Thursday, 25 February (3pm – 4pm).

This webinar would be of most relevance to Post Graduate Researchers (PGRs) who have just joined the University, or people who are new to working with Overleaf.  This session contains a general overview of Overleaf, as well as an overview of how to make best use of it for Literature Reviews. 

Overleaf Professional accounts are available for researchers, staff and PGRs at the University. Overleaf is the tool of choice for many who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX / Rich Text editor for their work or research projects.  

The webinar will focus on topics such as:   

• How to use Overleaf to draft a literature review and make notes, including adding citations and integrating reference management tools  
• How to share work with your supervisor and collaborators for feedback 
• How to keep your work organised including version control and drafting journal papers with templates  
• How to use and search for journal templates, including popular templates used at UOM    

You can register via the link below. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on joining the webinar. 

https://www.rlp.manchester.ac.uk/events/

Webinars: Qualtrics survey tool 

QualtricsXM, a powerful, simple to use survey tool was recently launched at the University, available to all staff and students. The IGO recommends Qualtrics as the University’s preferred survey tool. 

Qualtrics is being utilised across the University for research, student surveys and Professional Services.

If you are new to using Qualtrics or want to find out more about how it could benefit your research, the Qualtrics team will be hosting a training webinar – Surveys for research (Tuesday 23 February – 2pm – 3pm)

This webinar will cover topics such as:

• Survey design and distribution for research
• Using the Response Quality feature to identify poor quality data
• Using Offline Mobile App to capture data offline (eg for interviews or field research)
• Opportunity for Q&A

You can sign up to either of these sessions by following the link below. After registration, you will get an email with the webinar joining details. If you have any queries, please contact rlp@manchester.ac.uk

https://www.rlp.manchester.ac.uk/events/

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