News and announcements

RLP news and announcements

We publish our Research Lifecycle newsletter every month, with a very occasional extra message if we’ve got an event or timely piece of news we’d like to tell you about. We won’t use your email address for any other purposes.

Open workshops: Tell us what compute resources you need

by Fiona | Feb 18, 2020 | Compute capacity and resources, Event, Projects

Our compute capacity and resources project holds open workshops each year to allow the research community to tell us what compute resources they need and would benefit from this year.

February newsletter: Win up to £5,000 towards your research idea

by Fiona | Jan 30, 2020 | Databases, Edge compute, Innovation community, Newsletter, Projects, Survey

Find out more about the Innovation Community Research Fund competition, the Databases for Research project and more.

University Survey Tool: Have your say

by Fiona | Jan 29, 2020 | Survey

The University is currently reviewing the need for a University-wide survey tool and wants to hear from you to make sure previously gathered feedback is still relevant.

Innovation Community Research Fund

by Fiona | Jan 29, 2020 | Innovation community

Do you have a collaborative research idea that uses technology? Do you need some funding to start it? Apply to the Innovation Community’s (IC) Research Fund competition to win some seed funding. The funding prize pot is £10,000, to be shared between two to four projects.

Providing a Databases for Research service

by Lily Pearson | Jan 20, 2020 | Databases, Projects

The Databases for Research project aims to develop a database and data management service, which will provide a consistent way to manage, curate and share research data in a more cost effective, sustainable and secure way.

January newsletter: An invitation and a chance to win a £50 voucher

by Fiona | Jan 7, 2020 | Digital Collections, Edge compute, End-to-end processes, Newsletter, Projects, Research networking and collaboration, Restricted data, Survey

Find out more about the Digital Collections launch and how you can win a £50 Amazon voucher

Survey: How computing supports your research

by Fiona | Jan 7, 2020 | Edge compute, Projects, Survey

Take part in this short survey and be in with a chance of winning a £50 Amazon voucher!

Launch Event: Digital Collections

by Fiona | Jan 6, 2020 | Digital Collections, Event, Projects

Learn more about the new Digital Collections Image viewer and how it can transform your research.

December newsletter: Highly Restricted Data Service for Researchers

by Fiona | Nov 29, 2019 | Data access, export and preservation, End-to-end processes, Newsletter, Projects, Research networking and collaboration, Restricted data

Find out more about the highly restricted data service for researchers and opportunities to get involved in selecting a service provider for a research data repository.

Video: Highly Restricted Data Service for Researchers

by Fiona | Nov 27, 2019 | Projects, Restricted data

In this short video, find out about our aim to provide a University of Manchester wide service that better enables researchers to run projects that use confidential or sensitive data.