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Research focused IT courses - from Feb 2013

IT Services provide a comprehensive training portfolio in support of research computing and data analysis. From February the following one day training courses, each with hands-on exercises to ensure a full understanding of the topic, are available to researchers (staff and postgraduates) at the University.

  • Introduction to Research Computing (Mon 18 Feb) - a getting more…

Research Computing Courses: Oct-Dec 2011

IT Services for Research is running its popular series of courses aimed at staff and postgraduates who run computer simulations as part of their research. These courses are free to all University researchers and are aimed at passing on skills to help with the computational aspect of research.

There are spaces on the following courses (all more…

Integrating technology into researcher training: A Vitae NW Hub good practice workshop

27 May 2010, Manchester

Do you want to know more about online tools, in particular:

  • How your researchers are using them to communicate and collaborate?
  • How they can help you reduce the administrative burden of evaluating training?
  • How to use them to promote your training programmes
  • How to use them to engage your researchers in the researcher development agenda

Audience

Trainers and more…

Social Media for Research: Collaboration, Resources & Dissemination

24 March 2010, 13:00 - 17:00, University Place 3.204 - 0pen to research staff and postgraduate researchers

Presented by Cristina Costa, University of Salford, Research Technologies Development Officer.

Social media has grown in importance in recent years. It has become part of our personal and professional ways of networking, collaborating and learning. Social media allows individuals to more…

Developing a Researcher Profile Through Social Media

10 March, 12:00 - 14:00, University Place 2.219. Open to research staff and postgraduate researchers

Presented by Cristina Costa, University of Salford, Research Technologies Development Officer.

Social media has grown in importance in recent years. It has become part of our personal and professional ways of networking, collaborating and learning. Social media allows individuals to engage in more…

Research Computing Service - Course Dates: April - June 2010

Did you know that the University’s Research Computing Service (RSC) runs a number of computer programming training courses, along with an introduction to LaTex?

Courses are scheduled for April - June 2010. But if there is enough demand for the Introduction to LaTex course, RSC will host a special session prior to the proposed more…

University Training Providers - Postgraduate Researchers

In addition to the training provided by the Faculty Graduate & Researcher Development team, there are a host of University of Manchester training providers for postgraduate researchers. Here’s a quick guide to some of them…

The Careers Service runs a comprehensive calendar of events including careeers fairs, talks and workshops, recruiter events as well as online more…