The UK Open Research Data Task Force has just released a report looking at the Research Data Infrastructure Landscape in the UK and beyond. The report provides a thorough overview of the infrastructure that supports open research data in the UK and abroad.
By Jonathan Cooper, University College London, Ilektra Christidi, University College London, Thomas Etherington,
By Helana Santos, games programmer and developer for Modern Dream.
This article is part of our series Women in Software, in which we hear perspectives on a range of issues related to women who study and work with computers and software.
How does it feel to be a woman in the games industry, you ask? Great, I say! I love working in an industry filled with people passionate about what they do. It is always wonderful to meet game developers making innovative, creative and fun experiences, to meet people who give wings to those creations and make them…
An article in Scientific Computing World by our Deputy Director, Simon Hettrick, argues for changing the traditional roles we expect to see in a research group.
We need software: it’s an integral part of modern research across all disciplines. However, harnessing the opportunities that software provides, whilst conducting reliable research, requires the influx of new skills. In turn, this requires a re-think of the roles that make up our research groups. Academia has yet to adapt to software-reliant research, which leads to missed opportunities and, more shamefully, disregard for…
The BBSRC is gathering both information and views from non-faculty researchers performing essential research and research support roles. These staff are involved in activities such as (but not restricted to):