7 hours
Nancy Rothwell Building
Free Tickets Available
Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 at 09:30 am to 04:30 pm (GMT+00:00)
Nancy Rothwell Building
Booth Street East, Manchester, United Kingdom
This is a workshop to bring together digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTP) at the University of Manchester. We're bringing everyone together to hear about the variety of dRTP roles at UoM and the work being done to professionalise these careers internally and externally. The second half of the day we will connect and workshop together to better organise and define the dRTP community's needs at UoM.
Post-workshop we will produce a report to send to senior leaders at UoM to highlight the dRTP community's professional needs at UoM.
If you're a dRTP at the University of Manchester, please join us!
This is an in-person only event.
Venue: Blended Lecture Theatre 1 (GA.056), Nancy Rothwell Building, The University of Manchester.
This event is funded by the Software Sustainability Institute.
Info: Talks from: TBC (Research Software Engineer), Stavrina Dimosthenous (Data Curator), Danielle Owen (Highly Restricted Data Service Lead)
Info: Talks from : Bill Ayres (RDM Strategic Lead) /Tristan Martin (Data Stewardship project coordinator), Aleksandra Nenadic (Research Software Training Lead - SSI; Skills and Workforce Development Academic Theme Lead - RLP) , and Adrian Harwood (Head of Research Software Engineering)
Info: In groups, we will workshop around organising the dRTP community at UoM, dRTP career paths and recognition, and what dRTP roles need from UoM.
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Tickets for UoM Digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTP) Workshop can be booked here.
| Ticket type | Ticket price |
|---|---|
| General Admission | Free |
| Speaker/moderator | Free |