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The N8 CIR Internship Scheme is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to engage in cutting-edge computer science projects in machine learning, digital health, and digital humanities.​

The funding for N8 CIR supercomputer Bede has been extended until March 2026 by N8 Universities

To support and grow our community of Research Data Managers, we have created a new position of Research Data Management Theme Lead

The N8 CIR Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat returns for the third time to Manchester in January 2025.

We are excited to announce we are launching a bursary to cover travel and accommodation to help those attending our training events.

This September, our 2024 class of interns took to York to present their work over the summer to an audience of researchers from across the N8.

Ellie Rye, a Lecturer at York's Department of Language and Linguistic Science, recently attended our Summer Data/Culture Workshop. Here, she recounts her experience and what she has learnt.

Khushboo Surana, a Economics Lecturer from the University of York, attended our Summer Data/Culture workshop. Here, she recounts her experience and what she has learnt.

We are hosting a five-day retreat comprising panel discussions and group sessions for technology specialists to develop soft skills and network with peers on the 18th - 22nd March, 2024.

Check out presentations from our most popular event

Zeynep Aki attended our incredibly popular Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks in Python workshop as part of our ‘Train the Trainer’ scheme and hosted another session at Durham University to expand the reach of this training. We caught up with him about the merits of this model and how it has benefited the community.

We are looking for an RIE Theme Lead who will lead activities to develop communities of practice for Research Infrastructure Engineers across the partnership and beyond.

Sam Bland from the University of York is taking over from Marion Weinzierl as our new Research Software Engineer (RSE) Theme Lead. In an interview with us, he discusses his plans for the theme going forward.

We have launched surveys for our Digital Health and Digital Humanities themes to identify the people and the areas of active research to enable N8 CIR to better support research

Across many subthemes of research in the Digital Health space, a few strong themes emerged. Our community showed us how connecting with technology and each other is pushing forward health innovation.