News
To keep you up to date with all our activities, announcements of interest to the N8 CIR community, and presentations from recent events are shared here.
N8 CIR Internship Programme Confirmed for 2025
After an incredibly successful pilot, the N8 CIR Internship Programme will return in 2025.

N8 CIR Renews Internship Scheme for 2025
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.

BEDE service to be extended until March 2026
Join Our Team: Research Data Management Theme Lead
To support and grow our community of Research Data Managers, we have created a new position of Research Data Management Theme Lead


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


N8 CIR Announces Training Bursaries
N8 CIR Interns Take Over York!
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: Data/Culture workshop reflection
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: Reflections on the Summer Data/Culture Workshop in Lancaster, UK (5th-7th June)
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.

DRI Retreat 2024
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.


Data Access for Digital Health Presentations


Train the Trainer: Artificial Neural Networks
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.


Join Our Team: RIE Theme Lead
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.


Meet our new RSE Lead
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.


Mapping the Research Landscapes of N8 CIR
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

