Coding for Reproducible Research

This training programme provides a series workshops to support researchers at the University of Exeter to expand their skillsets and position them to confidently perform the informatics research projects in an efficient and reproducible way. The programme covers not only training on specific languages, such as Python, R, and Unix/Linux, but additionally incorporates training relating to good practise and reproducible working methods that is designed to be agnostic of programming language. In this way we offer a holistic perspective as to how programming tasks should be approached, ultimately providing researchers with the tools and knowledge to feel confident in what they are doing. Delivery will start from Oct 2022 with an emphaisis on beginners workshops in the first year. From Oct 2023 we will expand into intermediate and advanced topics, providing opportunities for novices through to more experienced users. All workshops are open to any staff or student, from any college or department and accessible from any campus.

These workshops are brought to you by the University of Exeter Research Software Engineering Group, University of Exeter Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Exeter Researcher Development and the University of Exeter Doctoral College.

Workshops

A list of the workshops we offer can be found on the Workshops page. If you wish to be added to our mailing list and contacted when registration for workshops opens please complete our mailing list form.

When and where

The programme of workshops runs from Oct-July each academic year. Workshops with mulitple sessions will run on consecuative weeks on the same day and time. Most courses will take place in Training Room 4 in the Old Library on Streatham Campus, (building 7 on this map). All courses will have the option of virtual participation.

Feedback

If there are skills not covered by existing workshops that you would welcome training on, please complete our workshop requests survey.. We will review the responses on an annual basis, in advance of planning the programme for the next academic year.

Join us

If you are interested in becoming part of our community of workshop helpers, leaders and developers please contact E.J.Hannon@exeter.ac.uk.

Acknowledgements

These courses have been developed by the University of Exeter Research Software Engineering Group along with other researchers at the univeristy who are enthuastic about sharing their skills with the wider research community. Many of them are adaptations of existing open source courses, for which we are greatful. If you have benefited in any way from these courses and want to support the intiatives long term sustainablity then please take the time to complete our feedback survey, recommend it to your collegues, and enthuse about it to your senior leadership team.