Open Research Communities

The University’s Open Research Fellows spend 12 months at 0.2FTE working on projects that further Open Research practices within their disciplines, at the University and across the sector. They also form a community of Open Research advocates, supporting each other and colleagues from across the University in the promotion of Open Research. The community grows each year as a new cohort of Fellows take their 12-month positions. 

• Find out more about the work of our Open Research Fellows and stay up to date with their progress and the future calls for Fellowship applications via our News and Events. 

The University’s Open Research Network represents an active community of researchers engaged in promoting open and reproducible research practices. Manchester’s Network forms part of a regional hub, working closely with equivalent groups at Lancaster University, Keele University, and Manchester Metropolitan University. 

• Sign up to the mailing list to keep up to date with all the latest Open Research developments at Manchester and across the North West.

The University’s Research Data Stewardship Community is a developing network of active researchers, technicians, software engineers, Professional Services staff, and students who are responsible for, or interested in, the collection, analysis, storage, and sharing of research data.  

The Community aims to promote and embed best practices in research data management and FAIR data principles, putting these at the heart of research projects and workflows at our university. 

Support for Manchester’s Research Data Stewardship Community is provided through a collaboration between the Research Lifecycle Programme, Research IT, and the Office for Open Research. 

• Sign up to the Research Data Stewardship Community Teams channel to keep up to date with Research Data Stewardship news and events.

The CaDiR (Computation and Data in Research) community is the home of special interest groups and user groups from across the University that have a data and/or computational focus.  

The aim of CaDiR is to provide a hybrid space within the University for these groups, to enhance discoverability and engagement with the research community, and increase opportunities for collaboration across groups.  

• Find out more and join the CaDiR network on Teams: Research IT - Building communities at The University of Manchester.

The UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) was established to improve research quality in the UK. The Network is supported by UKRI, Research England, The Wellcome Trust, Universities UK, and Jisc. The Network provides ‘Train the Trainer’ training for researchers who are keen to disseminate Open Research skills and practices across their organisations. 

The University of Manchester is represented in the UKRN by Professor Andrew Stewart, the University’s Lead for Open and Reproducible Research. 

• Find out more about UKRN: UK Reproducibility Network.