Community Events

February 4, 2026
Petabyte Scale Data Storage at the University of Glasgow
The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year's International Love Data Week. This event features a talk by Matt Spitz Mahon at the University of Glasgow. The University of Glasgow has recently implemented petabyte scale, long-term storage for research data. In this talk, we present the features of the new storage and the timeline of implementation, and discuss considerations for our research data management service and open research agenda. 
February 4, 2026
Love Research Data 2026
Join us in the Sheldonian Theatre on Wednesday 11 February 2026 and find your perfect match when it comes to storing and sharing your research data. To coincide with the annual International Love Data Week, Research Data Management (RDM) support colleagues and services from the University of Oxford will be on hand for anyone wanting to learn more about how the University provides love and care for its valuable data collections. We will also be welcoming special guests to this year's event, and we will be joined by members of both the Trusted Research Environments Software Stewardship (TRESS) research project and the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research (CaSDaR) network. This event will provide a valuable opportunity for Academic Researchers, Students, IT and Research Support teams, and any other interested parties, to be introduced to colleagues from the Bodleian Libraries, IT Services and Academic Division and beyond who are responsible for delivering the various Research Data Management services and platforms used at Oxford and support good practice in the UK sector more widely.
February 4, 2026
Perspectives on Engagement and Impact: a UK Data Service event for Early Career Researchers’
The UK Data Service (UKDS) is running a free in-person event, held in The Engine Room at the People's History Museum in Manchester. This event will support ECRs to develop their skills in communicating their research for translation into policy. This workshop offers practical tools and inspiring perspectives to help you take the next step, with attendance from stakeholders interested in policy engagement. Through sessions such as 'Stakeholder Speed-Dating', Panel Discussions, and Lightning Keynotes, this interactive workshop looks like a great opportunity for ECRs to learn how to translate their data into impact through policy.
February 4, 2026
Evaluating FAIRness of Training Resources
CHARTED  is organising a session to engage with the dRTP community (research software, research data and research computing infrastructure professionals) in a discussion on what it means for training resources to be FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable - and to gather feedback on the questionnaire created to evaluate FAIRness of existing training resources. Once completed the questionnaire will also be linked to a set of recommendations and practical guides to help improve existing training resources.