X-CITED Events & Development Opportunities
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Coming in 2026
X-CITED Digital Community: Talk – “Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges in the Era of Generative AI”
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30-March-26 |
Online |
10:00–11:30 |
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We’re excited to welcome Dr Mamoona Humayun, an internationally recognised researcher in Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Secure Software Engineering, and IoT systems.
Agenda:
- 30‑minute talk by Dr Humayun
- Followed by a relaxed an open discussion and coffee exploring:
- the cybersecurity challenges we face in our everyday digital technical specialist roles,
- how generative AI‑driven threats and vulnerabilities are emerging within academic research contexts,
- ways we as research technical professionals can better support academics in secure design, development, and deployment.
Community Discussion & Speed‑Blog Output:
After the talk, we will move into a collaborative discussion space where participants can share:
- the security issues cropping up in our projects,
- challenges in advising or supporting academics,
- practical approaches to security‑minded RSE practice in an AI‑augmented research world.
To capture our collective insights, we’ll produce a speed‑blog, following the Software Sustainability Institute’s guidance on fast, collaborative writing: https://www.software.ac.uk/guide/speed-blogging-and-tips-writing-speed-blog-post
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Supervising Others
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10-June-26 |
University of Bristol (in person) |
10:00–16:00 |
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Learn the differences between leadership, champion & manager, and how you can step into a supervision role and what skills are required for each role.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Health & Safety in the Lab
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July-26 |
University of Bristol (in person) |
TBC |
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Gain insight on applications of health & safety in different types of labs. Use your learning to develop a new safety procedure for their lab
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Building Collaborations
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June-26 |
University of Exeter (in person) |
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Be guided through different types of collaborations, how to find collaborators and aspects to consider when engaging in collaboration.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Understanding the Grant Application Process
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Sept-26 |
Cardiff University (in person) |
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Learn about the application process for different types of funding, from timelines and requirements to drafting a proposal.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
X-CITED In-person Community Day
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29th Sept-26 |
The Marriott Hotel – Cardiff (in person) |
10am-4pm |
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Join us in Cardiff for our in-person X-CITED Community event.
Bringing together members of our Communities, as well as other GW4 RTPs, join u for a day of networking, workshops and community activities, designed to knowledge share, connect and create collaborations.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
IT Skills for RTPs
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Nov-26 |
Online (via Teams) |
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Learn advanced IT tools used by researchers and how these can improve efficiency.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Coming in 2027
Facility Costing
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Spring-27 |
Online (via Teams) |
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Gain knowledge of the TRAC system for costing facilities. RTPs will learn skills on how to appropriately register cost of consumables for facilities.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Managing a Facility
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Spring-27 |
Online (via Teams) |
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Understand the aspects of running a facility, from budget to staff management. They will also learn the skills required to successfully run a facility.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
RTP Mentoring
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Spring-27 |
Online (via Teams) |
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Understand the requirements of mentoring, how to become a successful mentor/mentee and the benefits of taking part in mentorship programmes.
(Open to all Research Technical Professional (RTPs) within GW4 (Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter).
Available recordings
- What is Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC)? webinar – email x-cited@gw4.ac.uk to be sent the recording
- X-CITED Digital Training Programme #1: An introduction to prompt engineering for coding – email x-cited@gw4.ac.uk to be sent the recording
