X-CITED Communities

You build the tech. You run the facilities. You make research happen. Now connect with people who get it.

Hundreds of technical experts in engineering and physical sciences across Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, and Exeter are doing work like yours—designing experiments, maintaining equipment, developing new methods. But you’ve probably never met most of them.

X-CITED Communities change that.

Why join?

• Find your people. 

• Connect with specialists in your field across all four GW4 universities.

• Share solutions

• Learn from each other’s wins and failures.

• Stop reinventing the wheel – someone’s already solved that problem. Get direct access to expertise and best practice from people doing similar work.

• Shape your development. – tell us what training you actually need. Communities identify skills gaps that matter to you and your work.

• Get visible – we’re building a GW4-wide capability register so researchers and industry can find the expertise that exists. No more hiding in departments.

• Have a voice – raise concerns, share what’s working, influence how technical professionals are supported. This is your platform.

X-CITED Digital Community

Who is it for?

For research software engineers, data scientists, data stewards, HPC specialists, informaticians, digital archivists, research IT, and everyone building digital infrastructure for research.

What we do:

• Share knowledge and break down silos across GW4
• Solve each other’s problems and swap expertise
• Learn together through speakers and bespoke training
• Discover cutting-edge facilities across GW4 (Bristol’s VR cave, Exeter’s VSimulators)

Recent highlights:

Prompt engineering training, user-centred design workshop, cross-institution collaborations improving team processes