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In Person Drop-In Sessions

ARC and the Research Data Management team (Library Services) run regular drop-in sessions for all research staff and research students, providing digital research support, troubleshooting and advice.

 

Support topics

If you have any problems related to the following areas, we should be able to help:

  • Choosing the right software, hardware and services,
  • Research programming,
  • Task automation and scripting,
  • High performance computing,
  • Data science,
  • Storing large datasets,
  • Research Data Storage (RDS) service induction,
  • Handling sensitive data,
  • Research data management (including writing data management plans).

If you would like to discuss something in person, you are welcome to visit us during the dates/times/venues below. If the problem is likely to need a lengthy discussion (half an hour or more) or requires very specific knowledge (e.g. of an unusual programming language) it would be very helpful if you could email a short summary of your problem to arc@ucl.ac.uk at least 2 days before the session you would like to attend - we can then try to make sure a member of staff with appropriate expertise is available.

DateTimeLocation
Tuesday 05th May 202611am - 12:30pm   UCL Careers, 40 Bernard Street, Room 204
Tuesday 19th May 202611am - 12:30pm   Cancelled due to planned train strike
Tuesday 09th June 202611am - 12:30pm Torrington Place (1-19) Teal Room,  B07
Tuesday 23rd June 2026 With apologies, this has been cancelled due to UCL advice regarding the heatwave, please join the next online drop in session on Monday.
Tuesday 7th July 202611am - 12:30pm26 Bedford Way Room 219
Tuesday 21st July 202611am - 12:30pm26 Bedford Way Room 313
Tuesday 04th August 202611am - 12:30pm26 Bedford Way Room 313
Tuesday 18th August 202611am - 12:30pmUCL Careers, 40 Bernard Street, Room 204


Research Programming Hub

If you're looking for support with computer programming you can also find help via the UCL Research Programming Hub: a UCL wide network for people who are interested in programming. The Programming Hub Slack workspace is open to anyone with an @ucl.ac.uk email address and features a #helpme channel where you can post your questions to the community. Slack's guide for new users provides a quick introduction if you're new to the platform.


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