Use of the shell is fundamental to using a wide range of other powerful tools and computing resources (including “high-performance computing” supercomputers). These lessons will start you on a path towards using these resources effectively.

The R language provides a flexible and powerful environment for data analysis and visualisation. This workshop will introduce the R language and will teach you some key programming skills.

Version control is the lab notebook of the digital world - it’s what professionals use to keep track of what they’ve done and to collaborate with other people. Keeping a record of what was changed, when, and why is extremely useful for all researchers if they ever need to come back to the project later on.

The popular ggplot2 package for R provides a powerful means to create compelling data visualisations. Come along and learn how to use ggplot2 to make your data look even more beautiful.

Reproducibility is a key component of science, and one that is becoming even more critical as we analyse ever-growing amounts of data using increasingly complex tools. Come along to learn about the key concepts of reproducible research, and gain some experience with tools that will help you put these ideas into practise.

Want to turn your ground-breaking R analyses into web-based tools for your friends and collaborators? The "shiny" package for R provides a simple mechanism for building sophisticated web interfaces for interactive data analysis and visualisation - come along and learn how it's done.

Become a command line guru. Enough said - it sells itself.

Can't get enough of R? This focused workshop will help turn your commands into scripts, your scripts into functions, and your functions into packages - what more could you want?

Always wanted to learn about Python and how it can be used for data analysis - now's your chance!

Got data? We've got tools!