What it does: the team uses and develops digital recording methodologies to support integrated archaeological excavation and research. Direct to digital recording, including in-trench survey and data capture, is supported by a GIS database system and on-site wireless networks. The facility includes databases, robotic total station and GPS survey equipment, a wireless field network including tablet computers, and expertise in their use. There are also dedicated areas for processing and studying...

A collection of internet of things (IoT) sensors and other environmental and infrastructure monitoring equipment providing real-time data from city systems, infrastructure an the environment.  Currently over 3500 live data streams.  Data is streamed into an open data system and is immediately available for download or visualisation through an open data platform.  Observations are taken across over 60 different indicators including air quality, traffic, energy, weather, people movement etc. ...

The National Archives (TNA) is the official archive of the UK government and for England and Wales, making available to the public a vast collection of historical records dating back over 1,000 years and including the UK Government Web Archive and legislation.gov.uk. Our goal is to be an archive for everyone, and we are taking an entrepreneurial, disruptive, and inclusive approach to reaching this goal. One important sector we serve is research, and as a UKRI Independent Research Organisation...

The Software Sustainability Institute is a national facility for building better software, founded in 2010. It provides guidance, training, tools, services and other resources to advance good practices for developing research software. These include a software evaluation service; guides for researchers, developers and managers; and data and analysis on research software. The SSI runs workshops and initiatives to support the development of communities of practice, including the SSI Fellowship...

CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research, brings together world-leading longitudinal studies to maximise their use, value and impact and improve our understanding of key social and biomedical challenges.

Enabling change over time and across generations to be better understood:

CLOSER brings longitudinal data together in a consistent format – a process known as data harmonisation. This allows researchers to compare data from different studies, providing insights into how and why the UK is...

EPCC is the supercomputing centre at the University of Edinburgh. Established in 1990, it is National HPC Centre in everything but name having hosted many of the UK's National HPC services over the past 30 years. Today it hosts the ARCHER2 National HPC service on behalf of EPSRC and NERC, the Research Data Facility, the CIRRUS Tier 2 HPC service on behalf of EPSRC, and the DIRAC service on behalf of STFC. It owns and operates a state-of-the-art Data Centre, the Advanced Computing Facility, on...

Cirrus is one of the EPSRC Tier-2 National HPC Facilities and is available for users in both academia and industry. Housed at EPCC's Advanced Computing Facility, Cirrus is a flexible, state-of-the-art High Performance Computing system that provides an ideal platform for users to solve their computational, simulation, modelling, and data science challenges.

Heritage science is the science of interpretation and management of cultural heritage. As a cross-disciplinary field, it requires cutting edge research physical science and engineering facilities and expertise, while its impact is mainly in social sciences and humanities. E-RIHS will deliver integrated access to cutting-edge scientific activities through four access platforms: FIXLAB for fixed analytical facilities, MOLAB, a fleet of advanced mobile lab facilities DIGILAB for online scientific...

As the UK national library, the British Library is one of the greatest research libraries in the world. The British Library provides world-class information services to business, general public, research and scientific communities, supporting researchers from every country and in every discipline. The Library holds over 200 million items including some of the UK’s most important heritage collections, from the Magna Carta to the Lindisfarne Gospels, which sit alongside the latest scientific...

Understanding Society is the largest household panel study in the world which addresses the key scientific and policy questions of the 21st century. It collects high quality annual longitudinal data on individuals of all ages in households representative of the UK population. Such data enables researchers to explore the experience, causes and consequences of changes in people's lives - their family structure, health, income, expenditure, employment and education - key issues for policy makers...