17th EVN Symposium
ukSRC is proud to support the 17th European VLBI Network Symposium, which is taking place at The University of Manchester this September.
ukSRC Webinar Series: Sharing the Sky and Stars: building authentic partnership with local and Indigenous communities’partnership with local and Indigenous communities
A webinar exploring how SKAO builds genuine, long-term partnerships with local and Indigenous communities by integrating engagement, culture, and collaboration into the development of its global observatory.
MeerKAT Call for Proposals Now Open
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has announced a new call for observing proposals using the MeerKAT radio telescope.
Call for Expressions of Interest for Scientific Advisor to UK SKAO Council Delegates
In accordance with the timeline for the next SKAO Council meeting in July 2026, expressions of interest are being invited for the next Scientific Advisor to UK SKAO Council Delegates, supporting the STFC Executive Chair and DSIT.
Workshop on AI in Radio Astronomy
ukSRC and UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) will be jointly hosting a workshop to discussed AI in Radio Astronomy.
ukSRC Supporting New Astronomical Projects
The ukSRC facility is now supporting nine new science cases as part of our expanded Demonstrator Case scheme.
UK Radio Astronomy Careers Webinar 2025
The UK SKAO Early Career Researchers (ECR) committee is hosting a careers panel. Hear about the diverse career options available to radio astronomers from our panel and have an opportunity to ask them your questions.
UK SKAO Science Committee Town Hall (2025 Edition)
Save the date! The annual UK SKAO Science Committee Town Hall meeting will be held on Monday and Tuesday, 17-18 November 2025 at Cardiff University. More details to come.
JIVE VLBI School
The JIVE VLBI School (JVS 2025) is an exciting opportunity for professionals and students interested in the field of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI).
ukSRC Panel Discussion: Recent Science Updates to SKA + Q&A
This session will provide updates following the recent SKAO science meeting.
ukSRC Team Members Win SKA Data Challenge 3b – Inference
Congratulations to our ukSRC colleagues at the University of Cambridge, whose team scored top in the two current data sets released by the SKAO as part of SKA Data Challenge 3b – Inference.
ukSRC at the National Astronomy Meeting - ‘Community - Science Through Connection’
ukSRC attended the National Astronomy Meeting 2025 at Durham University, represented by Dr Lara Alegre (University of Hertfordshire) and Andrew Gordon (University of Manchester).
ukSRC at the National Astronomical Meeting 2025
Leading scientists from the UK and around world will meet at Durham University next summer to present the latest in cutting-edge space research. The Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) National Astronomy Meeting 2025 (NAM2025) will be held at the U...
Unveiling the Universe with the SKAO at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2025
ukSRC team members made up part of the army of volunteers from across the UK at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
ukSRC at the Royal Society Summer Expo
Discover cutting-edge research and innovation at the Royal Society’s unmissable Summer Science Exhibition, 1 – 6 July 2025. This free event, suitable for all ages, showcases the latest research from across the UK, through interactive exhibits, han...
An Earth-sized radio observatory just got better: South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope joins forces with the European VLBI Network of telescopes
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has successfully conducted very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations with telescopes of the European VLBI Network (EVN)—currently the world’s most sensitive VLBI network. Their synergy sets a new ...
ukSRC support for in-person attendees of the SKAO Science Conference 2025
The UK SKA Regional Centre (ukSRC) is supporting early career researchers (ECRs) and research technical professionals involved in relevant astronomy projects, enabling them to attend the SKAO Science Conference 2025, which is scheduled to take pla...
First open call for new ukSRC demonstrator cases
The UK SKA Regional Centre (ukSRC) is pleased to announce an open call for new demonstrator cases. These cases are meant to help the ukSRC test its capabilities including compute, software and user support.
ExCALIBUR Workshop: Image Reconstruction at Scale: Challenges and Collaboration
This event brings together experts from astronomy, microscopy, and related fields to explore advances in large-scale image reconstruction. Please register by 21 February 2025.
ukSRC Webinar #4
Please register to join us for two talks on ‘Social and cultural barriers to data sharing’ and ‘SRCNet v0.1’ by Dr Francisco Durán del Fierro and James Walder.
ukSRC members share the latest technical developments at CHEP
Ian Collier, Rose Cooper, Tom Dack, Jens Jenson and James Walder are presenting the latest technical deveopments that are contributing to the SRCNet at CHEP2024.
ukSRC Webinar #3
The next ukSRC webinar will be held on Thursday 3rd October 2024 11:30 -12:30 BST (12:30 CEST), in collaboration with Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA). Dr Jack Radcliffe (U. Pretoria & U. Manchester) will be presenting “The next gen...
ukSRC at the 32nd IAU General Assembly
The 32nd International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 6 to 15 August 2024. This was a significant event, marking the first time the assembly w...
UK SKAO Science committee Town Hall
The STFC UK SKAOSC Committee (UKSKAOSC) will be hosting a Town Hall meeting on Thursday 19 September 2024 (11:00-16:30) at Durham University.
ukSRC Webinar #2
Please register to join us for the folowing talks:
ukSRC goes to The National Astronomy Meeting!
We are looking forward to attending NAM2024 in Hull. Don’t miss this opportunity to find out more at the sessions below or come and chat in the exhibitor space with members of ukSRC, SKAO, ALMA, LO...
Fair Data Accelerator: social and cultural barriers to data sharing (Webinar)
FAIR Data Accelerator: Social & cultural barriers to data sharing
SKA Science Data Challenge 3 (SDC3b) Registrations Open!
The SKA Science Data Challenge 3 (SDC3b) ‘Inference’ challenge asks participants to infer the reionisation properties of the Universe from power spectra of the hydrogen-21cm signal from the Epoch o...
ukSRC Webinar Series Kick Off!
We are pleased to announce the launch of ukSRC Webinar Series! Our first talk, Introducing ukSRC by our Joint Directors
Computing Insight UK 2023
John Garbutt (StackHPC) will be presenting some of our latest developments on how we are making HPC more user accessible at Computing Insight UK (CIUK, 7-8 December 2023).
UK SKAO Science Committee Town Hall (2023 Edition)
STFC UK SKA Observatory Science Committee (UKSKAOSC) is organising a hybrid townhall on the 30th November 2023 (10:30-16:30) at the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in London - Burlington House, Pi...
ukSRC goes to The National Astronomy Meeting!
We are looking forward to attending NAM2023 in Cardiff. Don’t miss this opportunity to find out more about the ukSRC.
1st SKAO Open Science School
Open to the global astronomy community, this school provides a detailed view of Open Science policies and tools, as well as ongoing SKA activities. The SKA Regional Centre Network (SRCNet) will pla...
STFC call for committee members
UK SKAO Regional Centre (SRC) Project Board The UK SKAO Regional Centre (SRC) Project Board is looking for new members to serve from the 1 July 2023 for two years, with an option to extend for an a...
SKAO Science Data Challenge 3
UK-based STFC-IRIS high performance computing resources are part of the international support available for astronomers competing in the 3rd SKA Science Data Challenge (SDC3). The research communit...
SDC2: analysis and results
SKA Science Data Challenge 2: analysis and results