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Discover external training opportunities in HPC, AI, research software engineering, programming and performance optimisation. Browse the catalogue, check upcoming dates in the calendar, and build your own learning pathway or start from a curated one.
Upcoming training events
Register for our upcoming training sessions and workshops.
Building a RAG AI Assistant for Your Research
The Institute for Data Science (IDAS) at Durham University is hosting a two-day, hands-on workshop designed to help researchers from any discipline understand how large language models (LLMs) work and learn how to build local LLM-powered tools using their own research data.
Register to attendMaximising and Evidencing Impact Bootcamp
Develop your skills in purposeful project design and evaluation, from one-off events to large-scale research programmes.
Register to attend55th VI-HPS Tuning Workshop
Four days of hands-on training with leading performance analysis tools, alongside an introduction to the performance engineering cycle, a systematic approach to analysing and improving application performance.
Registration will open soonOther training opportunities
Become a HPC Champions
Our new initiative helps digital Research Technical Professionals build deeper expertise through structured, personalised learning. First up: Performance Analysis, with a VI-HPS workshop in Durham, 17-20 May 2027.
Find out more and applyLearning resources
Standalone material you can use at any time.
HPC Concepts
Basic revision material that's worth revisiting before any assessment or benchmarking exercise. Made for newcomers without a background in HPC.
Open the HPC Concepts material
Introduction to Scientific Software Programming in C and C++
The course is aimed at PhD students, research software engineers and MSc students.
Access the Course
GPU programming knowledge graph
A map of what you can learn about programming for GPUs, with links to where to learn more about each topic.
Explore the mapPast event reports
Summaries and outcomes from workshops we have already run.
Performance and Utilisation Monitoring Workshop
Report on our Performance and Utilisation Monitoring of Accelerated Compute workshop.
Correctness and Debugging Workshop
Report on our Correctness and Debugging workshop series.