The University of Edinburgh has been announced as the home of the UK's next national supercomputer. The investment represents a huge endorsement of the University and its future as a world-leader in supercomputing and AI, recognising the strength & value of Edinburgh’s expertise.
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Montage promoting Research Software Maintenance Fund
Run by the Software Sustainability Institute, the £4.8m Research Software Maintenance Fund will support & sustain key research software. The call for expressions of interest is now open.
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Forgot to mention, it's #airqualitystripes
Literally 'tying up loose ends' ahead of the Edinburgh Science Festival
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RSECon25: programme reviewers sought.
Can you spare the time to review submissions for talks, panels, workshops, walkthroughs and/or posters for RSECon25?
The call for reviewers is now open. Closes at 23:59 BST on Tuesday May 6th. edin.ac/42d4yJX
@society-rse.org
Software Sustainability Institute Research Software Maintenance Fund Round 1
🟥 We are pleased to announce that the Research Software Maintenance Fund is now accepting expressions of interest. The deadline for submissions is Fri 30 May, 16:00 BST. Find out more and apply at www.software.ac.uk/news/call-ex...
A photo of Mike Simpson, next to the words "supporting mental health in the research software community" and the SSI logo
I realise I forgot to promote this. I wrote a blog post that gives a bit more context to my SSI fellowship (and links to my other blog post). #MentalHealth #RSEng
mdsimpson.co.uk/2025/03/my-s...
CW25 logo, Keynote AI, Tom Wilkinson
🛣️ We are happy to announce that Tom Wilkinson, Chief Data Officer at the Scottish Government, will deliver our third and final keynote on AI at this year's Collaborations Workshop: www.software.ac.uk/news/cw25-ke...
🔵 Find out how to effectively promote and deliver a training pilot in the final blog post in the UNIVERSE-HPC Running a Training Pilot series:
www.software.ac.uk/blog/effecti...
Many thanks to the folks from Universe-HPC for inviting me to give a lightning talk about my CarpentriesOffline miniHPC. I hope attendees enjoyed my talk as much as I like talking about my project.
🔴 Listen to SSI director @npch.bsky.social discuss the Research Software Maintenance Fund on the latest episode of the @sustainoss.bsky.social podcast.
You can also find out about the RSMF at www.software.ac.uk/programmes/r...
🧑🏫 The SSI is delivering a course on “Software practices for open and reproducible research” from Tuesday 1-4 April. Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/news/worksho...
Photo shows woman standing beside poster
EPCC PhD student Felicity Anderson writes about attending #deRSE25 in Karlsruhe, Germany, last month where she was awarded the prize for the best poster.
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📣 R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+! 🌈 We’re looking for creative support to help us design a fresh, inclusive brand identity that aligns with our mission to support all underrepresented genders in the R community.
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👥 If you have written software, code or scripts for research purposes and are from an underrepresented group in research software, we would like to hear from you! Find out how to get involved in our inclusive RSE study at www.software.ac.uk/news/partici...
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HPC Ready - Developing RSE and HPC skills
The end of the UNIVERSE-HPC project will be marked with this event about training for research software engineers, with an emphasis on HPC.
27 March 2025, 10:00 to 16:00 (GMT/UTC), online and in Edinburgh.
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Digital and Professional Skills for Industry: Understanding Employers and Graduates Experiences report
📄 We are happy to announce the publication of out latest report titled Digital and Professional Skills for Industry: Understanding Employers and Graduates Experiences:
www.software.ac.uk/news/digital...
CW25 logo, Keynote: The Future of Research Software, Kirsty Whitaker
🛣️ We are happy to announce that Kirstie Whitaker will deliver a keynote on the future of research software at this year's Collaborations Workshop. Find out more about her at www.software.ac.uk/news/cw25-ke...
And do not forget that registrations for #CollabW25 are now open!
We're recruiting a (Senior) Research Software Engineer! Join the KDL team and collaborate with partners to develop digital tools to explore academic research in new ways.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/109427-...
#DigitalHumanities #rse #dh #softwaredeveloper #immersiveXR #aiml #datavisualisation #indigenousdh
📢 We're Hiring: fixed-term Hidden REF Administrator
This role is ideal for a motivated professional seeking career development or a recent graduate looking to explore opportunities within a higher education environment.
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Connect with over 400+ Research Software Engineers, researchers, and technical experts at the UK’s premier conference, taking place at Warwick University, Sept 9-11, 2025.
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#RSE #Tech #Innovation
Software Sustainability Institute Research Software Maintenance Fund logo, a grey wavy pattern
🟥 We are happy to announce that the SSI has received £4.8m from @ukri.org to launch the Research Software Maintenance Fund.
Find out more about this exciting opportunity at www.software.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw...
The Carpentries logo, wires
💻 In our latest blog post, SSI Fellow @jannettas.bsky.social tells us about her experience running a workshop at @carpentries.carpentries.org CarpentryConnect Heidelberg. Read the full story at
www.software.ac.uk/blog/carpent...
#FIAR4RS
🔍 2+ years after publishing, have the FAIR principles for Research Software been useful & usable? What is your experience? Survey closes Fri 7 Mar, and results will come week of Apr 7th. Thanks to all those who have already responded to this community review. https://forms.gle/sRhRQD4gWBQWzcGS7
Still some places left! If you are a @uomhums.bsky.social researchers who would like to analyse Twitter (X) data then sign up for this online workshop from the SSI.
Looking for flexible learning? Sign up for this online event on 26 March to hear from students, staff and graduates of Online Masters programmes.
And you can read all about EPCC's Online Masters programmes on our website: edin.ac/41tVq34
🎓 One week to go to our talk on academictwitteR, a widely used R package for collecting Twitter data. The event will take place online on Wed 5 Mar, from 14:00 to 15:00. If you haven't registered already, hurry up and do so at:
CW25 logo, a road heading ahead
🛣️ A reminder that the deadline for proposals for #CollabW25 mini-workshops and demos is this Fri 28 Feb at 23.59 GMT. Head to our website for further info: www.software.ac.uk/news/take-stage-cw25-now...
Giacomo Peru presenting the RSQKit and how to contribute to it.
The participants of the workshop are engaging in the contentathon
A group of participants listening to Neil Chue Hong
Day 1 at #deRSE25 at @kit.edu started off with a great Contentathon for our #EVERSE Research Software Quality Kit. Would you like to know more about the #RSQKit or even contribute to it? Then make sure to check out the webpage: everse.software/RSQKit/
