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Application deadline extended to 21 April 2026 to apply for this free, four-day summer school at the University of Manchester, 29 June-2 July 2026.

We are hosting an info webinar on Thurs 16 April, 15:00–16:00 BST: find out more, ask questions, and hear from the organisers. Links to join below.

We're thrilled to share that that this film will be showing on BBC 4 tomorrow and Wednesday (24 and 25 March, 2026). It was a privilege to play a small role in the project and we encourage you to take the opportunity to watch: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Applications for DH&RSE Summer School 2026 are open!

Explore the intersection of digital humanities & software engineering in practical sessions combining talks and discussions with learning-by-doing.

dh-rse-summer-school.github.io/DH-RSE-Websi...

Apply by 14-04-26: forms.office.com/e/Ksh22Pkqrc

Spaces available for mentees on the STEP-UP mentoring programme. If you want support from a more advanced peer on:

* Career planning & progression
* Technical & professional skills development
* Navigating workplace culture
* Building confidence & community

Sign up here: step-up.ac.uk/mentoring/

🚀 Call for abstracts: STEP‑UP RSLondon conference, 29 June 2026 at the Francis Crick Institute, London. Showcase your work across research software, research data, and research computing infrastructure. Share technical insights and build community. 📅 Deadline: 14 Apr 2026. tinyurl.com/23cbrwab

This is a great opportunity for digital research technical professionals looking to expand their skills.

We're recruiting a Senior Research Software UI/UX Designer! Join the KDL team and collaborate with partners across disciplines to deliver innovative, accessible, and impactful digital research projects.

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/139745-...

#DigitalHumanities #uxdesign #dh #uiux #designerswhocode

New Year's Resolution to invest in your career? If you work in research software, data, or computing infrastructure in London & SE England, the STEP-UP mentoring scheme can connect you with a fellow dRTP for guidance and growth. Learn more: step-up.ac.uk/mentoring/

UK DARIAH Day 2025 - Imagining Future Digital Research Infrastructures | King's Digital Lab King’s Digital Lab (KDL) is a Research Software Engineering (RSE) team in King’s College London

We’ve published a write‑up of @dariaheu.bsky.social Day 2025, reflecting on the event, its themes, and the collaborative energy across the digital humanities community. @kingsdh.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social
kdl.kcl.ac.uk/blog/2025-DA...
#DigitalHumanities

Some limited travel support available so please hurry up to register and request it - it would be good to have leadership in research data and infrastructure roles represented at the event!

A new £1.1M
@ahrcpress
-funded project sets African-led agendas for film heritage restitution!
Starting Jan 2026 at
@KingsCollegeLon
, UNREST tackles urgent issues of African cultural heritage & reparatory justice.
KDL is excited to contribute! 🔗 bit.ly/UNRESTproj

📣 The Call for Papers for the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 is now open!

🌐 This year’s event will explore 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 & 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮: 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 & will take place from May 26-29th in Rome, Italy🇮🇹

🚨 Deadline: December 22

ℹ️ www.dariah.eu/2025/11/11/d...

What does a Research Software Analyst do at King’s Digital Lab? Could this role be useful in your team?
Find out in the STEP-UP summary 👉 step-up.ac.uk/blog/2025-12...
Full blog by Arianna Ciula 👉 kdl.kcl.ac.uk/blog/role-an...
#ResearchSoftware #RSEng #DigitalHumanities #KingsDigitalLab

Registration open for first DisCouRSE Focus Group: Team Culture and Leadership in dRTP contexts. How can leadership influence a healthy team culture in dRTP context? Take part to exchange ideas & practices. discourse-network.github.io/events/20260...

The event

Apply for up to £10k from the DisCouRSE Network+ to promote leadership training and career pathways for digital Research Technical Professionals like you! Submission deadline: Friday 14th November 2025, 16:00 GMT. For more information and to apply visit discourse-network.github.io/funding/roun...

NEW mentoring scheme for research software, data, & computing infrastructure professionals in London and the SE.
💬 Monthly meetings for 6 months
👥 Mentees & mentors welcome
🎯 Career planning, skills development etc
📅 Start in Nov 2025
🔗 Sign up: step-up.ac.uk/mentoring/
#dRTP #Mentoring

PDRA opportunity for researchers with an interest in learning digital methods in @kingsartshums.bsky.social's @kingshistory.bsky.social department.

#digitalmethods #PDRA #digitalresearch

PDRA opportunity for researchers with training in digital methods in @kingsartshums.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social department.

#digitalmethods #PDRA #digitalresearch

AI in Research | King's Digital Lab A dialogue between Arianna Ciula, Director and Senior Research Software Analyst at KDL, and Patrick ffrench, Professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, from which so...

🧠✨New on the KDL blog: AI in Research. A Pretext to Talk About Accountability, Ideas & Paradigms
Arianna Ciula & PatrickFfrench @kingsartshums.bsky.social explore how #AI challenges assumptions on research, authorship & intellectual contribution.
kdl.kcl.ac.uk/blog/ai-in-r...

KDL is at RSECon2025 with 7 contributions on Requirements Handling in Agile, Robust Practices for Research Outputs (both today), the Impact of RSEs, the RSA role, DiscouRSE network, STEP-UP dRTP training catalogue (all tomorrow), and digital accessibility
rsecon25.society-rse.org/programme/

Join the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War launched by @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social, and work closely with
@kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research!
Apply at tinyurl.com/KCLjobs

Great to see Alice Thornton's Books featured recently in The Guardian and The Smithsonian Magazine:

Great to see our project getting this coverage.

@kingsartshums.bsky.social

KDL team featuring at DH2025 with: Hackathon on Audiovisual assets (Mon); digital preservation & sustainability (poster, Tue); openness in GLAM (panel), respectful requirements elicitation (paper) and RAG (poster) for indigenous data (Fri)

dh2025.adho.org/browse-the-p...

🚀 Working in research software, data, or computing infra in London?
Join us at STEP-UP RSLondon 2025 – your local space to connect, learn & grow!
📅 7 July | 📍 One Birdcage Walk
🔗 Register for free: www.tickettailor.com/events/stepu...
#STEPUP #RSLondon #dRTP #RSE #DataSteward

Harvard Law School's 'copy' of Magna Carta revealed as original Researchers from King's College London and the University of East Anglia have discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is in fact an extraordinarily rare original from 1300.

A ‘copy’ of the Magna Carta sold to @hls.harvard.edu library has been identified as an original version.

1 of only 6 intact originals from the 1300s, researchers from King’s & @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social describe it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents”

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/harvard...

UK joins CLARIN ERIC

We're thrilled to be part of the #CLARIN-ERIC consortia - great news that the UK is now a full member!

www.clarin.ac.uk/article/uk-j...

Come work with us! 📢 NEW JOB ALERT 📢
Research Projects Data Analyst at The National Archives, UK
Fixed Term Appointment for 12 months
Closing date: Monday 26 May 2025 midnight

nationalarchives.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...

#digitalhumanities

Digital research led by Kings to forecast the emergence of slavery in war zones Academics from the Department of Digital Humanities and King’s Digital Lab will spearhead digital research in the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War.

👏 Professor @s-tanner.bsky.social and Dr @aballatore.bsky.social from @kingsdh.bsky.social and experts from King's Digital Lab will spearhead digital research in the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk 🔽