Help shape the future of Research Software Engineering in the age of Generative AI. We’re collecting input for our March 2026 workshop. Take the survey: tinyurl.com/RSE-GenAI Closes 1 March. @schmidtsciences.bsky.social @arfon.bsky.social @danielskatz.org @softwaresaved.bsky.social

🔎 The Teaching and Training Special Interest Group within the @society-rse.org is calling dRTP group or team leads to contribute to the dRTP Training Landscape Survey 2026. Find out more and fill in the survey by Tuesday 31 March: www.software.ac.uk/news/shaping...

🔍 Do you develop software for academic research as part of your work? If so we want to hear from you! The 2026 International RSE Survey will be open for submissions until Fri 20 Mar. Find out more about it and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

💻️ In our latest blog post, #SSIFellow Jo Walsh reflects on her experience delivering a talk at the 2025 HPC-AI Advisory Council Annual Conference on her Fellowship theme of “Better Hardware, Better Research." Read the full article at www.software.ac.uk/blog/better-...

2026 EPCC Summer School in HPC: apply now! Programme comprises hands-on practical training & the opportunity to apply new skills in a real-world context. The School will run from 13 June–27 June 2026 in Edinburgh, UK. Applications close 16 March. edin.ac/4bRlz1s

🏜️ We are pleased to announce that eight SSI Fellows and three SSI Staff members have been awarded funding for seven projects through the DisCouRSE - Developing a Community of Leaders Flexible Fund. Read more about the projects at www.software.ac.uk/news/buildin...

🧬 The @elixir-europe.org BioHackathon Europe event provides space for collaboration and innovation in computational biology and bioinformatics. Find out more about #SSIFellow @philreeddata.bsky.social's experience attending the event in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/knowled...

🟥 We will host two free online webinars to support applicants, share information and answer questions related to the RSMF Round 2: - Wednesday 11 February, 13:00–14:00 GMT - Tuesday 17 February, 13:00–14:00 GMT Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/join-ou...

🔎 The Very Large Business Applications group at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität is running a new study titled: Adoption of FAIR principles. Find out more and fill in the survey at www.software.ac.uk/news/survey-...

🌊 Belfast promises to be an exciting location for the Research Software community this April. Just ahead of Collaborations Workshop 2026 (28 - 30 April), two satellite events will also take place in the city:

👤 In our latest blog post, the InclusiveRSE team share some background on their research, outline components and criticisms of EDIA initiatives, and offer the approaches they believe most likely to lead to improved equity in RSE and STEM. Read the full article at www.software.ac.uk/blog/equity-...

🌿 In the past few years, the Software Sustainability Institute has chosen to increase its focus on environmental sustainability and we are pleased to announce the publication of the SSI’s first Environmental Sustainability Policy. Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-env...

💬 Take part in the international survey of the Fortran community and help inform a better understanding of the language's global state and impact. Find out more about this initiative at www.software.ac.uk/news/interna...

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund is now open until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...

🌊 We are happy to announce that our second Collaborations Workshop 2026 keynote will be delivered by Eleanor Broadway, Architect at @epcc.bsky.social and co-I for the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange (CAKE). Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/eleanor...

ReSA’s January newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes: - Institutional policy pathways for supporting #ResearchSoftware - @schmidtsciences.bsky.social support for ReSA - @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on access to RS - @softwaresaved.bsky.social International #RSE Survey

🧑‍🔬 In August 2025, SSI Fellows Alessandro Felder and @nikosirmpilatze.com co-organised the Neuroinformatics Unit Open Software Week (OSW). Read more about the event in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/greater...

🌊 We are thrilled to announce that the upcoming Collaborations Workshop 2026 will be sponsored by @society-rse.org: www.software.ac.uk/news/society...

🔍 We are happy to announce that the 2026 International RSE Survey is now open for submissions. The survey will close on Friday 20 March, and can be completed in English, French, German or Spanish. Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

💬 In our latest blog post #SSIFellow @mdsimpson.co.uk tells us more about delivering his “ConveRSE - Let’s Talk About Mental Health” talk at The Alan Turing Institute. Find out more about it and read the full story at www.software.ac.uk/blog/mental-...

👥 In December 2025, the InclusiveRSE research team presented their work, “A Co-production Approach to Understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research." Find out more about it and watch the recording at www.software.ac.uk/news/inclusi...

🏛️ University of Manchester digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) are invited to attend an in-person workshop on Friday 16 January. Find out more about the event and how to register at: www.software.ac.uk/news/calling...

🌊 The new year is here and so are the preparations for #CollabW26! If you'd like to deliver a mini-workshop, demos session, or lightning talk, the deadline for submissions is Friday 16 January. Find out more about the requirements and how to submit your proposal at www.software.ac.uk/news/last-ch...

🎄 2025 is drawing to an end and as we prepare for the holidays, things will be quiet at the SSI from today, Mon 22 Dec, until Mon 5 Jan 2026. If you want to look back at what we have done and achieved during the past year, it's time for our yearly SSI highlights: www.software.ac.uk/news/softwar...

🎙️ In latest episode of @code4thought.bsky.social, Peter Schmidt talks to three SSI Fellows: Deborah Udoh, @jyoti-bhogal.bsky.social and Sangeeta Bathia. Find out more and listen to the episode at www.software.ac.uk/news/2025-ss...

Just days after the @softwaresaved.bsky.social announced the fellows for 2026, meet Deborah Udoh, Jyoti Boghal and Sangeeta Bhatia from this year's cohort. Find out what they've been up to in this episode [EN] of #code4thought, out on your podcast apps, YouTube & codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

🌊 We are happy to announce that the first #CollabW26 Keynote will be delivered by @malvikasharan.bsky.social. Find out more about Malvika and have a look at the draft programme at www.software.ac.uk/news/cw26-ke...

🇬🇷 Back in June, #SSIFellow @saskialawsontovey.bsky.social attended the ELIXIR All Hands meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece. Find out more about the event and her experience at www.software.ac.uk/blog/elixir-...

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund will open on Wed 28 Jan 2026. This round will accept applications for grants up to £150k and a duration of up to 12 months. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...

🧭 We are happy to announce our new #SSIFellows! Read more about this year's applications and the 2026 cohort at www.software.ac.uk/news/introdu...

💬 In our latest blog post #SSIFellow @mdsimpson.co.uk tells us more about his many roles at RSECon25 and his experience delivering a talk about mental health and the ConveRSE project. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/blog/convers...

◾ The first DisCouRSE Focus Group on Team Culture and Leadership in dRTP contexts will be held on Monday, 19 January at King’s College London. The session will explore how leadership can influence a healthy team culture in a dRTP context. Find out more: www.software.ac.uk/news/discour...

🔬 Join the next Digital Health Equity Seminar on Wed 10th December, 1–2pm (Zoom). 🔗 Find Zoom details & recordings of past seminars here: bit.ly/4lYG65z

Iulia Georgescu, science manager at @iop.org, has published a new @physicsworld.bsky.social feature titled "The forgotten pioneers of computational physics," tracing the origins of RSE and highlights the many figures whose contributions were overlooked: www.software.ac.uk/news/forgott...

🔎 The NFCS is currently exploring the benefits that establishing a federation of national, regional, and institutional computing resources within the UK could provide to researchers and service providers. Find out more and fill in the survey at www.software.ac.uk/news/nationa...

Final Call! OSR applications close 30 November! If you’ve been planning to apply, this is the moment. Join an international community of researchers & open science practitioners for a week of focus, creativity, collaboration, and connection in Machynlleth. Apply: buff.ly/6z1PhfU

🟩 The Cloud Native SIG team ran a workshop for people looking to get started with Kubernetes at RSECon25. Find out more about it and how to access the material in this blog post by #SSIFellow Laura Shemilt: www.software.ac.uk/blog/cloud-n...

🦢 Find out more about #SSIFellow @philreeddata.bsky.social's experience attending RSECon and leading a session on training resources for RSEs in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/reflect...

🌲 The Green RSE Special Interest Group (SIG) aims to embed sustainability more deeply into research software practice. One year after its launch, the Green RSE SIG returned to RSECon to share their progress and discuss new challenges. Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/blog/rses-ca...

🚀 Last chance to register to the Explore data science innovations at the EIDF session run by @epcc.bsky.social. The session will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25, starting at 10:00 AM (GMT). Find out more and secure your spot at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/explore-da...

💡 The UK government announced its AI for Science Strategy, setting out actions to ensure the UK is ready for the AI for science revolution. Building on that, the SSI is launching the Responsible AI in RSE study group. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/uk-gove...

🏙️ The second and final week of the Research Software Camp has drawn to a close, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and learned something new! Our last blog post brings together RSEs' perspectives on their careers across different fields and institutions: www.software.ac.uk/blog/early-c...

🏙️ Last week a session titled Building Sustainable Outreach: Reuse, Repurpose, Reinvent took place at the Research Software Camps. Find out more about it and what we can learn about sustainable outreach in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/buildin...

🏙️ Today's blog post in the Research Software Camp series explores how UCL’s Advanced Research Computing Centre has streamlined career paths for research technical professionals. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/blog/researc...

🌊 We are delighted to announce that applications for the Emerging Voices Financial Support Scheme are now open! If you'd like to attend #CollabW26 but need extra help to make it possible, have a look at the scheme details and apply by Fri 16 Jan 2026: www.software.ac.uk/news/collabo...

🏙️ We're well into the second week of the Research Software Camp and here is the fourth blog in the series. Find out more about the environmental cost of digital research tools and best practices at www.software.ac.uk/blog/green-s...

👥 The SSI EDIA Research Seminar: A Co-production Approach to understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research will take place on Wed 10 Dec, from 1-2pm via Zoom. Find out more about it and how to access the event at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-edi...

🏙️ Week one of the Research Software Camp is already over, and we hope you are as excited for what’s coming next as we are! In the meantime, check out our newest blog post on the many ways RSEs can shape their career paths: www.software.ac.uk/blog/beyond-...

🔵 The CAKE project has announced two new initiatives to strengthen collaboration and knowledge sharing across the UK’s DRI community: the CAKE Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fellowship and the CAKE Placements and Visits Programme. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/cake-la...

🏙️ Have you ever considered going on a knowledge exchange placement? Find out more about the benefits in our latest Research Software Camp blog: www.software.ac.uk/blog/what-kn...