🛠️ The Carpentries is hosting a new series of GenAI + Teaching Discussions, bringing educators together to share their experiences. The first call will take place on Thursday 18 June. Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/genai-t...

🟠 Our new guide on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Research Software Engineering Space by PJ Annand explores what EDIB means in practice and how to embed it in your work and communities. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui...

🏳️‍🌈 #SSIFellow @ellakaye.co.uk focused her Fellowship project on growing @rainbowr.org, a community for LGBTQ+ people who code in R. Find out more about their first in-person leadership work-sprint in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/rainbow...

💬 Researchers at the University of Manchester are inviting Research Technicians and Technology & Skills Specialists across all disciplines to share their experiences in a short survey. Find out more and fill in the survey by Monday 15 June: www.software.ac.uk/news/calling...

🟢 We are proud to partner with the Research Software Alliance for the inaugural International Research Software Conference (IRSC). We look forward to the IRSC providing a global platform that brings together the research software community. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/blog/resa-an...

🌊 It has been three weeks since the end of Collaborations Workshop 2026 and we're still thinking about all the amazing conversations we had. Look back at #CollabW26, find out more about the sessions, and access the recordings in our report at www.software.ac.uk/blog/collabo...

🟢 As part of our new series on Green Computing, we are pleased to announce the Introduction to Green Computing guide, written by Jyoti Bhogal and Caterina Doglioni. Find out more about the guide and how to access it at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui...

📗 The inaugural Teaching and Training SIG Community Days will take place on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 July. Find out more about the event and how to register at www.software.ac.uk/news/teachin...

🪙 #SSIFellow Phil Reed shares his reflections from a course on writing successful funding applications, including the transferable lessons he's bringing back to his academic practice. Read the full post at www.software.ac.uk/blog/transfe...

🟣 As part of our new series on Artificial Intelligence in research software, we have published a new guide: Getting Started with ML and AI in Research Software, written by Paul J. Wright. Find out more about the guide and how to access it at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui...

🇨🇭 The Swiss Research Software Engineering (RSE) Annual Conference 2026 will take place on 31 August 2026 at the CAB Building, ETH Zurich. Find out more about it and how to register at www.software.ac.uk/news/annual-...

📣 New funding opportunity. Today, we're launching our inaugural call for proposals for open source software that underpins data-intensive research and AI-driven discovery in the life sciences. 1/ os4science.org/funding_oppo...

This week's RSE Seminar introduces EVERSE and RSQKit, exploring how these best practices can form part of real research. Speaker: Michael Sparks @softwaresaved.bsky.social 🗓️ Thurs 14 May 1:00-2:00pm UK time talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2... Zoom: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/8647611765... Passcode: 788395

🌅 We're delighted to share that our Director, Neil Chue Hong, is serving on the Scientific Advisory Board for the newly launched @os4science.org. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/announc...

⭕ SSI's Ben Thomas, Simon Hettrick, and Philippa Broadbent have co-authored two new HDR UK publications on sensitive data curation skills. Find out more and how to access them at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-con...

🗞️ SSI's Simon Hettrick and Philly Broadbent have been featured in a Nature article titled "How hidden contributions power modern research." Find out more about it and access the full article at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-sta...

🎓 The Industry Skills Training Bootcamp, developed by the SSI, addresses the skill gaps many early-career software engineers face when transitioning from study to an industry setting. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/blog/industr...

🟥 The deadline to apply to join the reviewer pool for Round 2 of the RSMF is the 10th of May. Reviewers will be asked to: - Assess approximately 12 applications - Attend one full online panel day - Commit the equivalent of around two to three working days in total

🔍️ We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSE Data Competition is Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal! Read more about the analyses developed by Saranjeet and the other finalists at www.software.ac.uk/news/rse-dat...

🟠 As part of our new series on Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in research software, we have published a new guide, Inclusive Event Planning from Start to Finish, written by Laura Crawford. Find out more about the guide and how to access it at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui...

🌳 We are pleased to announce that the Green RSE Award is returning for 2026! The award is designed to recognise individuals making outstanding contributions to environmental sustainability in research software.

🌊 The energy from #CollabW26 is still with us! It's been just a few days since we left Belfast, but the connections made and work accomplished will inspire us for months to come. Swipe through to relive the highlights, from our group photo to the brilliant winning teams from the Hack Day.

🌊 The Hack Day is now over. Congratulations to all the winners! And thank you to all of you for taking part and making this another unforgettable Collaborations Workshop

🌊 The Hack Day is finally here! For those attending in person, please remember to enter ICC Belfast from the Cityside Entrance and that our plenary room for today is the Studio. Another thank you to our sponsors Society of Research Software Engineering, DataKind, and NI-HPC for their support.

🌊 A huge thank you to our Events Manager Kyro Hartzenberg for all her work making Collaborations Workshop 2026 possible.

🌊 With the announcement of the Collaborative Ideas prizes, the first segment of Collaborations Workshop 2026 has officially concluded. We hope these past few days have been productive and inspiring for all attendees.

🌊 The team behind the Digital Research Competencies (DIRECT) Framework has announced the release of version 2.0.0, marking the third anniversary of the DIRECT project. Look out for their session later today at #CollabW26. www.software.ac.uk/news/new-ver...

🌊 Join us in Hall2a for today's welcome and the keynote by Eleanor Broadway. And do not forget to use the #CollabW26 hashtag to share your impressions of Collaborations Workshop.

🌊 Welcome to Day 2 of Collaborations Workshop 2026. We hope you are ready to dive back in! A big thank you again to our sponsors Society of RSE, DataKind, and NI-HPC for their support.

🌊 Day 1 of Collaborations Workshop 2026 has drawn to a close. We hope you had constructive discussions and are ready for another full day tomorrow. And for those joining us at the Gala Dinner, the drinks reception will start at the Lagan Suite, Hilton Belfast, at 18:30.

🌊 Join us in Hall 2a for the Welcome to Collaborations Workshop 2026 and do not forget to use the hashtag #CollabW26 to share your experience throughout the day!

🌊 Welcome to Day 1 of Collaborations Workshop 2026! A thank you to our Gold Sponsors Society of Research Software Engineering, DataKind, and NI-HPC for their generous support.

🌊 Collaborations Workshop starts tomorrow! To get the momentum going, dive into this guest blog post featuring our #CollabW26 Gold Sponsor, DataKind: www.software.ac.uk/blog/keeping...

🟢 Registration for the International Research Software Conference (IRSC) is now open via Eventbrite! IRSC will take place on 7 and 8 September 2026, co-locating with RSEcon26 in Sheffield, UK. Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/news/registr...

🟥 A total of 229 Expression of Interest were received for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund. Of these 61 were invited to submit a full application, due by Wednesday 20 May 2026, 16:00 BST. Read the full news item at www.software.ac.uk/news/researc...

🔵 The next EIDF Town Hall meeting will take place Tuesday, 5 May. The event is dedicated to showcasing how the Edinburgh International Data Facility's private research cloud infrastructure can support R&D activities. Find out more about it and how to register at www.software.ac.uk/news/eidf-to...

🎯 In January 2026, #SSIFellow @mdsimpson.co.uk attended the first DisCouRSE network focus group, which aimed to explore different ideas and practices around leadership and team culture for Digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs). Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/blog/discour...

🔍️ Over the last decade, SSI and our international partners have gathered heaps of data. We shared this dataset and are now pleased to announce the three finalists from our RSE Data Competition. Voting is open from Wed 15 Apr to Wed 6 May. Find the finalists here: www.software.ac.uk/news/voting-...

🗺️ The Software Sustainability Institute and Lingnan University, Hong Kong, are proud to jointly feature a webinar on AI world models. The event will take place online on Friday 17 April between 9 and 10.30 BST. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/ai-imag...

🌊 We are delighted to announce the final Gold Sponsor for #CollabW26, NI-HPC, a UK Tier-2 National HPC facility funded by EPSRC and jointly managed by Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/ni-hpc-...

🌊 We are delighted to announce that our second #CollabW26 gold sponsor is DataKind, a global nonprofit that builds and deploys AI and data science solutions for public benefit organisations. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/datakin...

🟨 The Reasonable Performance Computing Special Interest Group (SIG-RPC) was founded in September 2024, following feedback to a talk delivered by #SSIFellow Robert Chisholm at RSECon24. Read more about it in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/15-mont...

🐦‍⬛ In our latest blog pt #SSIFellow Jo Walsh tells us more about a workshop held at KWMC for people interested in finding out how to use technology to detect and identify nature. Read the full story at www.software.ac.uk/blog/kwmc-li...

🧭 Submissions for two of the CHARTED flexible funds are now open. CHARTED aims to make the training landscape easier to navigate for both new and experienced digital Research Technical Professionals. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/call-su...

🎓 The Building Better Research Software workshop, which will take place from Tue 5 to Fri 8 May, aims to teach tools and practices for producing and sharing quality, sustainable and FAIR research software. Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/buildin...

🌊 Final phase tickets for Collaborations Workshop 2026 will be available until 12 noon on Wednesday 8 April. If you have not done so already, hurry up and secure your spot at #CollabW26: www.software.ac.uk/news/sale-en...

⌨️ The Intermediate Research Software Development Course will take place on 13 - 16 April 2026 at the University of Manchester and will be delivered by EPCC (Chris Wood and Evgenij Belikov) with the help from SSI and Manchester RIT. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/interme...

🔎 A reminder that the dRTP Training Landscape Survey 2026 will close next Tuesday, 31 March. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/shaping...

We are pleased to announce the Digital Humanities & Research Software Engineering Summer School 2026, taking place at the University of Manchester from Monday 29 June to Thursday 2 July 2026. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/dh-rse-...

🌊 The deadline to purchase General Admission (in-person) tickets for Collaborations Workshop 2026 is 11:59pm on 31 March. Hurry up an secure your spot now! Find out more about the event and what is included in remote and in-person tickets at www.software.ac.uk/news/last-ch...