The 2026 International RSE Survey is now live! This survey will help us better understand what RSEs need and how we can advocate for the community with policymakers and funders. We'd really appreciate your input. Please share with your networks. #RSEng www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you" American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS. Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb

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www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-mayo... Local Green voices in our community, Hampshire & Isle of Wight. Thank you for all donations so far! See link 💚

Risk-averse universities ‘hindering own REF performance’. Hidden REF Festival: Institutions urged to “pull their socks up” and submit more non-traditional outputs. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Here's a better idea: every data centre you build, you build enough renewable energy to power it, and you supply the waste heat from your cooling system to power homes and businesses nearby. Simple. Common sense. And fair.

I don’t think privatisation was just a ‘failed experiment’… it was planned theft from the public under the guise of whatever their stated reasons were. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lovely stuff m.youtube.com/shorts/wIPVZ...

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain. A country remade by privatisation. Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life. 🧵

It's a 5 horse race with 4 'meh' to terrible options... But get behind the Greens and we can win! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-mayo...

Do you, or someone you know, work in sensitive data curation in the UK? Please have a read about this HDR UK-led, UKRI DRI-funded project on skills for sensitive data curation. Link to the survey in the article. Please share with your networks! www.hdruk.ac.uk/study-and-tr...

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?

✨Calling all academic coders! Share your views on open source in academia ✨ TL;DR 🚀Survey on contributing to open source projects in academia 👉 southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... ⏰ Approx 20 mins. 📅 Closes 30 September 🌍 Open to anyone in academia, anywhere in the world (1/6)

It’s an arms race. Courtesy of @darrencullen.bsky.social

Opinion: Vague rules will not dispel the REF’s climate of caution. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

"policies that drown people bad" excellently presented by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social Labour & Tories both tying themselves in knots trying to defend cruelty. There are alternatives to the hostile & failed policies currently in place, neither party seem willing to even consider

Can your work be submitted to REF2029? The latest episode of What the REF for your listening pleasure.

I recently spoke to Emily Bastable, FHEA about our Software Sustainability Institute report, 'Digital and Professional Skills for Industry: Understanding Employers and Graduates Experiences'. 1/3 shows.acast.com/the-work-fut...

Episode 3 of What the REF?! Is out now on YouTube and your podcast app. youtu.be/uHRQjNqY6CY

Water industry lobbyists tried to inflate the value of failing firms. Now it’s clear: bringing them into public ownership could cost close to £0. There’s support across the spectrum for public ownership. Action is a matter of political will. @cmmonwealth.bsky.social @ewanmg.bsky.social

🎙️ Podcast episode 2 is out now What the REF should we call these outputs?! Listen to What the REF?! via our website hidden-ref.org/what-the-ref/, on YouTube or wherever you usually find your podcasts. Have a question about REF you'd like answered? 👉 [email protected]

Episode 2 is out now! 'What the REF?!' is a podcast explaining everything you need to know about the UK's Research Excellence Framework, as well as promoting the value of 'non-traditionally submitted outputs' alongside traditional journal articles and books.

I had fun producing this podcast. On YouTube and your podcast app now!

I had fun producing this podcast. On YouTube and your podcast app now!

📢 Registration is now open 📢 Join us on 7-8 October 2025 at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum for the second Festival of Hidden REF! Explore the indicative schedule, learn more on our website or head straight to the registration page to secure your place! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-festiv...

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Want to know about the technical and professional skills that graduates (bachelors, masters, PhD and RSE) bring to software engineering and data science roles in industry? What about the skill gaps and the causes of those gaps? Evidence from employers, industry stakeholders and graduates. 👇

Our report on the technical and professional skills needed for software engineering in industry is now available! www.software.ac.uk/news/digital... 1/4

📄 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...

Our report on the technical and professional skills needed for software engineering in industry is now available! www.software.ac.uk/news/digital... 1/4

🟥 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...

@labourlewis.bsky.social Thank you Clive for standing up for our natural world by supporting the climate and nature bill. Labour don’t deserve you.