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Highlights of the Fellowship Programme 2021 Launch Webinar

The SSI Fellowship Programme 2021 Launch Webinar took place on 14 January and provided information about the Institute, the Fellowship Programme, the application process and considerations with regard to COVID-19.

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Tips for Managing your Project’s Increasing Complexity: Part 2

As projects grow, the complexity of their implementation also grows. SSI Fellow Dr Edward Fisher examines best practices and methods that will allow you to handle complexity in both the technical and managerial domains of your project.
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Tips for Managing your Project’s Increasing Complexity: Part 1

As projects grow, the complexity of their implementation also grows. SSI Fellow Dr Edward Fisher examines best practices and methods that will allow you to handle complexity in both the technical and managerial domains of your project.
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News

Registration open: Live Q&A with Chris Hartgerink at the Research Software Camp on research accessibility

Registration is now open for the Live Q&A session with Chris Hartgerink (Liberate Science) at our Research Software Camp on research accessibility.
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Launch of new Lesson Study Groups programme

In collaboration with The Carpentries and some members of the Carpentry community, we are launching the Lesson Study Groups - a new programme to support community members wishing to develop new lessons in The Carpentries Incubator. 
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Deadline for Fellowship Programme applications is 7 February

The deadline for applications to the Software Sustainability Institute’s Fellowship Programme 2021 has been extended to 23:59 GMT on Sunday 7 February. 

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Events

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Research Software Camp: Research Accessibility

Our inaugural online Research Software Camp on Research Accessibility will take place from 22 February to 5 March 2021.

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Collaborations Workshop 2021

Collaborations Workshop 2021 (CW21) takes place from Tuesday, 30 March to Thursday, 1 April 2021 online. The Software Sustainability Institute’s Collaborations Workshop series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software.
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Collaborations Workshop 2020

Collaborations Workshop 2020 (CW20) takes place from Tuesday, 31st March to Thursday, 2nd April 2020 online. The Software Sustainability Institute’s Collaborations Workshop series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software.
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"We are in a position to fundamentally reorganise the heart of the software. By doing so, this will enable us to maintain the software into the future and facilitate the process of adding new functionality to the software ... SSI can assist in having software usable by others not just for a few months or a year, but rather for a much longer software lifetime"

- Eric Rexstad, Distance