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My first RSECon as a Research Software Engineer

This year’s RSECon in Newcastle (6th-8th September 2022) was my first time attending RSECon as an RSE. The reason why I say “as an RSE,” is because way back in 2019, whilst I was still an astronomy PhD student, I managed to convince my supervisor that I should attend RSECon, because, hey, this might be a future career path for me – and it actually became my career path at the end of last year.

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Capitalising on an international award: Research and Innovation at the Digital Preservation Awards 2022

Panagiotis Papageorgiou discusses the journey to and impact of winning the Research and Innovation Award funded by the SSI, at the lastest edition of the Digital Preservation Awards.
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The computational access guide and a panel at iPres

SSI Fellow Leontien Talboom discusses their panel session at iPres which discussed further themes and topics from the computational access guide.
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News

Befriending Your Inner Critic recordings available

As part of our Research Software Camp: Supporting Mental Health, SSI Research Associate and accredited mindfulness teacher  Anita Banerji ran a workshop on Befriending Your Inner Critic. The recordings of her talks and mindfulness sessions are now available to watch and listen to.
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New Code for Thought episode: Code Reviews with GitHub

In today's episode of the Code For Thought podcast Peter Schmidt talks to Thibault Lestang from Imperial about code reviews and GitHub.
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Events

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Collaborations Workshop 2023 (CW23)

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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