💬 #SSIFellow @codemonkey_mike has launched a new initiative names ConveRSE. The ConveRSE website will serve as a hub for mental health information and support, including updates on the progress of his fellowship and collaborations with others in the community. Find out more at
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/converse-lets-talk-about-mental-health

🔥 We are pleased to announce the The Turing Way Fireside Chat Series on Governance, co-hosted by The Turing Way and the SSI. This series brings together experts and community members to explore the many dimensions of governance in research and open science. Find out more about the events at:
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/turing-way-fireside-chat-series-governance

🟣 Find out more about #SSIFellow Saskia Lawson-Tovey's experience attending the Fellowship of the Data - International RDM Community Meeting in our latest blog post:
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/fellowship-data-international-rdm-community-meeting

🍃 We are excited to announce that we are sponsoring the new Green RSE Award, debuting at RSECon25 to recognise individuals making outstanding contributions to environmental sustainability in research software. Find out more at https://www.software.ac.uk/news/green-rse-award-celebrate-sustainable-research-software

🟢 In our latest blog post #SSIFellow @codemonkey_mike tells us more about his experience becoming a Mental Health First Aider as part of his Fellowship activities. Read the full story at
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/becoming-mental-health-first-aider

📄 RSEs will come together at Supercomputing 2025 for a workshop that will strengthen international networks of RSEs and RSE leaders. If you'd like to take part, the call for abstracts is now open. Find out more about it an how to apply at
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/supercomputing-2025-call-abstracts

🛣️ More than a month has passed since #CollabW25 but we're still reflecting an all the great sessions and conversations that took place. Find a recap of all that happened in our latest report as well as links to our recordings and a special video featuring some of this year's delegates:
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/collaborations-workshop-2025-report

⚫ @BioFAIRUK has launched its fellowship programme. BioFAIR Fellows will become ambassadors for excellence in research workflow and data management across the UK life science research community, and will contribute to the creation of the BioFAIR People Commons.
Find out more about this initiative and how to apply at https://www.software.ac.uk/news/biofair-fellowship-programme

🔼 The NES Col-Lab Retreat will take place in Schoorl, Netherlands, from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 August. The event will bring together researchers, data stewards, software engineers and support staff with an affinity for the Natural and Engineering Sciences. Find out more and register at
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/nes-col-lab-retreat-27-29-august

🔥 This year, we are launching a brand new series of The Turing Way Fireside Chat Series in collaboration with the Software Sustainability Institute (@SoftwareSaved)! 🔥

📝 Mark your calendar and 🔗 register to attend some or all the sessions: https://the-turing-way-fireside-chats.start.page

Co-organised by @oscarseip from @SoftwareSaved and @malvikasharan and Arielle Bennett from the @turingway, this series will dive deep into different aspects of governance in open science and research.

See the thread below for more 👇

I'm speaking at #GeomobEdi tomorrow (Tues 24th)! A compressed re-run of recent talks on open source hardware for environmental sensing, what colleagues and friends are experimenting with, my dreams for using @SoftwareSaved 's Fellowship support to build the case for treating research hardware the same way we treat research software, cautionary tales about accidentally building behaviour modification surveillance infrastructure, whatever i can fit into 10 minutes!

https://community.thedatalab.com/events/181676

🟥 We're delighted to have received 360 Expressions of Interest for the Research Software Maintenance Fund. This reflects the remarkable level of creativity, ambition, and engagement from across the community. However, it also means we need to make some changes to how we review EoIs to ensure that the process remains fair, manageable, and consistent for all applicants. Find out more in our latest update at
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/research-software-maintenance-fund-update-review-process

🛣️ The DIRECT framework is a community-developed approach to mapping digital research skills and competencies into a framework to support diverse progression pathways. Find out more about it and the latest developments at #CollabW25: https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/work-skills-and-competencies-digital-research-professionals-cw25

🔍 Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) is inviting professionals working in technical roles within health data science to participate in a short survey aimed at shaping the future language used to describe their work. Find out more and access the survey at https://www.software.ac.uk/news/hdr-uk-launches-survey-about-technical-roles-health-data-science

👩‍🏫 In this blog post by SSI Fellow Kasia Banas we learn more about the Edinburgh Winter School 2025 and any tips and tricks for those that want to run similar events. Read the full story at:
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/winter-school-2025-organisers-tips-and-tricks

🟥 The call for Expressions of Interest for the first round of the Research Software Maintenance Fund has officially closed with an incredible 361 applications received! A huge thank you to everyone who applied.
Find out more about the RSFM at https://www.software.ac.uk/programmes/research-software-maintenance-fund

One of the many, many highlights from @SoftwareSaved #CollabW25 was getting to meet my fellow Fellows and hearing about all the fascinating and varied work that everyone is doing. Still feeling amazed and honoured to be among them!

🗺️ In our latest blog post SSI Fellow @GodwinYeboah explores the prospects of Digital Arts and Humanities Research Software Engineers (DAHRSEs) in the Midlands for AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards: https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/prospects-dahrses-midlands-ahrc-doctoral-landscape-awards

During my recent visit to the UK, in addition to participating in the Collaborations Workshop 2025 hosted by the @SoftwareSaved I was also invited to visit @EPCC at the #universityofedinburgh and speak about my work for the RSE Asia Association.

✍️ Here I share a blog post about my experience of the visit to @EPCC https://jyoti-bhogal.github.io/about-me/blog/2025-05-27_epcc_talk/