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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 20h

This year, RSE Day comes just a day after the @us-rse.bsky.social conference #USRSE25 in Philadelphia this week, at which our Associate Director of Technology, Maneesha Sane, was present.

Let us know if you also attended and met any other members of The Carpentries community there!

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 20h

Happy International RSE Day to all the Research Software Engineers in our community! 💫 #InternationalRSEDay #RSEDay2025

We feel proud that so many members of The Carpentries community are in this vital role for research. We appreciate and celebrate you today. 💙

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US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) @us-rse.bsky.social · 1d

Happy International #RSE Day! US-RSE is proud to join with our worldwide partners to celebrate RSEs and their impact on advancing research.

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 1d

Our Associate Director of Community @angeliquetrusler.bsky.social is at #pyconafrica2025! She's engaging with the Africa Pycon community, and on Friday at 09h30 she'll be on the panel, 'Teaching Meets Practice: Building Stronger Code Education Together'. 🌟

For more details: za.pycon.org/schedule/

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Only 7 days left to apply!

The Bioconductor Course in West Africa closes applications on October 15th, 2025. Don't miss this chance to enhance your bioinformatics skills and connect with the Bioconductor community.

🔗 Apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Bioinformatics #Bioconductor

Building with palm trees in front, hosting the Bioconductor Benin 2025 Course. The image promotes applications for the Bioconductor Course in West Africa, closing on October 15, 2025.

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 3d

⏳ Few more days to go!

Our community survey is closing on on Friday, 10 October. Your input will help us co-create a membership model that supports you and our global community.

Take the survey now. 👉 carpentries.typeform.com/to/toWWTXNW

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 4d

Upcoming community sessions next week
carpentries.org/community/ev...
Events are in UTC Time :

📣 Welcome Session with The Carpentries
07 October 12:00
08 October 14:00

🇦🇺 🇳🇿 AU & NZ Instructors: Pre & post workshop meet up
09 October 00:00

Community Events

There are many opportunities to join community meetings, subcommittees and debriefing sessions. Find links to them on this Etherpad, and subscribe to the Google calendar below or use this ics feed to…

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 9d

Free for anyone to attend—please feel free to share with your friends, colleagues, or communities who might be interested.

Registration is limited, so we encourage you to sign up early.

Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/software-c...

We can’t wait to learn with you!

Software Carpentry with Python: Coding for Beginners

This event is an example-driven three-day workshop on basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises.

www.eventbrite.com

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 9d

Software Carpentry Python Workshop – Join Us This November!

We’re excited to invite you to our free workshop, open to all!

📅 : 4-6 Nov
⏰ : 9 am-2 pm Eastern Time (UTC -5)
🛜 : Online

This workshop is interactive and hands-on, providing basic lab skills for those in research computing roles.

Software Carpentry with Python: Coding for Beginners

This event is an example-driven three-day workshop on basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises.

www.eventbrite.com

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 10d

Congratulations!

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 11d

Upcoming community sessions next week
carpentries.org/community/ev...
Events are in UTC Time :

📣 Workbench Transition Coworking
29 Sep 08:00 & 18:00

📣 US Midwest Community Call
1 Oct 17:00

📣 HPC Carpentry Community Call
2 Oct 11:00 & 21:00

📣 CarpentriesOffline Community Call
3 Oct 13:00

Community Events

There are many opportunities to join community meetings, subcommittees and debriefing sessions. Find links to them on this Etherpad, and subscribe to the Google calendar below or use this ics feed to…

carpentries.org

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Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 15d

Glad to have played a small part in helping make this happen. If you're Oxford uni-based, follow RROx for various reproducible research opportunities. Or otherwise, check out the Carpentries, they're a great resoure

Reproducible Research Oxford (RROx) @rr-ox.bsky.social · 16d

Pleased to have hosted our workshop “Python Essentials with Git for Data Analysis” at the Weston Library in Oxford — a superb venue for two great days of learning.

A huge thank you to our organisers, instructors, and helpers for making this workshop possible!

#Oxford #Reproducibility #Carpentries

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Reproducible Research Oxford (RROx) @rr-ox.bsky.social · 16d

Pleased to have hosted our workshop “Python Essentials with Git for Data Analysis” at the Weston Library in Oxford — a superb venue for two great days of learning.

A huge thank you to our organisers, instructors, and helpers for making this workshop possible!

#Oxford #Reproducibility #Carpentries

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@3xfactorial @3xfactorial.bsky.social · 16d

Please check out ukrainian-carpentries.github.io for links to Ukrainian translations of @carpentries.carpentries.org Git and UNIX shell lessons!

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 17d

As our Executive team @drkariljordan.bsky.social @erinstellabecker.bsky.social states, our decision to withdraw was grounded in our commitment to The Carpentries' core values, which explicitly promote diversity, equity and inclusion in programming. "[DEI programming is] baked into everything we do.”

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 17d

The Carpentries is again in the news, this time in @science.org. Our decision to withdraw from the National Science Foundation's POSE grant funding is discussed in this article criticising how Trump directives are undermining the NSF's 75-year history of independence: www.science.org/content/arti...

Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history

Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research

www.science.org

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Netherlands eScience Center @esciencecenter.bsky.social · 22d

Check out the upcoming RST-NL events!

🔸9 October: a small free Software trainers meet-up
🔸5 and 19 November: Research Software Support Training
🔸5 March: Annual RST-NL day
🔸Carpentries Instructor Trainings. Dates to be announced

For more information see
researchsoftwaretraining.nl/opportunitie...

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Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 22d

🔵 The Carpentries have recently published a new version of Building Better Research Software, a lesson in The Carpentries Incubator designed to serve as a “next steps” workshop after Software Carpentry. Find out more about it and how to get involved at: www.software.ac.uk/news/calling...

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 18d

📣Welcome Session with The Carpentries
23 Sep 22:00

📣Creating a workshop website
24 Sep 14:00

📣African Carpentries Community Call
25 Sep 10:00

📣Ukrainian Carpentries Community Call
26 Sep 13:00

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 18d

Upcoming community sessions next week
carpentries.org/community/ev...
Events are in UTC Time :

📣 AI Carpentry Coworking (User Workshop)
22 Sep 11:00 & 19:00

📣 UK Carpentries Community Call
22 Sep 15:00

📣AI Carpentry Coworking (Developer Workshop)
23 Sep 11:00 & 19:00

Community Events

There are many opportunities to join community meetings, subcommittees and debriefing sessions. Find links to them on this Etherpad, and subscribe to the Google calendar below or use this ics feed to…

carpentries.org

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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 23d

Help us put the final touches to the future of Carpentries membership. Share your feedback on programs, services, and community in our survey today.

Learn more and take the survey 👉 www.carpentries.org/blog/2025/09...

We're Almost There: Share Your Input on The Carpentries' New Membership Model

The Carpentries is evolving — and so is our membership program. To remain a strong, sustainable community of practice, we are finalising a new model that reflects today’s realities, tomorrow’s opportu...

www.carpentries.org

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Daniel Bangert @danielbangert.bsky.social · 24d

📢 New vacancy! We are looking for a Project Coordinator @4turesearchdata.bsky.social to work on building digital skills training using the methods and networks of @carpentries.carpentries.org. This is a part-time position for 2 years: careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Pr...
#OpenScience #FAIRdata

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Wildly Open @wildly-open.bsky.social · 23d

We are honoured to be facilitating this strategic convening of five mission-driven open science organisations - @carpentries.carpentries.org, OLS, @ropensci.org, @pyopensci.org, @prereview.bsky.social.

The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 25d

🌱 From surviving to thriving: 5 leading open science orgs – The Carpentries, OLS, @ropensci.org @pyopensci.org & @prereview.bsky.social – are convening to build sustainable, connected futures for our communities.

Read more: www.carpentries.org/blog/2025/09...
#OpenScience #Sustainability #Community

From Surviving to Thriving: A Convening to Reclaim and Sustain Open Science Communities

Open science has transformed how research is conducted, shared, and reused. Yet the organisations at the heart of this transformation are often left vulnerable, underfunded, and disconnected from one ...

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PREreview @prereview.bsky.social · 24d

🌱 Open science orgs are stronger together 💪

Together with @carpentries.carpentries.org, OLS , @ropensci.org, @pyopensci.org we are convening to move from Surviving → Thriving.

Read how we’re charting a sustainable, collective path forward: content.prereview.org/from-survivi...

#OpenScience

Logos of the five participating organizations (top to bottom: The Carpentries, PREreview, rOpenSci, OLS, pyOpenSci) enclosed in grey ovals along the border of a larger grey circle. Inside the circle at the top is text in all caps spelling “STRONGER TOGETHER.” Below that is an image of several arms and hands closed in a fist. At the bottom of the image is text spelling “Building resilience in open science starts with collaboration” with the words “resilience” and “collaboration bolded.

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 25d

Great to see this forward looking collaborative work being done by @carpentries.carpentries.org @ropensci.org @pyopensci.org @prereview.bsky.social and Open Life Science

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