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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 3d

Today is International RSE Day, where we celebrate the Research Software Engineers making vital contributions to research all over the world.

Join the celebration by sharing your stories and successes.

#InternationalRSEDay #RSEDay2025

The group photo from RSECon25 - a drone shot of about 400 people standing together in front of The Oculus at the University of Warwick

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 11d

RSECon25 is now a fading memory but don't worry RSECon26 is happening 9-11th Sept 2026 in sunny Sheffield

Have you considered getting involved and volunteering for the Organising Committee? If so you've got until 10th October to apply

society-rse.org/rsecon26-com...

#rse #rsecon26 #sheffield

RSECon26 Call for Conference Committee Members - Society of Research Software Engineering

RSECon26 Committee call is now open.

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 12d

Our September newsletter is out now! Check it out for highlights from #RSECon25, updates on RSECon26 (and IRSC26), as well as updates from the community, including International RSE Day 2025, which is happening on the 9th October.

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September 2025 Newsletter - Society of Research Software Engineering

Welcome to Autumn and to our post-conference September Newsletter. Headlines Our main news includes updates on this year’s Conference and some big announcements about the future. RSECon25 RSECon25…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 16d

This event was supported by the Events and Initiatives fund: society-rse.org/policy-for-s...

Policy for SocRSE Events and Initiatives Grant - Society of Research Software Engineering

The RSE society is able to provide financial support for events and initiatives which support our mission statement and charitable objectives (see our constitution section). In summary the objectives…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 16d

New blog post: The Digital Humanities & Research Software Engineering Summer School took place at King’s College London earlier this year.

Read more: society-rse.org/digital-huma...

Digital Humanities & Research Software Engineering Summer School - Society of Research Software Engineering

by Jonathan Blaney On possibly the hottest week of the summer, the Digital Humanities & Research Software Engineering Summer School took place between 30 June and 3 July, at King’s College London.…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 4

Reminder: please take part in our Community Survey.

Whether you're a paid member or just frequent the RSE Slack, we would like to hear from you: society-rse.org/society-of-r...

Society of RSE Community Survey 2025 - Society of Research Software Engineering

As part of our ongoing review of Society activities, we are pleased to announce that our 2025 Community Survey is now live. We’re inviting everyone in this fantastic community to share their thoughts…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 19d

Remember, the Society has a jobs page, where you can post and view RSE and related roles.

We currently have some vacancies at Newcastle University and the University of Oxford. #Vacancies #RSEng

society-rse.org/careers/vaca...

Vacancies - Society of Research Software Engineering

You can post a vacancy here for any role that involves a significant element of writing software for research, or supports the role of RSEs. Vacancies anywhere in the world are welcome. It is not a…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 20d

Have you enjoyed RSECon either this year or in the past?

Would you like to be involved in organising RSECon26 which is taking place 9-11th Sep 2026?

We have a call out for Committee Members, for details and application see

society-rse.org/rsecon26-com...

(Call closes 10th Oct 2025)

#rsecon26

RSECon26 Call for Conference Committee Members - Society of Research Software Engineering

RSECon26 Committee call is now open.

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

This year we had a new award for Green RSE sponsored by the SSI and recognising individuals making substantial contribution to environmental sustainability.

The winner of the inaugral Green RSE award was

Andy Turner 🎉

Congratulations Andy 👏

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

The Impact award goes to an individual who has made a significant impact on any part of the RSE community. The shortlisted nominees were...

Lukas Johannes Breitwieser
Jeremy Cohen
Dhruva Juloori

...and the winner was...

Lukas Johannes Breitwieser 🎉

Congratulations Lukas 👏

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

The Training Award goes to some who excelled at training and education. The shortlisted nominees were...

Samantha Ahern
Liam Berrisford
Aman Goel

...and the winner was...

Samantha Ahern 🎉

Congratulations Samantha 👏

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

The Rising Star award acknowledges contributions from early career researchers or those new to the RSE community. The shortlisted nominees were

Amna Batool
Romain Thomas
Florian Sihler

...and the winner was...

Florian Sihler 🎉

Congratulations Florian :👏

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

The winner of the Claire Wyatt Outsanding Contribution to RSE Community was...

🎉 Lyndsey Ballantyne 🎉

Who has done a fantastic job managing the RSE community and organising RSECon over the last few years.

Thank you for all your hard work Lyndsey ♥️

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

On Thursday last we announced the winners of the four community awards this year

Rising Star
Training and Education
Impact

...and for the first time the new...

Green RSE

We also announced the winner Claire Wyatt Oustanding Contribution to RSE Community Award

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

#RSECon25 has been and gone.

It wouldn't have been possible without the support of our sponsors so a big thank you.

rsecon25.society-rse.org/about-our-sp...

EPCC
2I2C
Met Office
Oxford Quantum Circuits
Software Sustainability Institute
Tokamak Energy
UCL Grand Challenges
UKRI

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About our sponsors - RSECon25

Join us for the ninth annual Research Software Engineering conference RSECon25, at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, from 9–11 September 2025. Learn, share, and build connections across the…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 27d

#RSECon25 has been and gone.

It wouldn't have been possible without the support of our sponsors so a big thank you.

rsecon25.society-rse.org/about-our-sp...

Bristol Center for Supercomputing (BriCS) / AIRR
Methods and Microsoft
Nuvolos
The Alan Turing Institute
AWE
AWE
EPCC
HDRUK / DAREU UK

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About our sponsors - RSECon25

Join us for the ninth annual Research Software Engineering conference RSECon25, at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, from 9–11 September 2025. Learn, share, and build connections across the…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 12

We hope you all enjoyed RSECon25. Thanks to everyone involved in organising and attending 🎉 🎉 🎉

RSECon26 will be in Sheffield next year (9-11th September). If you enjoyed this years conference why not consider joining the RSECon26 committee

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#RSECon25 #RSECon26

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 11

Next years #RSECon26 will be 9-11th September 2026 &co-located with the inaugural International Research Software Conference 7-8th September 2026 (www.researchsoft.org/irsc/ ) in Sheffield.

Want to help organise RSECon26 see society-rse.org/volunteer-at...

#RSECon25 #RSECon26 #IRSC26

Research Software Alliance

International Research Software Conference (IRSC)

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 11

Great keynote talk from Tania Allard on the importance of investing time and effort in the maintenance of key foundational software.

Thank you Tania 👏

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 11

📣 🎉 RSECon25 - Day 3 🎉 📣

Final day of RSECon starts with a keynote from Tania Allard

- Programme on Oxford Abstracts virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75166/...
- Conference announcements @rseconbot
- RSECon25 Slack : rsecon25.slack.com
- Use the #rsecon25 hashtag

#rsecon25 #conference #rse

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 10

Great talk from Marion Weinzierl (Let's stop pretending to be unicorns!) about better management of expectations of RSEs

In case you wondered where the RSE unicorn came from there is the quote from Cristin who designed the logo.

#rsecon25 #unicorns

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 10

Great closing quote from Graham Lee in this mornings Track A talk on Where do people come from?

"RSE is more than a technical discipline, its a social movement aiming to revolutionise how research engages with software." - Graham Lee

#RSECon25

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 10

If you're at #RSECon25 this week and have a spare 15-20 minutes then swing by the Societies stall and tell us your RSE story.

society-rse.org/careers/rse-...

#RSECon25

RSE Stories - Society of Research Software Engineering

Welcome to RSE Stories, a collection of interviews and shared experiences from community members. These are intended to celebrate the diversity of people and roles within research software…

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 10

Excellent Emerging Voices talks this morning.

Ana Rodrigues Cavalcante talked on the challenges of working with health research data and Pipe Fowler-Wright made an excellent case for transferable skills.

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#RSECon25 #emergingvoices

Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 10

Great keynote this morning from Simon Hettrick

"If we don't recognise everyone who is vital to research, we limit our ability to conduct research." - Simon Hettrick on the changing landscape of assessing research output assessment.

Slides at slides.com/simonhettric...

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