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Our regular newsletter announces new Society initiatives, and gathers RSE news, events, blogs, papers and anything interesting and relevant together in one place. We are keen to feature content from our members, so if you have any ideas for items to be included, please submit them using the form below.

October 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to Autumn and to our October Newsletter, where you get to meet your new trustees and find out about other events and opportunities from the community! Headlines Our main news includes the announcement of the new trustees and their roles following the voting at RSECon25. Trustee Roles Assigned The first meeting with the...

Reflections on the Hidden Cost Bursary at RSECon25

by Laura Crawford When we first talked about introducing a Hidden Costs Bursary for RSECon25, the idea came from recognising that financial barriers to attendance don’t stop at travel, accommodation and food. Those are the expenses most workplaces and bursary schemes cover, but there are plenty of other costs that quietly make attending a...

September 2025 Newsletter

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 took place at the University of Warwick earlier this month. We welcomed 434 people in person and 53 online for three days, of 60 talks, workshops...

Digital Humanities & Research Software Engineering Summer School

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. This annual event aims to give people interested in technology and the Humanities a sense of what kind of work RSEs in...

August 2025 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our August newsletter, the final newsletter before this year’s RSE Conference! Headlines Our main news includes updates on the Conference, this year’s Trustee elections and our community survey. 2025 AGM Annoucnement The Society will be holding it’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in September as part of RSECon25. The current trustees...

Society AGM Announcement 2025

The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Society of Research Software Engineering will be held at 17:00 – 18:00 on Wednesday 10th September 2025 in room OC1.05, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK as part of RSECon25. Purpose The purpose of the AGM is for the trustees to update the Society’s members on...

Society of RSE Community Survey 2025

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 on how they engage with the community and membership benefits currently offered by the Society. You can complete the survey by...

2025 Trustee Elections and Candidate Statements

The Society of Research Software Engineering is holding its annual Trustee elections for 2025. In this blog post, we will outline the process and introduce you to the candidates. All valid members at the moment of polling will be emailed instructions to vote, including their personal voting token. Please follow the link in the...

Society AGM 2024 Report

On Wednesday 4th of September 2024, the Society of Research Software Engineering held our AGM at RSECon24 in Newcastle. In this blog post, we summarise the key outcomes of the AGM, namely the standing down and election of members of the board of trustees. We have also included a recording of the meeting, along...