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Welcome to the July edition of the RSE Society Newsletter. We’ve got several updates about RSECon26 as you would expect this close to the conference! There are also some important Society business announcements as well as some updates from our members.
The Society of Research Software Engineering is holding its annual Trustee elections for 2026. 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...
The Trustees and conference committee would like to share some updates on our upcoming annual conference, which will take place in Sheffield in September this year.
RSECon26 will go ahead at The Wave at the University of Sheffield as planned. The trustees and the RSECon26 steering committee have been monitoring the dispute between UCU and the University of Sheffield and weighing our options. This was a difficult and finely balanced decision, and we set out our reasoning below. Hopefully, this...
On Wednesday 3rd September 2025, the Society of Research Software Engineering held our AGM at RSECon25 at the University of Warwick. 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...
Welcome to the June edition of the RSE Society Newsletter. We’ve got some updates from the Society and our working groups, and lots of community updates to get through, so let’s dive in!
The biannual RSE Leaders & Aspiring Leaders Meeting took place on Monday 15 June at the University of Durham. Hosted jointly by Durham University Advanced Research Computing, SocRSE’s Policy & Funding Working Group, and the RSE Leaders Network SIG, the event brought together members of the community to think about policy and advocacy for...
by Jost Migenda, Talks Chair for RSECon26 RSECon is a conference organised by the community, for the community. From the annual open call to join the RSECon committee, to offering mentoring to less experienced presenters, to the Emerging Voices plenary, we make a deliberate effort to encourage new community members to participate—because we know:...
By Carlos Cámara-Menoyo The combination of domain knowledge, technical expertise and profound understanding of research makes RSEs a versatile and diverse profile that can contribute in many ways to make research better. Many RSEs are involved in the teaching of methods, technologies or skills (i.e, Digital Research Competencies) needed for research. In a context...
We would like to announce that the seventh round of Society Trustee elections will take place in September 2026. Every year, a number of the current trustees stand down, and a new batch of trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will take place at RSECon26 in Sheffield The Society is...