DAHRSE-Midlands

⭕ In November 2025, the Digital Arts and Humanities Research Software Engineers Midlands (@dahrse-midlands.bsky.social) community gathered online for its first meeting. Find out more about the event and outcomes in our latest blog post by #SSIFellow Godwin Yeboah:
www.software.ac.uk/blog/co-crea...

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🎟️ Tickets now available!

Join us on 20th April for the next RSE Midlands Community Event—talks, networking, and shared learning.

📍 University of Nottingham
🔗 Tickets & programme: rse-midlands.github.io/docs/event-2...

Come connect and contribute!

#RSEng #ResearchSoftware #RSEMidlands #Networking

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund is now open until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT.

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...

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📢 Save the date for RSE Midlands 2026!

🗓 20 April 2026

📍 University of Nottingham

Details coming soon—watch this space!

#RSEMidlands2026 #RSEng #Networking #Midlands
rse-midlands.github.io

🗓️ Next informal meet-up: Feb 2026
Thanks to @SoftwareSaved for supporting this initiative. Let’s keep building a vibrant DAHRSE community in the Midlands! 💪 #DAHRSEMidlands #DigitalHumanities #RSE

💬 Community Discussion
We explored ideas for growth, collaboration, and inclusivity. Key actions: refining our website, sharing resources, and planning joint events.

📱 Sustainable Tech
@iainemsley.bsky.social shared insights on using older mobile devices for AI mapping. A creative approach to sustainability in DH hardware projects!

🧪 Accessibility Tools
Catherine Smith demoed browser extensions for manual accessibility testing—vital for humanities web projects. Tools included: Accessibility Insights, Silktide, A11y-outline.

🧭 Vision & Goals
Godwin Yeboah introduced DAHRSE Midlands and proposed a new study to map the landscape of Digital Arts & Humanities RSEs in the region. A step toward visibility and impact!

🎉 On 5 Nov 2025, we held our first DAHRSE Midlands meeting: “Co-Creating DAHRSE Midlands: Vision, Voices, and Next Steps.” A huge thank you to everyone who made this possible! Here's a quick recap 🧵👇

⏳ The DisCouRSE Network+ has launched its first Flexible Fund, offering up to £10,000 to support projects that strengthen leadership training and career pathways for digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs).

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/discour...

🏙️ Registration is now open for the Research Software Camp, taking place from Mon 10 to Fri 21 November 2025, and focusing on the topic of Careers and Skills in Research Software.

Further details and the full programme are available at www.software.ac.uk/news/registr...

📢 Update: Event Postponed to 5 Nov!

Call for Short Talks – DAHRSE Midlands 2025
A day dedicated to digital humanities + research software!

🎯 Theme: Exploring the Digital Landscape
🗣️ Submit your short or lightning talk by 30 Sep
💸 Travel bursaries available!
📅 New Date: 5 Nov.
📍 Univ. of Warwick

How the SSI advances digital research in the arts and humanities How can the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) help researchers to gain new skills and contribute to advancing digital research in the arts and humanities?

🚀 How is the @softwaresaved.bsky.social advancing digital research in the arts & humanities? From empowering fellows to building communities of practice, the #SSI is shaping the future of #ResearchSoftware. Featuring work by @dahrse-midlands.bsky.social member & others! tinyurl.com/ukri-blog

📢 Call for Short Talks – DAHRSE Midlands 2025
A day of digital humanities + research software!
🎯 Theme: Exploring the Digital Landscape
🗣️ Submit a short or lightning talk by 31 Aug
💸 Travel bursaries available!
🔗 dahrse-midlands.github.io/events/dahrs...
#DAHRSE #RSEng #DigitalHumanities #Midlands

DAHRSE in the Midlands

🗺️ In our latest blog post SSI Fellow @godwinyeboah.bsky.social explores the prospects of Digital Arts and Humanities Research Software Engineers (DAHRSEs) in the Midlands for AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards: www.software.ac.uk/blog/prospec...

Montage promoting Research Software Maintenance Fund

Run by the Software Sustainability Institute, the £4.8m Research Software Maintenance Fund will support & sustain key research software. The call for expressions of interest is now open.
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Gavin from our Advanced Research Computing team is kicking off #RSEMidlands at The Exchange today, with an exciting line up of talks and group activities planned: rse-midlands.github.io/docs/event-7... ^SEMT

🧠 Do you know about Research Software Engineers (RSEs)? #RSEMidlands2025 #MATLAB #MATLABAmbassador
💻 Academic outputs increasingly depend on software, yet academia primarily rewards papers, not the code behind them! 📝

Call For Reviewers - RSECon25 Call for reviewers Reviewers play a crucial role in building the conference programme. Becoming a reviewer is a great way to: The assessments provided by reviewers are invaluable to the conference…

Submissions don't review themselves and we are looking for volunteers to help review for and sift through them to decide what to include in the programme.

Call for reviewers is now open, find out more and sign up at rsecon25.society-rse.org/call-for-rev...

#rse #rsecon25 #conference #warwick

Project Management in Research Software - People and Processes

Mike Simpson also took part in a panel discussion around Project Management in Research Software, where he discussed his Prize Winning Mental Health project from the @softwaresaved.bsky.social Collaborations workshop. #RSECon24

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🧑‍🏫 The SSI is delivering a course on “Software practices for open and reproducible research” from Tuesday 1-4 April. Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/news/worksho...

Sponsorship packages - RSECon25 Sponsorship packages The UK’s RSE Conference is the largest RSE conference in the world. Organisers maximise attendance by keeping ticket prices low, which means the conference provides an…

Connect with over 400+ Research Software Engineers, researchers, and technical experts at the UK’s premier conference, taking place at Warwick University, Sept 9-11, 2025.

rsecon25.society-rse.org/sponsorship-...

#RSE #Tech #Innovation

Call for Submissions - RSECon25 Call for submissions RSECon25 will be accepting a wide variety of formats to contribute to our programme. This year we want to work our two themes into as many of the talks, interactive sessions and…

We are pleased to announce that RSECon25 Call for Submissions opens today.🎉

All you need to know rsecon25.society-rse.org/call-for-sub...

Deadline for submissions is 2025-04-25

RSECon25 takes place 9-11th Sept 2025 in Warwick

#rse #rsecon25 #warwick

#RSEMidlands2025 will take place on Monday 7 April at The Exchange in Birmingham city centre, where you can meet other #ResearchSoftwareEngineers from the Midlands and hear exciting talks!

Find out more and book your free place here: rse-midlands.github.io/docs/event-7... ^SEMT

Curious about the future of Digital Humanities and Arts Research Software Engineers in the Midlands?

Our latest blog explores their potential role in enhancing doctoral research and more: tinyurl.com/3cayvvsv

Join the conversation! 💬

#EnhancingDoctoralResearch #DAHRSEMidlands #ResearchSoftware

🌟 Are you a Research Software Engineer in the Midlands with a focus on Digital Humanities and the Arts, or does your role broadly overlap with these fields? 🌟

Get in touch and join our growing network: dahrse-midlands.github.io 💬

#DAHRSEMidlands #ResearchSoftware #Community #JoinUs #RSEng #DAHRSE