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Research Software Camps

We run free online Research Software Camps once a year over the course of two weeks. Each Camp focusses on introducing basic research software skills and good practices. 

We welcome researchers from all career stages to join in the live and offline discussions that will take place throughout the Camp. In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be updating our pages and sharing more information on the upcoming Research Software Camp.

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Research Software Camp: Digital Skills for Research Technical Staff

Our Research Software Camp will take place from 18th to the 29th November and the theme is "Research Software Skills for Technicians". Over the course of these two weeks, we will delve into the role of technical staff at UK universities, career pathways, and recognition of technical staff contributions to research.

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Research Software Camp: FAIR software

Over the course of two weeks, we hosted a panel discussion, basic skills workshops (R, Python, visualisation, etc.) and a mentorship programme. We also published curated online resources throughout the two weeks of the Camp, addressing varying approaches to learning to code in academia.

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Research Software Camp: Supporting Mental Health

Our autumn Research Software Camp took place from 7 to 18 November 2022. This edition explored the topic of mental health in research with a particular focus on research software.

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Research Software Camp: Next steps in coding

Our Research Software Camp: Next steps in coding ran from from 16th to 27th May 2022. It focused on improving computational and training skills and exploring existing resources out there.

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Research Software Camp: Beyond the Spreadsheet

The Research Software Camp: Beyond the Spreadsheet ran from 1st to 12th November 2021 and focussed on the uses of spreadsheets in research and first steps into further use of software in research.

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Research Software Camp: Research Accessibility

The first Research Software Camp on Research Accessibility took place from 22 February to 5 March 2021. The topic covered how to make research tools, techniques, datasets, software, protocols, etc. accessible and how to get new or more collaborators.