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@step-up.bsky.socialOur lovely friends at the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) have done a fab job of documenting the UK’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) landscape. The Professional Skills & Career Pathways projects focus on the UK’s digital research workforce.
www.cake.ac.uk/landscape/
@code4thought.bsky.socialReposted by @step-up.bsky.socialFirst ByteSized episode on #code4thought [EN] this season: how AI assisted coding is changing the way we work with software (online course 12 Oct). With Robert Chatley , Reece Walsh and Faruk Diblen. Out on your podcast apps, YouTube and codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...
@step-up.bsky.social📣 We have the following training coming up:
Wednesday 21 Oct 14:00 - 17:00 Making Data FAIR and sustainable, London
Tuesday 3 Nov 10:30 - 15:30 Repository Selection — Finding the Right Long-Term Home for Your Research Data, London
Full details and registration: step-up.ac.uk/events/
@step-up.bsky.socialNext Week! 📣STEP-UP/RSLondon Community Connect 🗓️ 20 October ⏱️ 15:30 - 16:30 🗺️ Wellcome Collection 🎟️ Free 👉 step-up.ac.uk/events/ If you’re a digital Research Technical Professionals based in or near Central London, come along, grab yourself a beverage of choice and come and chat.
@step-up.bsky.social📣Making Data FAIR and sustainable 🗓️21 October 🕑14:00 🗺️London 👉https://pretix.eu/ARC/2026-10-21-FAIR/ Learn how to implement the FAIR Principles through practical examples and exercises. Making your research data sustainable so that it can benefit research into the future.
@digiresacademy.bsky.socialReposted by @step-up.bsky.socialEver wondered which dataset is the final version?
DRA's new free workshop 'Building R packages for maintaining data' shows you how to document, validate and share data using R packages.
6 Nov | 10:00–11:30 CET
Online | Basic R knowledge required
Register: events.digital-research.academy/event/146/
@step-up.bsky.socialLooking for training, funding and development opportunities? Don’t overlook the other EPSRC-funded Strategic Technical Platforms launched to strengthen technical careers across the UK research landscape.
Find out more details here:
@softwaresaved.bsky.socialReposted by @step-up.bsky.social🟢 As part of our Green Computing series, we are pleased to share An Introductory Guide to Green Computing for Software Developers, written by Anica Araneta and Alison Kennedy.
Find out more and access the guide at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui...
@step-up.bsky.social🎊Celebrating all the awesome Research Software Engineers who are making vital contributions to research on #InternationalRSEDay 2026.
Join the celebration by sharing your stories and successes! We want to promote and say thanks for all the hard work done by this amazing community.
@danielskatz.orgReposted by @step-up.bsky.social@step-up.bsky.social📣We've partnered with EMBL-EBI and others to organise a series of byte-sized green computing training events in November.
See the website for details and to sign up:
@step-up.bsky.social📣 STEP‑UP Digital Research Technical Placements
If you want to grow your technical capability and collaborate across the London dRTP community, this scheme offers a high‑impact route to do so. 1–3 month funded placements in research software/data/computing infrastructure.
step-up.ac.uk/placements/
@step-up.bsky.social👇 Next Week!
📣Training: ByteSized dRTP: AI-assisted Coding
🗓️ Monday 12 October 2026
⏱️ 15:00 - 16:30
💻 Online
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/eFNscyzg
This hands-on session gives an introduction to working with AI coding agents.
Open to all
@step-up.bsky.social📣Training avalible STEP-UP has a bumper crop of training coming up, see the website for full details and registration. Includes Database Design, Containers for Reproducible Research, AI-assisted Coding, Making Data FAIR and sustainable and Repository Selection. step-up.ac.uk/events/
@step-up.bsky.social📣Next week - training in London 🗓️ 7 October 2026 🗺️ Imperial South Kensington campus 🎟️ Free 9:30 - 17:00 Data Modelling and Database Design 9:30 - 16:00 Containers for Reproducible Research: Introduction to Podman and Apptainer See the website for details and registration: step-up.ac.uk/events/
@crick.ac.ukReposted by @step-up.bsky.socialWe're looking for undergraduate students at UK universities who are interested in scientific research to join one of our labs or facilities for 12 months as part of our sandwich student programme.
Apply by 6 October: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/students/sandwich-students
@carpentries.carpentries.orgReposted by @step-up.bsky.social⏰ Final reminder: Board Director nominations close on 9 Oct! Could you be our next Carpentries Board Director? We are inviting community members to self-nominate for up to 4 community-elected Board seats. 🗓️ Nominations close on 9 Oct 2026 (AoE).
@step-up.bsky.social📣Event: STEP-UP/RSLondon Community Connect 🗓️ 20 October ⏱️ 15:30 - 16:30 🗺️ Wellcome Collection 🎟️ Free 👉 See details here: step-up.ac.uk/events/ If you’re a digital Research Technical Professionals based in or near Central London, come along, grab yourself a beverage of choice and come and chat.
@step-up.bsky.socialWe have a bumper crop of training coming up in October and November, see the website for full details and registration.
Includes Database Design, Containers for Reproducible Research, AI-assisted Coding, Making Data FAIR and sustainable and Repository Selection.
@casdarnetwork.bsky.socialReposted by @step-up.bsky.socialDo you want to learn how to model your data for a database? Are you interested in understanding how to design a database schema that is efficient and effective? If so, this free course by @step-up.bsky.social is for you 👉 t.ly/FyS-C
