Driving Sustainable Research Software and Systems: Insights from the First Research Software Indaba in Africa
On Friday, 19 May 2023, the first Research Software Indaba took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The event was the first of its kind to be held on the African continent and focussed exclusively on topics related to the research software and systems ecosystem. The event was attended by 20 participants who mostly came […]
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Mapping African RSE groups and communities of practice to grow the RSE movement in Africa
Research software engineers (RSEs) are typically people with a background in a specific research discipline (other than computer science) who spend most of their working time coding. If you think you are a research software engineer, we invite you to be part of our community. We can help you access training, mentoring, new job opportunities, […]
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Introducing DH-IGNITE – Community and capacity building for humanities & social sciences in South Africa
ESCALATOR is one of Talarify’s flagship project and aims to support the development of an active community of practice in digital humanities and computational social sciences in South Africa. The project is funded by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR). We are excited to announce DH-IGNITE, a regional event to bring together humanities, social sciences and […]
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Ten simple rules for establishing a mentorship programme
We are excited to announce the publication of our peer-reviewed article ‘Ten simple rules for establishing a mentorship programme’. In the paper, we present a concise summary of recommendations that outline key elements to consider when designing and establishing mentorship programmes. These recommendations are drawn from the collective experiences of four different emerging and established […]
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