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Online sustainability evaluation Open Evidence Bank REF 2021: Guidance for Software Outputs Guides Top tips Training resources Publications Case studies T-shirts Videos Close Primary links About About us Manifesto Staff Fellows Advisory Board Funders Partners Brand guidelines How to cite us Get involved Data Management Plan Contact Programmes and Events Fellowship Programme Open Call for Projects Research Software Healthcheck Carpentry Programmes Research Software Engineers Collaborations Workshops Research Software Camps Past events Code of Conduct Resources Get up to speed! Online sustainability evaluation Open Evidence Bank REF 2021: Guidance for Software Outputs Guides Top tips Training resources Publications Case studies T-shirts Videos Other pages RSS Twitter LinkedIn Wakelet Blog News Events Contact Subscribe Search Menu Software and research: the Institute's Blog My 10 favourite pieces of software over time Latest version published on 23 April, 2021. David De Roure (Professor of e-Research, University of Oxford and Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute) takes us on a four-decade journey of his favourite pieces of software in academia.Read More Software Sustainability in Practice at the University of York Latest version published on 8 April, 2021. Ben Catt (Open Research Librarian) and Killian Murphy (Research Software Engineer) talk in about the Open Research at York events and community-led initiatives which aim to support and advocate for best practice in open research across the University.Read More Pondering on the Question of Community Sustainability Latest version published on 19 April, 2021. This post provides a summary of discussions and takeaways from the Community Sustainability session that Serah Rono and Toby Hodges facilitated at the March 2021 SORSE workshop.Read More Using the SSI Event Organisation Guide to plan the first Research Software Camp Latest version published on 25 March, 2021. The Software Sustainability Institute’s (SSI) Research Software Camp on research accessibility took place from 21 February to 5 March 2021. In this post, we will share how we used relevant sections of the SSI Event Organisation Guide to plan, organise, and deliver the Camp.Read More Can we improve the sustainability and reusability of academic surveys? Latest version published on 9 March, 2021. Surveys are used in academia to collect data, investigate research questions, or to understand environments and drive policy. Can we improve their sustainability and reusability?Read More Highlights from week two of our Research Software Camp on research accessibility Latest version published on 5 March, 2021. It’s the end of the second and final week of our inaugural Research Software Camp, which has focussed on different aspects of research accessibility. Read some of the highlights from week two.Read More Using prototyping to select software for a research software project Latest version published on 3 March, 2021. Choosing the right software for use in a research software project can be challenging. How do we know which software is both fit for purpose and provides a sound basis for our project for the foreseeable future? And, how do we make such a choice given that the time and effort to explore what could be myriad alternatives may be limited?Read More Fellows newsletter: March 2021 Latest version published on 2 March, 2021. Welcome to this month's SSI Fellows Newsletter which shares activities and opportunities taking place within the SSI Fellows' community.Read More How to enhance the inclusivity and accessibility of your online calls Latest version published on 3 March, 2021. Yo Yehudi, Kaitlin Stack Whitney and Malvika Sharan describe how to structure online group calls for successful, multimodal collaboration among people who communicate in different ways.Read More Highlights from week one of our Research Software Camp on research accessibility Latest version published on 4 March, 2021. It’s the end of the first week of our inaugural Research Software Camp which is focussed on different aspects of research accessibility. We’ve been exploring the topic through a mixture of live sessions, guides on our website and discussions on social media. Here are some of the highlights from week one.Read More Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page ›› Last page Last » Subscribe Every Friday we send out a digest of the week's news and blog posts. 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