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Apply for our November Book Dash and join our upcoming Fireside Chat!

We hope you had a restful and rejuvenating August (especially for those enjoying summer breaks in the Northern Hemisphere!). Need toNeed to After a quieter month for The Turing Way, we are back to our regularly scheduled events with some exciting times ahead for the community:

  • 📚💨 Apply to join our next Book Dash, 4–8 November 2024 – Applications for participants are due by 27 September.
  • 🔥 Join our next Fireside Chat on mental health in data science on 12 September at 15:00 UK time (UTC+1).
  • 📣 Join our next Community Forum on 3 October and onboarding call on 30 October – save the dates and sign up to join!

We are resuming Collaboration Cafes as usual on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 15:00 to 17:00 UK time (UTC+1).

Keep reading for details, more opportunities and updates in the 'Community News' and 'Opportunities in The Turing Way orbit' sections below.

To keep up to date with community events, you can also subscribe to our shared calendar here. 📅

If you're interested in keeping up in real-time, don't forget that you can always join our Slack workspace, follow the project on Twitter, or join us on Fosstodon.


Community News and Updates

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Upcoming Fireside Chat OR Community Call

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On 12 September at 15:00-16:30 UK time (see in your time zone), we're hosting a Fireside Chat on Addressing mental health in academia – building a collaborative ecosystem to effect sustainable culture change".

Chaired by Wendy Ingram and Alden Conner, this panel will feature insights from Gabor Kismihok, Kerrie Wilkins and Jennifer Bekki. The first hour will be composed of a facilitated discussion, with the final 30 minutes reserved for unrecorded open discussion with all attendees.

👉 Sign up to attend the Fireside Chat (via Google form)

Applications are Open for Book Dash Attendees

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We have opened the call for application to participate in the upcoming Book Dash taking place from 4 to 8 November 2024.

👉 Send your applications (via Google form)

If you've been part of our community and share our passion for collaboration to promote data science best practices or want to improve The Turing Way, this is your chance. Apply to work with us on your ideas or join us as a contributor and/or mentor.

The application deadline is 27 September. Help us spread the words by sharing tweets, toots, or Linkedin post.

If you have not previously engaged with The Turing Way, please use this month to get acquainted with the project, explore our community, and identify opportunities to get involved through the Book Dash.

Need some help and collaboration on your Book Dash application?

Finally, reach out to Anne ([email protected]) for specific questions or support in drafting your application.

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Join our next Community Forum on 3 October

On 3 October at 15:00 UK time (in your time zone), we are hosting our next Community Forum.

This is part of a series of community calls that bring together members of The Turing Way community - including people who have not yet contributed to the project!

Modelled off a political town hall event, this online session is an opportunity to better understand activities across the project, our governance process and how decisions are made. Our aim is to leverage the expertise across our community, and we explicitly invite you to review our processes and recommend improvements.

We expect that the calls will be a mix of celebration, feedback, and opportunities to build connections with other organisations and initiatives around the world.

👉 Sign up to attend the Community Forum (via Google form)

Save the date for our final Community Forum:

Recurring Community Events and Calls ☕

Hosted all throughout the month, our recurring community calls are important and engaging spaces where you can learn more about The Turing Way!

Some require sign-ups (📝) and some don't (✅), but absolutely all are welcome to these calls!

  • 📝 Onboarding calls: The next call is on 30 October, 15:00-16:00 UTC+1 (in your timezone). These calls are hosted every two months, join us to connect with other new members of the community and learn more about the project! Sign-ups are open.
  • 📝 Community forums: The next call is on 3 October, 15:00-16:30 UTC+1 (in your timezone). See below for more information.
  • Collaboration Cafe: The next call is on 3 April, 14:00-16:00 UTC+1 (see in your time zone). Feel free to drop in to meet the community, do some focused writing, or otherwise -- more information on Etherpad.
  • Core Team Coworking Calls: every Monday, 10:00 UTC+1 (see in your time zone). Find the joining link on this shared Etherpad.
  • Translation and Localisation Weekly Meetings: every other Wednesday at 14:30 UTC+1 (in your time zone). These calls are for co-working on translation and localisation efforts across several languages, and for learning more about the work of the team. Join the #translation channel on Slack for more.
  • Infrastructure Monthly Meetings: every second Thursday of the month, at 16:00 UTC+1 (in your time zone). These calls are for co-working on infrastructure support, and for learning more about the work of the team. Join the #infrastructure channel on Slack for more.
  • Accessibility Monthly Meetings: every second Monday of the month, at 17:00 UTC+1 (in your time zone). These calls are for planning monthly sprints and co-working on access-related chapters and upcoming guide. Join the #accessibility channel on Slack for more.

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Previous Talks and Workshops

  • This month, the Turing's Research Community Management team delivered multiple workshops on GitHub for the high school students as part of the Turing's Summer Experience programme: Zenodo.
  • Malvika gave an opening talk on 15 August at the Open Science workshop hosted by Bioinformatics Outreach Kenya on the topic 'Open Science Fundamentals for Bioinformatics': Zenodo.

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In The Turing Way Orbit

Submit to the Hidden REF Competition 2024

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Submissions now open for the Hidden REF Competition 2024!

The Hidden REF was launched to raise awareness of the research outputs and roles that are vital to research but overlooked by traditional research evaluation. In the 2021 competition, The Turing Way was highly commended in the Practices Panel.

The deadline is 13th September 2024 - we strongly encourage you to take part in the competition if you work in research and want to raise awareness of your own work or the work of others.

Find out more here: https://hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-competition/

Apply for the Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship

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Applications for the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) Fellowship Programme 2025 are now open.

SSI Fellows serve as ambassadors and advocates for good practices in research software and data science. They receive a financial support package, networking opportunities, and professional guidance throughout the fellowship.

The deadline for applications is 7 October 2024.

A launch webinar was hosted to discuss various aspects of the fellowship application process, and a recording is available online. For more information, visit the SSI website.

Several members of The Turing Way are part of the fellowship network and can answer questions about the application process. You can reach out to them via the #askaway channel of The Turing Way Slack Workspace.

Attend the AI Insight Chat Series

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On 24 September 2024, from 12:00 to 13:30 UK time, the first session in the AI Insight Chat Series will take place online. Building on the Fireside Chat format, our colleague Alexandra Araujo Alvarez, the Turing's Senior Research Community Manager for BridgeAI is working with different teams is designing this series.

This session will feature an expert panel sharing perspectives from various sectors on the topic "Building an Effective AI Team." The discussion will explore the challenges and opportunities in developing AI teams that can deliver on an organization’s strategic goals, as well as the skills required to confidently address current and future AI challenges.

Let me know if you need further adjustments! 👉 Register to attend (via Turing's website)


Jobs and Other Opportunities

We have a number of job openings to join different teams at the Turing. View and apply online for current vacancies via our careers site. A few positions to check out:

  • Senior Research Associate, Machine Learning for Environment and Sustainability
  • Research Lead, Machine Learning for Environment and Sustainability
  • Senior Research Associate, Fundamental Research for AI for Physical Systems
  • Research Lead, Fundamental Research for AI for Physical Systems
  • Research Assistant, ELSA, Safe and Ethical AI Programme
  • Senior Research Associate, Health Grand Challenge, Machine Learning for Healthcare and Medicine
  • Research Associate, Health Grand Challenge, Machine Learning for Healthcare and Medicine
  • Senior Research Associate, Networks and Systems Security, Machine Learning, Defence & National Security
  • Research Associate, Networks and Systems Security, Machine Learning, Defence & National Security

Other opportunities

  • Job: Processing Foundation: Project Fellow/Lead
    • ⏰ Apply by 15 October 2024
    • 📍 Location: Remote
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Job: Open Environmental Data Project: Civic Science Fellow & Data Inclusion Specialist
    • ⏰ Apply by 8 September 2024
    • 📍 Location: Remote in USA
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Job: Open Environmental Data Project: Data Stewardship Intern
    • ⏰ Apply by 18 September 2024
    • 📍 Location: Remote
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Job: All Tech is Human: Community Manager
    • ⏰ Apply by 13 September 2024
    • 📍 Location: Hybrid, NYC, USA
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Job: CarbonPlan: Open Source Lead
  • Job: Sage Methods: Community Manager
    • ⏰ Rolling
    • 📍 Location: Hybrid, London, USA
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Contract: Swiss Universities: Reviewers for Programme Open Science II
    • ⏰ Apply by 30 September 2024
    • 📍 Location: Remote, with team based in Switzerland
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Call for Proposals: Africa Data Governance Hub: Policy Brief on Data Governance
    • ⏰ Apply by 6 September 2024
    • 📍 Location: Remote
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Event: Data & Society: Reviewers for Programme Open Science II
  • Event: RSE Asia Australia: Annual Unconference
    • ⏰ 10-13 September
    • 📍 Location: Remote
    • 🔗 Read Details
  • Event: Open Knowledge Foundation: The Tech We Want Online Summit

For more events, subscribe to the Open Research Calendar.


Get involved + Connect with us!

You are welcome to join The Turing Way community, and learn more about the project.

If you'd like to contribute to the next newsletter, please email Anne Lee Steele at [email protected]! Feel free to send her a message on Slack, or book some time in on Anne's calendly to say hello.

Did you miss the last newsletters? Check them out here.