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# June 2023 newsletter

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# Meet The Practitioners Hub's Inaugural Cohort, Join the Book Dash Committee and Catch up on our Fireside Chat

Hello and welcome to our latest Newsletter, curated by me: Alexandra, *The Turing Way* Research Project Manager, with contributions from the amazing *The Turing Way* team.

Below are some highlights of what you will find in this edition:

* 📢 Welcome The Turing Way **Practitioners Hub's inaugural cohort**
* 📚💨 **Save the date** for our November's **Book Dash**, apply to **join the Planning Committee**!
* 🔥 Rewatch our Fireside Chat **Between computation, climate and culture: perspectives on sustainability and research**

Carry on reading this newsletter for 'Community News', 'Opportunities' and more updates from *The Turing Way* community.

To keep up to date with community events, you can also subscribe to our [shared calendar here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=[e-mail]).

If you're interested in keeping up in real-time, please check out our [Welcome page](https://the-turing-way.start.page/), join our [Slack workspace](https://tinyurl.com/jointuringwayslack), follow the project on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/turingway), or join us on [Fosstodon](https://fosstodon.org/@turingway).

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## Community News and Updates

### Turing Way Book Dash: 13-17 November 2023

Can you believe that it's already time to start thinking about our next Book Dash!?

**Please save the date (13-17 November 2023) and apply to join the Planning Committee.**

If you have participated in a Book Dash before we would love to invite you to join the Book Dash Planning Committee. [You can apply to join the committee here](https://forms.gle/MpWwbNqrarb1VouN9).

We received some excellent feedback from our previous committee members and we are keen to fold their expertise into the next iteration of the Book Dash.
We are likely to invest time in updating the [guidance in the Community Handbook](https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/community-handbook/bookdash.html) for both the Planning Committee and the Book Dash event itself over the next few months.
This is a great time to join the core staff team in capturing best practices for delivering an exciting, collaborative, inclusive hybrid event.

**The deadline to apply to join the Book Dash Planning Committee is 21 July 2023, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth.**

### Host a Local Hub to Engage your Local Community

We have also opened applications for Book Dash Local Hubs. Our London Hub and the TU Delft Hubs ([read this blog about their work here!](https://openworking.wordpress.com/2023/05/31/the-turing-way-book-dash-at-tu-delft/)) fostered wonderful collaborations and connections in May 2023.
We are very keen to have more hubs join the event!

You can [apply to host a Book Dash Local Hub here](https://forms.gle/g1vzibjNz5gkFT7D8).
Please submit your application as soon as possible, even if you don't have all your local details finalised. We are keen to help!

Please get in touch if you have any questions or feedback by email at [e-mail] or in our [#askaway](https://theturingway.slack.com/archives/C01ESKR7WN4) channel on Slack.

### Rewatch our latest *The Turing Way* Fireside Chat (29 June 2023)

On Thursday 29 June, we hosted a new Fireside Chat on **"Between computation, climate and culture: perspectives on sustainability and research"**.

Facilitated by **[Alejandro Coca-Castro](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/alejandro-coca-castro)** of the Environmental Data Science book and **[Carlos Martinez-Ortiz](https://www.esciencecenter.nl/team/dr-carlos-martinez-ortiz/)** of the Netherlands eScience Center (both core contributors to *The Turing Way*), this panel featured reflections from **[Claire Buckley](https://juliesbicycle.com/about-us/people/claire-buckley/)** (Julie's Bicycle), **[Loïc Lannelongue](https://www.lannelongue.eu/)** (Green Algorithms, University of Cambridge), **[Shannon Dosemagen](https://www.shannondosemagen.com/)** (Open Environmental Data Project), and **[Anne Pasek](https://www.annepasek.com/)** (Low Carbon Research Methods).

Together, these panelists unpacked the shared landscape of projects related to computation, culture, and climate – sharing questions, challenges, and ways to develop shared understanding between them.

**Watch the [recording on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrkFFswPGOE) and share it with your network!**


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## Recurring Community Calls ☕

### Join us at our other regular Community Calls

**All are welcome to these calls, no sign-up is needed!** ✨

* **Collaboration Cafe**: The next call is on 19 July 2023, 15:00-17:00 UTC ([in your time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2023-07-19/15:00/b/Collaboration%20Cafe)). Join us for a Community Chat in the main room, and work on your own projects in break-out rooms!
* **Translation and Localisation Weekly Meetings**: every second Tuesday at 16:00 UTC ([in your time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2023-07-04/17:00)). These calls are for co-working on translation and localisation efforts across several languages, and for learning more about the work of the team.
* **Infrastructure Monthly Meetings**: every second Thursday of the month, at 16:00 UTC ([in your time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2023-07-13/16:00/The%20Turing%20Way%20Infrastructure%20Monthly%20meeting)). These calls are for co-working on infrastructure support, and for learning more about the work of the team.
* **Accessibility Monthly Meetings**: every second Monday of the month, at 17:00 UTC ([in your time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2023-07-10/17:00/q/Monthly%20Accessibility%20Meeting))
* **Fireside Chats**: We are on summer hiatus for July and August, but will be back in September. We always plan these talks as close to the last Thursday or Friday of the month as possible, depending on speaker availability. [Follow us on Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-turing-way-18600928389#events) to be alerted about upcoming events.

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### Welcoming our Experts in Residence in *The Turing Way* Practitioners Hub

This year we are piloting ***The Turing Way* Practitioners Hub** as an extension of *The Turing Way* to collaborate with organisations in their efforts for embedding best practices in their work.

Our inaugural cohort is joined by five Experts in Residence (EiR) representing their organisations and bringing perspectives from their respective sectors.

**Please join us in welcoming them into *The Turing Way* community**:

- [Lucy Stephenson](https://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/lustep/) from [British Antarctic Survey](https://www.bas.ac.uk/)
- [Wenjia Tang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wenjia-tang-20880414/?originalSubdomain=uk) from [Digihaul](https://www.digihaul.com/)
- [Stephen Haben](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-haben-062bb148/?originalSubdomain=uk) from [Energy Systems Catapult](https://es.catapult.org.uk/)
- [Raphael Sonabend](https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-sonabend/?originalSubdomain=uk) from [Genomics England](https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/)
- [Rowan Hemsi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-hemsi-3a7396136/?originalSubdomain=uk) from [Office for National Statistics](https://www.ons.gov.uk/)

For the next six months, between June and December 2023, we will be working with them in exploring the state of best practices for data science in their respective fields.
Each EiR will be engaging across a range of activities in the Practitioners Hub including expert-led cohort calls, case study curation from their respective organisations and peer-mentoring activities.
We will be planning community events with them to share updates from this initiative.

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## Community News


_Illustration by Scriberia. Used under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.3332807](https://zenodo.org/record/5706310#.YoS-RmDMK58)._

### *The Turing Way* Governance Review

*The Turing Way* core staff (Kirstie Whitaker, Malvika Sharan, Anne Lee Steele, Arielle Bennett and Alexandra Araujo Alvarez) are taking the summer to review *The Turing Way* Governance.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the core team meeting on 9 June 2023 and subsequents Coworking and Collaborations Cafe meetings. We have documented all your comments and structure them in different sections that will be reviewed, updated and developed in the next couple of months.

*Please share your comments under the [governance discussion post on GitHub](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/the-turing-way/discussions/3215). We would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.*

### London data week ─ 3-9 July 2023

We are delighted to celebrate *The Turing Way* core team member and TPS Senior Researcher, **Jennifer Ding**, co-founding [London Data Week](https://www.londondataweek.org/#about).
She brought together folks from HuggingFace, Open Data Institute (ODI), Royal Statistical Society, the Crick, Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas to deliver a citywide festival data to learn, create, discuss and explore how to use data to shape London for the better!

The week started with a panel discussion on data innovation in London featuring Kirstie Whitaker, *The Turing Way* founder and co-lead.
Programme for the rest of the week included (among other events!) fun public events, conversations and co-creation activities around data and technology across the London city, cycling challenge for mapping the city, practical workshops and stand up comedy on related topics.

*If you are in London, you can still attend the [events happening over the weekend](https://www.londondataweek.org/#schedule)*.

### Turing-Roche Community Scholar Scheme with Stipend

The year-long scheme will support up to 10 PhD students to become [Turing-Roch Community Scholars Scheme](https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/open-call-turing-roche-community-scholar-scheme-2023-2024).
The scheme aims to give early career researchers an opportunity to engage with this unique academic-industry partnership and develop skills that will help further and benefit their careers.

Successful candidates will be awarded a stipend of £3000 to embed themselves within the partnership community, attend a relevant conference and take on selected community-based projects.
The 2023 Community Scholars will form the inaugural cohort and will pave the way for future annual cohorts.

*[Read more details and apply](https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/open-call-turing-roche-community-scholar-scheme-2023-2024). You can contact the Research Community Manager, [Vicky Hellon](mailto:[e-mail]) for additional information*.

### PhD in Geospatial Data Science - Fully funded PhD Opportunity

[Glasgow University](https://www.gla.ac.uk/) is looking for a PhD student to join an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 researchers. This research will support a research agenda concerning inequalities and deprivation in urban contexts. EU/international applicants are welcome- all can receive the stipend.
They do not need to have direct experience with these themes, just be interested and able to learn!

*The application deadline is 13 July 2023 - [Apply here](https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/phd-in-geospatial-data-science-the-dynamics-of-cities/?p159263)*.

### Apply to join the next cohort Open Seeds OLS-8 - mirogrants available

The deadline for applications has extended until **11 July** for the **Open Seeds OLS-8**, the 8th cohort of OLS (previously Open Life Science).

Open Seeds is a 16-week mentoring and training program that upskills individuals in open and reproducible research and empowers them to become open science ambassadors in their communities.
Following seven successful cohorts, supporting 317 mentees on 208 projects, the eighth cohort, OLS-8, is open for applications.
Microgrants are available for all participants.

*Please read more details at [https://openlifesci.org](https://openlifesci.org) and apply ([details provided here](https://github.com/open-life-science/application-forms))*.

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## Talks and Workshops

- **Kirstie Whitaker** participated in the panel [OSPOs for Good: Building & Designing Cooperative Digital Infrastructure](https://openforumeurope.org/event/ospos-for-good-building-designing-cooperative-digital-infrastructure/) at the United Nations in New York, USA on 21 June 2023
- **Malvika Sharan** participated in the [NASA-TOPS Community Panel](https://blogs.nasa.gov/transformtoopenscience/2023/06/05/2023-june-tops-community-panel/) on 14-16 June 2023. [Github Link](https://github.com/nasa/Transform-to-Open-Science/blob/main/docs/Area1_Engagement/Community_Panels/20230614_community_panel.md)
- **Arielle Bennett, Emma Karoune, Esther Plomp and Malvika Sharan** gave a presentation about *Research Infrastructure Roles: perspectives, paths and lived experiences* at [Open Science Conference](https://www.open-science-conference.eu/) on 28 June 2023 [Zenodo link](https://zenodo.org/record/8087115)
- **Anne Lee Steele**, gave a presentation about **"The Turing Way – A Collaborative Guide to Data Science and Research"** at the Lunch & Learn from The Alan Turing Institute on 01 June 2023. [Zenodo link](https://zenodo.org/record/7994371)
- **Anne Lee Steele** gave a presentation about **"Untangling the frictions and cohesions between (digital) democracy and open source"** at the conference [Moving frontiers of the demos](https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/programmes/moving-frontiers-demos-enfranchisement-youth-participation-and-digital-technologies) at the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) in Geneva, Switzerland on 12-14 June 2023. [Zenodo link](https://zenodo.org/record/8063396)
- **Malvika Sharan** gave a presentation about **"Open Science and Reproducibility"** at INRES - University of Bonn on 14 June 2023. [Zenodo link](https://zenodo.org/record/8123902)
- **Anne Lee Steele** gave a presentation about **"Comparative perspectives on the human infrastructures behind open knowledge"** at the [Data Justice Conference](https://datajusticelab.org/data-justice-conference/) at Cardiff University on 19 - 20 June 2023. [Zenodo link](https://zenodo.org/record/8060167)
- **Malvika Sharan** participated in the conference [ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability](https://acm-rep.github.io/2023/) on 28 June 2023.

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### Where to meet The Turing Way Community?

📅 Check out our [centralised event schedule](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C-VZvmFL4PnSBsv_G9ZD3dwjIYLno3NyL7oHvbplnWs/edit#gid=577525947) to learn more about what is happening in the community.

If you are attending an event and would like to meet folks from across the community, please include that in this [pad](https://pad.sfconservancy.org/p/ttw-event-calendar-2023)

*For more events, subscribe to the [Open Research Calendar](https://openresearchcalendar.org/).*

If you want us to promote your future events in the upcoming Newsletters, send Alexandra and Anne an email at [mailto:[e-mail]]([e-mail]) with the info. The [#events](https://theturingway.slack.com/archives/C017WM4QD24) channel on Slack is also a great option to promote community events.

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## Tweets and Mentions


1. Tweet by Sara Villa - [Link to tweet](https://twitter.com/villascience/status/1674355989703794688?s=46&t=vitdcmhER54VR-KZ-6Re5A).
Review her presentation [Zenodo link](https://zenodo.org/record/8094608)
2. Tweet by Heidi Seibold - [Link to tweet](https://twitter.com/heidibaya/status/1674396637085433856?s=46&t=vitdcmhER54VR-KZ-6Re5A).
Read the *The Turing Way* "Planning Community Chapter" [here](https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/collaboration/new-community/new-community-guide.html)

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## In *The Turing Way* Orbit

### Roles at The Turing
[Lead Research Data Scientist – Science of Cities & Regions](https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/lead-research-data-scientist-science-of-cities-regions-34159/en/)

💰 £62,666 - £67,200/yr
🗓️ 18 July 2023

[Research Project Manager, Finance and Economics Programme](https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/research-project-manager-finance-and-economics-programme-34255/en/)

💰 £40,950/yr
🗓️ 23 July 2023

[Senior Research Engineer, Edge AI, ARC-D](https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/senior-research-engineer-edge-ai-arcd-34259/en/)

💰 £53,577 - £55,215/yr
🗓️ 23 July 2023

*Visit **[The Alan Turing career page](https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/en/career#vacancies)** to access more opportunities.*

### Other opportunities

- Job: Team Community - Operations Manager
- 📍 Location: Remote, based anywhere with working hours overlapping UTC+02:00 and UTC-05:00
- 💰 USD 6250 per month
- 🔗 [Read Details](https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/we-are-looking-for-an-operations-manager)
- Job: Library Futures Research Manager
- 📍 Location: Remote, with supervision in Boston and New York
- 💰 USD 70,000-90,000/yr
- 🔗 [Read Details](https://www.libraryfutures.net/opportunities)
- Conference: FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial).
- ⏰ Submit your talk application by 31 July 2023
- 📍 Location: Hybrid
- 🔗 [Read Details](https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guklocal2023/)
- Job: Ada Lovelace Institute - Researcher (multiple roles)
- ⏰ Submit your application by 19 July 2023
- 💰 From £38,161/yr (negotiable depending on experience)
- 🔗 [Read Details](https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/researchers-june-2023/)
- Conference: Big Team Science Conference (23-25 October 2023)
- ⏰ Submit your application by 31 July 2023
- 📍 Location: Virtual
- 🔗 [Read Details](https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/)

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## Get involved + Connect with us!

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

* [About the project](https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/turing-way-handbook-reproducible-data-science)
* [_The Turing Way_ book](https://the-turing-way.netlify.com)
* [Welcome Page](https://the-turing-way.start.page/) (A great place to start!⭐)
* [GitHub repository](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/the-turing-way)
* [Slack Workspace](https://join.slack.com/t/theturingway/shared_invite/zt-fn608gvb-h_ZSpoA29cCdUwR~TIqpBw)
* [Mastodon profile](https://scholar.social/web/@[e-mail])
* [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDxZv5BMzAw0mPobCbMNuA)
* [Twitter profile](https://twitter.com/turingway)

If you'd like to contribute to the next newsletter, please email me at [e-mail] or Anne Lee Steele at [e-mail]! Feel free to send a message on Slack, or [book some time in on Anne's calendly](calendly.com/aleesteele/) to say hello.

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