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README for FAIR data

Writing README files that will make your data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable! Read More ›

Unit testing

Test your code to make sure it's doing what it's doing Read More ›

Reviews: episode 1

How to review papers? what to comment on? whether to be anonymous (or not)? Read More ›

Algorithm designs

Just functionalise your code Read More ›

From PhD to policies

The journey from more science focused work to more applied policy making Read More ›

markdown

The easiest language for better coding and writing! Read More ›

Knowledge Exchange

Everything about the Knowledge Exchange services at the University of Sheffield Read More ›

Moving in academia

Physically moving between cities, countries and continents for academia Read More ›

How and why do we do science?

Some science philosophy that's at the base of our work Read More ›

Teaching

Moving from more research focus jobs to more teaching ones Read More ›

Personal Websites

Creating personal websites with github pages and jekyll Read More ›

Coding with ChatGPT

Using ChatGPT or other LMMs for coding? Read More ›

Reproducible R

Reproducible computation at scale in R with the target package Read More ›

Unions

About unions in academia Read More ›

Bad papers

Fraud and shittyness in publications Read More ›

Calendars

Time management in academia Read More ›

Code of conducts

What are codes of conducts for and when do we need them Read More ›