Results

• 92% of academics use research software

• 69% say that their research would not be practical without it

• 56% develop their own software (worryingly, 21% of those have no training in software development)

• 70% of male researchers develop their own software, and only 30% of female researchers do so

http://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2014-12-04-its-impossible-conduct-research-without-software-say-7-out-10-uk-researchers

About 1/3 of RCUK budget invested in software-reliant research

http://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2014-10-22-840-million-uks-investment-software-reliant-research-2013

About 7% of jobs.ac.uk involves software development

http://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2015-08-18-policy-update-surveys-jobs-and-diversity

And finally...

...never email 15,000 researchers

Campaigns

The people who write code, not papers

Mar '12: CW raises issue

Jan '13: Policy group launches

Sep '13: workshop

Early '14: set up association

Mar '14: EPSRC interested and funds

Sep '14: First AGM

Jan '15: association becomes democratic

May '15: EPSRC RSE Fellowship

Aug '15: RSE Leaders forms

Feb '16: RSE Survey

 

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