Guess 1:

RSE Groups

Slides: http://bit.ly/how-many-rses2020

RSE Groups at

bit.ly/RSEGroupsInUK

Mean size of group = 11

Number of RSEs in UK RSE Groups

=    324

Guess 2:

UK RSE Association

Slides: http://bit.ly/how-many-rses2020

.ac.uk et. al.

'abdn.ac.uk', 'noc.ac.uk', 'leeds.ac.uk', 'mawds.co.uk', 'port.ac.uk', 'oncology.ox.ac.uk', 'cs.man.ac.uk', 'roehampton.ac.uk', 'plants.ox.ac.uk', 'dundee.ac.uk', 'pml.ac.uk', 'lboro.ac.uk', 'open.ac.uk', 'soton.ac.uk', 'hud.ac.uk', 'hotmail.co.uk', 'student.bham.ac.uk', 'manchester.ac.uk', 'cardiff.ac.uk', 'npl.co.uk', 'napier.ac.uk', 'jumpstartuk.co.uk', 'ast.cam.ac.uk', 'exeter.ac.uk', 'nag.co.uk', 'ndph.ox.ac.uk', 'le.ac.uk', 'sussex.ac.uk', 'mmu.ac.uk', 'oerc.ox.ac.uk', 'genomicsengland.co.uk', 'newcastle.ac.uk', 'cmft.nhs.uk', 'my.bristol.ac.uk', 'jisc.ac.uk', 'amazon.co.uk', 'sagepub.co.uk', 'postgrad.manchester.ac.uk', 'ncas.ac.uk', 'atm.ch.cam.ac.uk', 'qub.ac.uk', 'cs.ox.ac.uk', 'ebi.ac.uk', 'theanthillsocial.co.uk', 'uws.ac.uk', 'vousden.me.uk', 'sruc.ac.uk', 'diamond.ac.uk', 'bnc.ox.ac.uk', 'namrc.co.uk', 'ocf.co.uk', 'kluyver.me.uk', 'ccfe.ac.uk', 'damtp.cam.ac.uk', 'physics.ox.ac.uk', 'bath.ac.uk', 'medschl.cam.ac.uk', 'ncl.ac.uk', 'warwick.ac.uk', 'doctors.org.uk', 'highendcompute.co.uk', 'kent.ac.uk', 'northumbria.ac.uk', 'hull.ac.uk', 'jic.ac.uk', 'bristol.ac.uk', 'sms.ed.ac.uk', 'wellcome.ac.uk', 'swansea.ac.uk', 'dtc.ox.ac.uk', 'surrey.ac.uk', 'plymouth.ac.uk', 'live.co.uk', 'ifr.ac.uk', 'imm.ox.ac.uk', 'imperial.ac.uk', 'mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk', 'redoakconsulting.co.uk', 'ccdc.cam.ac.uk', 'stx.ox.ac.uk', 'staffmail.ed.ac.uk', 'earth.ox.ac.uk', 'thearete.co.uk', 'chem.ox.ac.uk', 'crick.ac.uk', 'nhm.ac.uk', 'ic.ac.uk', 'it.ox.ac.uk', 'leicester.ac.uk', 'yahoo.co.uk', 'earlham.ac.uk', 'brunel.ac.uk', 'timstaley.co.uk', 'uhs.nhs.uk', 'rothamsted.ac.uk', 'sgul.ac.uk', 'hw.ac.uk', 'qmul.ac.uk', 'nottingham.ac.uk', 'ctsu.ox.ac.uk', 'reading.ac.uk', 'bpi.cam.ac.uk', 'cs.manchester.ac.uk', 'epsrc.ac.uk', 'cs.ucl.ac.uk', 'liverpool.ac.uk', 'st-andrews.ac.uk', 'rvc.ac.uk', 'ecs.soton.ac.uk', 'mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk', 'turing.ac.uk', 'well.ox.ac.uk', 'bham.ac.uk', 'rjlewis.me.uk', 'nbn.org.uk', 'day-online.org.uk', 'srlab.co.uk', 'interruptroutine.co.uk', 'star.sr.bham.ac.uk', 'stats.ox.ac.uk', 'uksbs.co.uk', 'aber.ac.uk', 'icr.ac.uk', 'ed.ac.uk', 'tgac.ac.uk', 'bodc.ac.uk', 'cam.ac.uk', 'rhul.ac.uk', 'maths.ox.ac.uk', 'hutton.ac.uk', 'tawn.co.uk', 'bangor.ac.uk', 'eng.ox.ac.uk', 'metoffice.gov.uk', 'davep.co.uk', 'bradford.ac.uk', 'kcl.ac.uk', 'york.ac.uk', 'oneis.co.uk', 'sheffield.ac.uk', 'ukaea.uk', 'cranfield.ac.uk', 'aston.ac.uk', 'strath.ac.uk', 'roe.ac.uk', 'ph.ed.ac.uk', 'mrao.cam.ac.uk', 'garymacindoe.co.uk', 'epcc.ed.ac.uk', 'ukopenmpusers.co.uk', '4oznuff.org.uk', 'bioinf.org.uk', 'urvishah.co.uk'

Number of UK RSE in UK RSE Association

=    986

Guess 3:

literally, guessing

Slides: http://bit.ly/how-many-rses2020

Percentage of "people who do RSE but aren't always called RSEs" to researchers

1%?

5%?

33%?

There are around 220,000 academics in the UK, so...

        1%        - 2,200 RSEs  

        5%       - 11,000 RSEs

        33%     - 72,000 RSEs 

Guess 4:

job adverts

Slides: http://bit.ly/how-many-rses2020

Mean = 0.13

13% of all UK academics

gives us 28,000 RSEs

Let's be conservative:

14,000 people doing RSE work in the UK

Worldwide?

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