NWO-I Digital Competence Center

Advanced Git workshop - 20 & 21 January 2026 at CWI

The recent DCC training need assessment survey showed a strong interest in more in-depth training in version control and collaborative development workflows. In response, the DCC is launching an Advanced Git workshop as a follow-up to the Software Carpentry (Shell, Git, Python) training.

This pilot workshop will focus on more advanced Git techniques for working effectively in shared codebases. Participants will explore practical strategies for branching, merging, reviewing changes, and managing contributions in team projects. A detailed schedule and topic overview will be announced soon.

Date: January 20 & 21, 2026 at CWI (in-person)

For more information and to register for the workshop visit the registration page

Research Software Support onboarding and networking day

Together with colleagues from LCRDM, the DCC-Implementation Network, DCC-PO and the Netherlands eScience Center, we organised an onboarding and networking day for new professionals supporting research software development.

More about this day can be found in the Netherlands eScience Center blog post.

Thematic DCCs formed

This week the formation of three thematic Digital Competence Centres (TDCCs) has started. For Life Sciences & Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities these TDCCs will tackle domain specific challenges which transcend across the boundaries of individual institutions. As local DCC, NWO-I DCC was involved in the plans leading up to the formation of the TDCCs and continues to be involved.

Research Software Training NL network

At the Dutch Open Science Festival (September 1) the Research Software Training NL network was launched. NWO-I DCC collaborates within this network with other DCCs and The Netherlands eScience Center to develop our internal offering of digital skills workshops.

NWO-I is member of The Carpentries

NWO-I has become member of The Carpentries, a worldwide community driven initiative to teach foundational coding and data science skills to researchers. The focus lies on open and reproducible science, covering skills such as reproducible coding and data management. Workshops are hands-on with lesson material developed and maintained by members of the scientific community. Are you interested? Check the curriculum on this webpage. Shortly we will start advertising the workshops we organise at the   NWO institutes on the course page.