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What is hut101?
hut101 is a Research Engineering Group (REG) project aimed at helping university students take their first steps into open-source software contributions by taking on clearly scoped tasks with the support of a REG coach.
All the available tasks are currently listed on a GitHub project board, which can be found here.
Objectives
Collectively, we aim to improve the skill level, diversity, and public perception of the Research Software Engineer (RSE) profession. This is achieved through the following sub-goals:
- To provide a welcoming and guided environment where participants can learn to contribute to open-source software, thus improving their ability to develop software in a collaborative manner.
- To lower barriers for participation of women & other underrepresented groups in software engineering through targeted outreach. For these groups, open-source software development can be even more intimidating than usual.
- To promote awareness of the RSE profession amongst participants.
- To foster external contributions to the open-source projects that REG and the Turing work on.
What is the process?
- If you are a student and want to participate: For students
- If you are a member of REG wanting to coach: For REG members