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Recommendations from a Fellowship Programme for Advocates of Good Software Practices in Research Cover

Recommendations from a Fellowship Programme for Advocates of Good Software Practices in Research

Open Access
|Feb 2026

Figures & Tables

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Figure 1

Model of the fellowship developed using the Theory of Change [6]. It includes the outcomes and impacts for the fellows (boxes C and D), the SSI (box E) and the fellows’ institutes and domains (box F), and how this relates to impact for the wider research culture (box G). The staff and fellows activities that lead to these impacts are also detailed (boxes A and B).

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Figure 2

Responses for the two questions related to good software practices. Only “strongly agree” and “somewhat agree responses are shown”. Responses not shown were either “neither agree not disagree”, “somewhat disagree” or “strongly disagree”. For increased use of good practice two respondents selected ‘not applicable’.

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Figure 3

Responses for the six items related to professional development. Examples of professional skills developed include collaborative working, being a mentor and teaching. Examples of opportunities offered include presenting at a conference and being offered a leadership role. Only “strongly agree” and “somewhat agree responses are shown”. Responses not shown were either “neither agree not disagree”, “somewhat disagree” or “strongly disagree”.

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Figure 4

Responses to the question “What were the aims of the activities you did in your inaugural period?”, with a separate set of questions for institute(s) and research domain(s). Respondents could tick multiple items. The two respondents who did not aim to have impact for the institute were different from the two who did not aim to impact their domain.

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Figure 5

Survey items related to the impact of the participants Fellowship activities for their institute(s) and/or domain(s). Only “definitely yes” and “probably yes” responses are shown. Those not shown were either “might or might not “probably not” or “definitely not”.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.616 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 21, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 29, 2025
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Published on: Feb 13, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Anita Banerji, Aishah Rashid, Shoaib Sufi, Caroline Jay, published by Ubiquity Press
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