Training – Research Software Training NL

By Eva Lekkerkerker

May 7, 2026

Responding to challenges together: looking back on the 5 March RST-NL meet-up 📸

Last March, we gathered at Domstad in Utrecht for the first RST-NL meet-up of 2026: an engaging day with trainers, research support specialists, and researchers from across the Netherlands – all connected by an interest in research software training and development! 💡 Here are a few key takeaways from the day. ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

April 14, 2026

June 18: Lesson Development Matchmaking | Open Educational Resources | Summer Drinks

On Thursday the 18th of June RST-NL & DC4NES organise a summer event for research software trainers across the Netherlands. Join fellow trainers to exchange ideas, find inspiration and connect around collaborative lesson development and open educational resources. The event is organised in the historical Snijzaal of the Anatomiegebouw overlooking the Utrecht canals. We’ll wrap up with summer drinks in the ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

February 25, 2026

Skill-up session on Open Educational Resources (moved to 18 June)

By Angelos Konstantinidis, educational advisor from the University of Groningen. Time, date & location: Thursday 18th of June 2-4pm, at the Anatomiegebouw in Utrecht. Click here for the full programme and registration on EventBrite. This 2-hour interactive workshop supports research software trainers in strengthening their use of Open Educational Resources (OER). ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

December 17, 2025

First Annual RST-NL day

5th of March, Cursus- en vergadercentrum Domstad, Koningsbergerstraat 9 in Utrecht Join us and learn about ongoing training initiatives in research software, share resources, tips and tricks, exchange advice, and have a conversation with your fellow software trainers, training coordinators and other software training enthusiasts from all around the Netherlands! Program: 09:30 ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

October 14, 2025

RST-NL meet-up and speed-dating fun

On Thursday 9th of October, almost 20 software training enthusiasts met in-person in Utrecht at Wonders of Work. With the room being a bit hidden at the end of the venue, badges that could be costumized by stickers, and coffee and sweets on offer right when we entered, we immediatly had ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

October 14, 2025

Job opportunity: RST-NL Network Coordinator

The Research Software Training Netherlands (RST-NL) network is looking for a new colleague to coordinate activities, events and offer education for software trainers in the Netherlands. Supported by the Open Science NL programme, the Netherlands eScience center is now offering a temporary (3 year 0.8-1.0 FTE position) for a network coordinator ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

September 16, 2025

Job opportunity: Project Coordinator at 4TU.ResearchData

Dear all, Please share this with your networks and potential candidates for this vacancy: Are you an experienced Project Manager with an interest in digital skills and capacity building? Then this job is for you! As Project Coordinator at 4TU.ResearchData you will coordinate a two-year project to build digital skills training and lesson ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

August 14, 2025

Opportunities for software trainers

Dear (new) software trainers, training coordinators, DCC coordinators and other software training enthusiasts, We are happy to announce that we are kickstarting Research Software Training NL (RST-NL), a network bringing together and facilitating training organizations in the Netherlands in the areas of research software, programming skills, applied data science, computational skills and open ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

July 31, 2025

RST-NL meet-up event 9th of October 2025

For all (new & old & anything in between) research software trainers, teachers in programming skills, training coordinators and other enthusiasts about research software training at research institutes in the Netherlands! Let’s meet eachother, learn about ongoing training initiatives in research software, share resources, tips and tricks, exchange advice, and have ...

By Fenne Riemslagh

July 28, 2025

Upcoming Carpentries Instructor Training: September 16th – 17th

Hello community! RSTNL and the Netherlands eScience Center will organise another Carpentries Instructor Training for Dutch member institutions of the Carpentries on September 16th and 17th. The training will take place online. Employees from silver, gold, or platinum Carpentries member institutions (you can check that here) can follow this training to ...