Erin Graham, an eResearch Analyst from James Cook University (JCU), has been accepted as an instructor for teaching the principles of Software Carpentry, a community-based initiative focused on teaching basic lab skills for research computing.

This remarkable achievement is a significant step in Erin's professional journey and highlights her commitment to improving teaching methods in computational research.

“By incorporating Software Carpentry’s hands-on interactive techniques, I aim to improve my instructional skills and help other instructors effectively teach crucial programming and data skills.”

Erin is also looking forward to using her new skills to enhance QCIF’s training programs.

“It will definitely make our training programmes more effective and engaging, and as a result, researchers and innovators across Queensland and Australia will gain essential computational and data skills, driving research and innovation forward.”

Software Carpentry is part of the The Carpentries Project. It comprises the Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry communities of instructors, trainers, maintainers, helpers, and supporters who share a mission to teach foundational computational and data science skills to researchers.

QCIF is a founding member of the Australian Carpentries Consortium and offers multiple Software Carpentries programmes throughout the year. For more information about our workshops, visit our training catalogue.