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<h2>Blogs & Articles</h2>
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<li>The Research Councils UK (RCUK) is asking for feedback on
their <a
href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/opendata/?utm_content=buffer1fbbc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer"
data-mce-href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/opendata/?utm_content=buffer1fbbc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">Draft
Concordat on Open Research Data</a>.</li>
<li>Nature printed an article about the opt-in policy around <a
href="http://www.nature.com/news/conference-tweeting-rule-frustrates-ecologists-1.18207"
data-mce-href="http://www.nature.com/news/conference-tweeting-rule-frustrates-ecologists-1.18207">live-tweeting
at conferences</a> when this became a topic of interest
following the ESA conference in Baltimore, MD last week.</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mdovey"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/mdovey">Matthew Dovey</a>
commented on how the <a
href="http://www.neth-er.eu/en/news/Priorities-2016-Dutch-Presidency"
data-mce-href="http://www.neth-er.eu/en/news/Priorities-2016-Dutch-Presidency">priorities
of the Dutch Presidency for 2016</a> are <a
href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/open-science-many-hands-make-light-work-17-aug-2015"
data-mce-href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/open-science-many-hands-make-light-work-17-aug-2015">a
natural extension of the open access and open data policies
which are already being embedded in UK science practice</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/abbycabs"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/abbycabs">Abby Cabunoc
Mayes</a> blogged about her experience as a judge at this
year's <a
href="https://www.mozillascience.org/cern-summer-student-webfest"
data-mce-href="https://www.mozillascience.org/cern-summer-student-webfest">CERN
Summer Student WebFest</a>. Lots of amazing projects were
featured.</li>
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<h2>Opportunities</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.unimelb.edu.au/"
data-mce-href="http://www.unimelb.edu.au/">The University of
Melbourne</a> has advertised a great opportunity for
#openscience advocates. If you're interested read about it <a
href="http://t.co/c0kyvHkzBq"
data-mce-href="http://t.co/c0kyvHkzBq">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>At the Science Lab</h2>
<ul>
<li>There have been a couple of team changes at the Science Lab
this week ...
<ul>
<li>We said good-bye to our community manager <a
href="https://twitter.com/billdoesphysics"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/billdoesphysics">Bill
Mills</a>, who's leaving the Science Lab to work on <a
href="https://www.mozillascience.org/leading-change-from-within"
data-mce-href="https://www.mozillascience.org/leading-change-from-within">furthering
open science as a research software developer</a>. Bill
will continue to be a valued contributor to the Science
Lab and we wish him the best in his future endeavors. Read
Bill's blog post talking about his scheme for <a
href="http://billmills.github.io/blog/ssd/"
data-mce-href="http://billmills.github.io/blog/ssd/">how
scientific software developers can supercharge</a>. It's
a great read.</li>
<li>On the flip side we are very pleased to welcome <a
href="https://twitter.com/zannahlou"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/zannahlou">Zannah
Marsh</a> to the team in the role of Instructional
Designer. You can learn more about Zannah and the
talents/experience she will bring to the Science Lab <a
href="https://www.mozillascience.org/welcoming-zannah-marsh"
data-mce-href="https://www.mozillascience.org/welcoming-zannah-marsh">here</a>.
Welcome Zannah!</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Our call for Mozilla Fellows for Science is now <strong>CLOSED</strong>.
Thank you to the 128 candidates who applied to become a
Mozilla Fellow. All applications are now under review.</li>
<li>For this year's <a href="https://2015.mozillafestival.org/"
data-mce-href="https://2015.mozillafestival.org/">MozFest</a>
the Science Lab is looking for two types of sessions: Sprints
and Training. If you're thinking about <a
href="https://2015.mozillafestival.org/proposals"
data-mce-href="https://2015.mozillafestival.org/proposals">submitting
a session proposal</a> but would like to ask questions or
get more information please join us for our second MozFest
Proposal Q & A session this <strong>Tuesday, August 25 at
1:00pm EDT</strong>. Take a look at this <a
href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sciencelab-mozfest-2015-proposal-submission-Q-A-2"
data-mce-href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sciencelab-mozfest-2015-proposal-submission-Q-A-2">etherpad</a>
for details.</li>
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