About us
** IMPORTANT INFORMATION **
We have some exciting news! As part of our move into the MoTaverse, the Ministry of Testing Newcastle group is officially migrating away from Meetup.
Going forward, we are now known as a Chapter, and we have a brand-new home where all our future events, photos, and talks will live.
Why the move?
By joining us on the new Chapter page, your participation now counts toward your professional growth. In the MoTaverse, you’ll earn stars and badges for attending events, which display directly on your MoT profile to showcase your contributions to the community.
It’s all part of our goal to provide "Community-as-a-Service"—bringing learning, events, and networking into one seamless experience.
What you need to do
To stay in the loop for our upcoming Newcastle events, please head over to our new page and join the Chapter:
Join the MoT Newcastle Chapter Here
We’ll be phasing out this Meetup group shortly, so make sure you make the jump today so you don't miss our next gathering!
For a deeper look at why we’re making these changes, you can check out Rosie Sherry's post: Meetups are now Chapters.
See you in the MoTaverse!
Upcoming events
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Nov MoT Newcastle Event
Thought Works, 78 Grey St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6AF, Newcastle upon Tyne, GBOur November event is here!
Remember that to register for this and future events, you'll need to sign up and join the Newcastle Chapter on Ministry of Testing. It's free to join, and you get access to some other stuff on there too! Just follow this link:
DON'T JOIN THE WAITLIST - GO TO THE LINK BELOW TO SIGN UP
👉 November Meetup with Stu Day and Alex Burley👈
On the 17th of November, the MoT Newcastle is returning with 2 great talks,
We've got...
Quality Begins with Understanding by Stu Day (of 'Quality Talks' podcast)
What does quality actually mean to the people around us?
Before we can influence quality, improve quality or even agree on what “good” looks like, we need to understand the world we’re working in — the people, the context, the challenges and the perspectives around us.
In this interactive talk, we’ll explore why quality begins with understanding, and how building shared understanding can change the conversations we have, the decisions we make and ultimately the outcomes we create.
Expect stories, questions, a few opportunities to get involved, and plenty to think about. This isn’t a workshop where you’ll leave with a completed action plan — it’s a chance to pause, challenge your thinking and see quality from a slightly different perspective.
Effective Approaches to Harnessing AI Agents by Alex Burley
When faced with a high-priority project in a regulated industry, Atom Bank rolled out Claude Code to its engineering team. Within three months, we delivered not just on the code but on the overall quality of the engineering solution.
By harnessing AI alongside a robust, BDD based functional testing suite across a domain aligned service and building discipline on manual testing, we were able to land safely in production.
Join us to talk about testing data in pipelines.
We'll be hosting this event at Thought Works in Newcastle - 78 Grey St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6AF
And after heading to a local pub for a debrief, chinwag and chat
As always, we'll be providing food (pizza) and refreshments.
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Past events
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