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Introducing UCL’s open education initiative

Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/oer | Email: oer@ucl.ac.uk | Twitter: @OpenUCL | Repository: URL subject to change What is open education? Open education, like open access and open data, centres on a commitment to provide access to high quality education and educational resources to a global audience. As the Open Education Consortium declares, “sharing is probably the most […]

7th August 2018

Event at QMUL – SES Open: Harnessing FAIR Data Symposium, 3 September 2018

SES Open: Harnessing FAIR Data Symposium Harnessing FAIR Data (3 September 2018, 13:00 – 17:00) focuses on researchers who employ or are seeking to use data in their work. FAIR is a set of guiding principles to make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. In this thematic context we aim to better understand the cross-disciplinary practice of […]

25th July 2018

New course in 2018/19! Writing Effective Data Management Plans

Research Data Management (RDM) is an increasingly important skill for researchers across all disciplines and career stages. Most research funders are introducing new requirements around Data Management as part of the application process. Often researchers will be asked to produce a Data Management Plan or be required to share data at the end of a […]

17th July 2018

Research IT & Data Management drop-ins: dates for 2018/19

The Research Data Management and Research IT teams run regular drop-in sessions. These sessions are open to all UCL research staff and research students and will be attended by someone from the Research Data Management team as well as representatives from all of the RITS service areas; if you have any questions or problems related the […]

27th June 2018

How can I preserve and share research software?

Research software is an increasingly important research output across all disciplines. Alongside this, there is an increasing recognition of the role of software in supporting the reproducibility of papers. Whilst there is still work to be done on ensuring proper credit for research software there are already steps that researchers can take to make their […]

23rd May 2018

Writing Effective Data Management Plans – 2nd May, 14:00-16:00

Research Data Management (RDM) is an increasingly important skill for researchers across all disciplines and career stages. Research funders are increasingly introducing new requirements around Data Management as part of the application process. Often researchers will be asked to produce a Data Management Plan as part of a funding application or be required to share […]

20th April 2018

UCL Open Science Day: developing open scholarship at UCL

Free event for UCL researchers and staff. This one day workshop will explore the facets of Open Science and how these are/could be pursued by UCL researcher. In the morning speakers will discuss different aspects of and perspectives on Open Science with afternoon workshops offering practical advice. There will also be opportunity to discuss the […]

19th April 2018

Last course on Research Integrity & Research Support for PhD students- 24/04

This regular training course introduces PhD students to research support available during the course of their studies. It is relevant for all PhD students, whatever the stage reached in their project and is applicable to all disciplines. The half-day session focuses on Research Integrity, Research Data Management, Data Protection, Research Ethics, Open Access and Research […]

28th March 2018

An afternoon with the UK Data Service – 16/05, 2pm

UCL Library Services is pleased to invite UCL staff to an afternoon of information and discussion about the UK Data Service (UKDS). The UKDS is funded by the ESRC to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Its collection includes major UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal […]