UKRO’s next webinar, which will take place at 10.00-11.00 (UK time) on 8 April, will be on the topic of the MSCA Individual Fellowships call 2020. The webinar will be delivered by the UK MSCA National Contact Point, and …
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How to get published in an academic journal – FREE WEBINAR
Title: How to Get Published in an Academic Journal What can I do to increase the chances of having my paper accepted? How long does it take for an article to get published? Who are good …
Continue readingUpdated ‘Research & Enterprise Contracts: Financial Procedures’
These procedures relate to all Research and Enterprise (R&E) contracts from public sector contracts/grants with organisations such as Research Councils through to commercial contracts with corporate organisations. The procedures are consistent with the University’s financial regulations, UKRI’s …
Continue readingECR Poster Competition and Travel Bursary Scheme 2019-20
As part of the GRE Research & Enterprise Awards and Celebration Day 2019 (27 November) GRE is running the ECR Poster Competition, and would like to invite you to submit a poster. A poster winner from each …
Continue readingOpen Access Week 2019 – Friday – Where do we go from here?
At this point we have looked at the beginnings of open access, what it means now and the various reactions surrounding it, but now we will look at what we can expect for the immediate …
Continue readingOpen Access Week 2019 – Thursday – Reactions Around the World
Although open access has become more mainstream since its inception as demonstrated from our “Modern Open Access” post, it didn’t do so undetected. Inevitably both the public and publishers found out about open access and …
Continue readingOpen Access Week 2019 – Wednesday – Defining Modern Open Access
Moving on from our last post “The Adventure Begins”, we can see that at the time, open access was only just starting to be introduced. The methods of publishing were varied and there was no …
Continue readingOpen Access Week 2019 – Tuesday – The Adventure Begins!
As we have seen in our previous post “The Time Before Open Access”, Panizzi was able to achieve much of his ambition over the course of the 19th century. He was able to gather a …
Continue readingOpen Access Week 2019 – Monday – The time before…
Open Access is the term used to describe a piece of research that has been published with no barriers to access and reuse, typically accompanied with a Creative Commons licence stating what the research can …
Continue readingPlan S – Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access
What is Plan S, what is the point? Plan S is a set of principles designed by a group called cOAlition S that support and promote the benefits of Open Access and aim to facilitate …
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