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2/2 This is the first webinar in a new series connecting planning & review with themes including FAIR data and repositories, open research monitoring & indicators, and skills & capability development. Join us 13:00-15:00, Thursday 22 October - register to attend here: www.ukrn.org/open-researc...
We welcome UKRI's new research data policy - there's still time to register to attend our @ukrepro.bsky.social webinar next week on research data planning & review - we'll be joined by UKRI to set the policy in the broader landscape of best practice and institutional support for open research 1/2
It was also my pleasure to contribute to a @ukrepro.bsky.social project that's informed the new UKRI policy: w/colleagues at Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, PLoS, & OpenAIRE, we assessed researcher practice against MRC's expectations for research data. Findings here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Register for @ukrepro.bsky.social's webinar 'Research data planning and review', Thurs 22 Oct 2026, 13:00-15:00 to hear more from UKRI & UKRN on the future of open research data in UK universities forms.gle/PQ9H7RYZMaug..., hosted by @openresshef.bsky.social
2/2 This is the first webinar in a new series connecting planning & review with themes including FAIR data and repositories, open research monitoring & indicators, and skills & capability development. Join us 13:00-15:00, Thursday 22 October - register to attend here: www.ukrn.org/open-researc...
We welcome UKRI's new research data policy - there's still time to register to attend our @ukrepro.bsky.social webinar next week on research data planning & review - we'll be joined by UKRI to set the policy in the broader landscape of best practice and institutional support for open research 1/2
We have published our new research data policy today. This UKRI-wide policy updates and harmonises our expectations for responsibly managing and sharing research data so it is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) and as open as possible, and as closed as necessary. Read more ⬇️
They'll join our speakers to explore what the future holds for the scholarly book as we celebrate 10 years of WRUP!
Find out more 👇
universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/announcement...
To join us, please book through the Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-shoul...
A horrifying carousel of research outputs for October
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Hulson, Marc and Ancāns, Kristaps (2023) METAHORROR. [Show/Exhibition]
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Missed OpenFest live this year? Catch up with the recordings, which are now all online 🥳
As you may remember we partnered with @openresshef.bsky.social for another edition of #OpenFest! With 800+ the event sparked great conversations.
Missed a session? Thanks to @reddite.eurosky.social recordings are now available on our website to watch anytime👇
🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉
Building skills for sensitive data curation: early insights
Dr Hollydawn Murray and Dr Susmita Datta share early findings from the Sensitive Data Curation Skills Report.
🟢 As part of our Green Computing series, we are pleased to share An Introductory Guide to Green Computing for Software Developers, written by Anica Araneta and Alison Kennedy.
Find out more and access the guide at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui...
📣Join us at lunchtime on 5 November for the latest episode in our 'How to Share...' seminar series. Dr Maureen Haaker from @ukdataservice.bsky.social will be talking us through sharing sensitive data. Open to all; sign up link below 👇
Running a metadata enrichment project in the open? COMET pilot teams refined a Project Doc Template to record objectives, collaborators, outputs and lessons learnt, so others can trust and reuse the work. Try it and tell us what you'd change.
What if creativity wasn't an add-on to health, but part of the solution?
The new Creative Health MASc explores how arts, culture & community action can tackle health inequalities and improve wellbeing. Working across disciplines & with partners turning ideas into action.
Learn more: bit.ly/4rzehFe
🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years of White Rose University Press!
And we’re marking the occasion by looking ahead:
What should scholarly book publishing look like in the next 5–10 years?
Our anniversary event is now OPEN FOR BOOKING! 🧵👇
Find out more 👇
The total amount of funds available is £350k, spread across at least two application rounds. In each round we expect to fund several projects (up to £40k).
The maximum allowed duration of each project is 12 months, but most projects are expected to be shorter.
Apply here: t.ly/MByU4