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The Careers and Employability Service Drop-in Sessions were met with high interest and demand last semester, so we are pleased to announce that they’re back! Mrs Janice Montgomery (Senior Careers Adviser at Careers & Employability Service) will be in Taylor Library for the following dates to provide drop-in sessions for…
If you are worried about posting a preprint, don’t be! There’s lots of good reasons to consider posting a preprint.
Demystifying Preprints
A preprint is an early version of a scholarly article that hasn’t been peer-reviewed orpublished in a journal or…
I was looking for a fun little anecdote about open research for National Appreciate a Dragon Day (I’m sure you all have that on your calendars – 16 January) when I stumbled upon a pretty fascinating story about the benefits of open culture and dragons…..and dungeons even.
Hearken ye to…
New! Open Access Requirements for UKRI Funded Longform Publications
From 1st January 2024 the UKRI open access policy will apply to long-form publications. Monographs, edited collections, and book chapters published from 1st January 2024 are required to be open access under a Creative Commons licence no later than 12 months…
Is this the beginning of the end for the era of excessive profiteering by publishers?
2023 has been a year of unrest at many commercial journals run by major publishers. Does this signal the start of a pushback against high publishing charges and are some of the alternative (non-profit)…
AI, AI, AI… it seems to be the hot topic we’re all talking about, right? But what do we really know? What are the burning questions and concerns you'd like to discuss so you feel enabled to use generative artificial intelligence? What do you want to know about machine learning…
Disability History Month (DHM) starts today! Running from 16th November-16th December, this national campaign highlights the struggles in society for equality and inclusion; and works to educate, celebrate success and inspire people for the future. The University has organised a series of events, talks and activities across the month…
If you work in academia you’re probably at least vaguely aware of cOAlition S, the consortium of major research funders such as UKRI, Wellcome Trust, the WHO, and the Gates Foundation, formed with the goal of accelerating the transition to full Open Access for all research outputs. In 2018 they…
The Digital Skills Team will offer two additional sessions for UG and PGT students on the 15th and 16th of November:
Creating Posters using PowerPoint for UG and PGTs (online)In this session you will learn how to use PowerPoint as an effective tool for creating…
Taylor Library has gone through drastic transformations over the decades. The last refurbishment, which happened in the middle of the 1990s, resulted in a major extension: the library doubled in size, taking the ground and the first floor of Block D. New shelving space and extra 196 study places were…
