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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 19h
It's the official start of Spooky Season, so it is once again time for our annual 'Carve your PhD' pumpkin (or neep) carving contest for PGRs. Using the medium of the pumpkin, express the main idea of your thesis. Get creative! Have fun! Full details at abdn.site/phD
"Could you explain your thesis, only using this?" — brown serif text above a single hand holding a small round orange pumpkin against a pale wall
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎉 It's the first day of a new term! Are you excited? Are you ready? Perhaps we can help a little with our ExplORe session on how to use #OpenAccessBooks in teaching and research www.youtube.com/watch?v=GupW...
Young people in winter coats and scarves walking along the High Street in Old Aberdeen, some smiling and chatting with backpacks while others walk in the distance.
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a great local example of something we see time and again in the research. When you publish Open Access, your work has a much wider reach, including in low and middle income countries. Find out more about how to publish Open Access through our web pages www.abdn.ac.uk/library/open...
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In honour of Welcome Week and all the new students starting soon we wanted to ask our #OpenResearch community: what's you're best advice to new researchers just starting out?
A group of children in lab coats gathered around a bunsen burner with a beaker fit over it. Image by Alicia Edith Abregú via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are you Welcome Week ready? New students are arriving in a mere four days 🎉 If you're supervising students for the first time, don't forget to check out the amazing resources in Portal, abdn.site/KLQd2 and if you want advice on mentoring open research practices, contact us: openresearch@abdn.ac.uk
A herring gull walking around Aberdeen train station like he owns the place (he does)
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Aberdeen University Press @abdnunipress.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today marks the 150th birthday or J. J. R. Macleod, the Aberdeen-educated professor who co-discovered insulin. His legacy was marred by accusations of claiming more credit than he was due, but recent research laid out in our forthcoming book restores his reputation. www.abdn.ac.uk/news/26067/
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Incredible resource! We'll be making our way through the slide deck and thinking of how to re-mix sections to make new training sessions for AHSS! Remember if you'd like a training session on Open Research practices delivered to your school/department/team contact us @ openresearch@abdn.ac.uk
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Very interesting research from LSE on the impact of CRediT so far. If you'd like to learn more about using CRediT, check out our ExplORe session on the topic, available here abdn.site/cred
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Training and Events | Library | The University of Aberdeen
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Insightful article out from @timeshighered.bsky.social on how Early Career Researchers can use Open Research tools to build their careers. Check it out here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/open-...
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Open research won’t slow your career down – it’s the smartest way to build it
Is open research a virtue that early career researchers can’t afford? Here’s how to make open practices work for you from your very first project – without adding hours to your week
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Did you know today is #VesuviusDay? Searching Pure for Vesuvius we found the incredibly titled @theconversation.com article: 'The very useful art of assessing a supervolcano without making it erupt' abdn.site/MtV Writing for popular outlets is a great way to improve your #ScienceCommunication skills
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The very useful art of assessing a supervolcano without making it erupt
Ever heard of Campi Flegrei? It is a supervolcano in southern Italy. Literally translating as “fields of fire,” only the Yellowstone caldera in the United States has more potential to devastate. The N...
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's starting to feel like summer's winding down as our first term starts, with PGDE courses beginning today. We want to wish best of luck to all our new students! Did you know our education department publishes a #DiamondOpenAccess journal: Education in the North? www.abdn.ac.uk/education/re...
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Adam Sandler's Billy Madison: Back to School
Alt: Adam Sandler's Billy Madison: Back to School, back to school
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You may have noticed the Sir Duncan Rice Library is closed this week, but do you know what never closes and can be accessed from anywhere? OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES!!!!!🎉 🥳 👯‍♀️ 🪩 Check out some of our favourite OA databases here abdn.site/OAreads
Image of the exterior front of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, appearing in late sunrise. Image by Frederic Bayer, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
For #InternationalCatDay we would like to introduce you to CAATAAS, Cats as a Service, an API that retrieves a cat photo, whenever. Open web and software architectures are important drivers in knowledge and capability sharing, but they also enable us to just have fun sometimes cataas.com
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Cat as a service (CATAAS)
Cat as a service (CATAAS) is a REST API to spread peace and love (or not) thanks to cats.
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It's the best week in Summer at Aberdeen: Graduation Week! Happily we seem to have a break in the heat in time to get on our hats and robes. Congratulations to all our graduates! We look forward to seeing many of you taking pictures with your families in front of Sir Duncan Rice
Watercolour image of a graduating student, a young man with short brown hair wearing a tan tweed suite and red academic robes with a purple collar and motorboard hat. The image reads 'Laws of Livingstone: Aberdeen Student'
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Next week! @jisc.bsky.social will be running a webinar demystifying ORCiDs for researchers. Learn all the benefits and best practices of this tool. The webinar is free and open to all, no prior knowledge of ORCiD required Tuesday 30 June 11:00-12:00 BST. Register at
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ORCID for researchers - Jisc
Find out why getting a free ORCID iD and populating your ORCID record is key for researchers to get credit for their work.
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I saw this article and was immediately charmed by the image of Dr. Tanashi holding the bat she's just discovered. I thought, I bet our researchers have some similar great photos. So, to break up a dreary Tuesday morning, share your favourite image of yourself with your research, just for fun 😀
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I saw this article and was immediately charmed by the image of Dr. Tanashi holding the bat she's just discovered. I thought, I bet our researchers have some similar great photos. So, to break up a dreary Tuesday morning, share your favourite image of yourself with your research, just for fun 😀
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Aberdeen University Press @abdnunipress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We'll have a table set up showing some of our open access publications and answering any questions you may have about publishing with us! Come by, say hi, pick up some merch!
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Today is #InternationalArchivesDay which celebrates the important contribution archives (especially make in safeguarding and providing access to our collective heritage and knowledge. As it's also Pride month, let's look at some fantastic #OpenArchive collections on LGBT+ life
Image of closed stacks, via the National Library of Aotearoa/New Zealand under a CC BY license
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy Pride month! We have a whole reading list of #OpenAccessBooks on LGBT+ issues, freshly updated for this year. Let us know if you have any great OA titles you think we should add abdn.leganto.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/publ... Image by Adam Cohn via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND
a large brown poodle sits on a rainbow crosswalk wearing a rainbow bandana and sunglasses. He has his tongue out and looks pretty cool. Image by Adam Cohn via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📢 @jisc.bsky.social will be running a seminar: ORCID for Researchers webinar – Tuesday 30 June 11:00-12:00 (BST/UTC+1) This webinar will explain what the benefits are to researchers to have an ORDiD and how to use them effectively. Register for the webinar at www.jisc.ac.uk/events/orcid...
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ORCID for researchers - Jisc
Find out why getting a free ORCID iD and populating your ORCID record is key for researchers to get credit for their work.
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It's the final day of term for undergraduates! We wish you all a restful break, and try not to miss Aberdeen too much when you're sunning by the beach
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Bert and Ernie: Summer Life Summertime
Alt: Bert and Ernie are relaxing on a pool floaty together, Bert is playing the Ukulele and Ernie is sipping a cocktail. The caption says 'Summer Life'
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wonderful 👏
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Offered for #NationalLimerickDay Open Research for all is our task But what are the benefits? you ask FAIR access for all That's not bad at all Locking knowledge behind paywalls will be a thing of the past
A grey medieval castle overgrown with moss along the banks of a wide river, with green banks. In the background is a bridge and a street in a modern town, King John's Castle Limerick, Ireland. Image by William Murphy via Flickr, CC BY-SA
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It's election day for the Scottish Parliament, so if you're a resident here don't forget to vote today! And don't forget to tag any #DogsAtPollingStations because we're keeping an eye on them You can find your polling place here, if you've forgotten your card wheredoivote.co.uk
A small white terrier standing in front of a sign reading 'Polling Station'. Image is by Andrew Davidson licensed CC BY, via wikimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pip_the_dog_at_a_polling_station.jpg
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Can peer review make our writing more readable? Colleagues at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social have a paper in Frontiers for Young Minds, where papers are reviewed for understanding by 8-15 year old students. Read about their experience (UoA only link) abdn.site/qDqoA Paper: doi.org/10.3389/frym...
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Why is Eating Healthy More Difficult for Some People?
In 2025, around one in seven UK households struggled to afford nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, and lean meat. This is called food insecurity. Families living on a low income are often forced...
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
You know World Book Day, but have you heard about World Book Night? For WBN you don't have to get your kid into a literary costume by the first school bell, all you have to do is curl up with a nice cocoa (or beverage of choice) and enjoy a cracking good read. Find an #OAbook from www.doabooks.org
Graphic reading 'Join the Reading Hour: this is World Book Night. 7-8PM. 23 April.'
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Does keeping up with REF requirements have you feeling like FrustratedOfficeWorker.jpg? Join our ExplORe Session tomorrow at 11:30 for a simple explainer on what you need to do to make your work REF-eligible. It's a 15-minute session with Q&A. Sign up on coursebooking: www.abdn.ac.uk/coursebookin...
Man in a business suit sitting at a desk in front of a laptop with his hands in the air in frustration looking really exasperated
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Students are coming back from holiday today and we'll soon be in the Exams period. To help you revise effectively, check out this article from The Conversation on what cognitive science tells us about how to revise theconversation.com/exams-coming...
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Exams coming up? Use the science of memory to improve how you revise
Use stories, rhymes and acronyms that catch your imagination.
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yesterday humanity went out the farthest from Earth we've ever been. Accomplishing this required huge numbers of researchers to collaborate on a shared goal. It's a beautiful reminder of what we can accomplish when we work together and share knowledge. What's the 'moon shoot' in your field?
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📢Coming up: Social Media for Researchers Training. If you're a researcher looking to improve your #scicomm skills and boost your impact check out this course offered through our Research and Innovation team and conducted by @jamiebgall.co.uk Book on coursebooking: www.abdn.ac.uk/coursebookin...
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
For Mother's Day, we're thinking about how to enable mothers to thrive in research. Research by the NGO @mothersinsci.bsky.social found that a third of mothers leave science after having children, due to factors such as gender inequality in child-rearing and lack of accommodation by employers.
A woman in graduation regalia, including a grey master's hood is holding a toddler in her arms and smiling, they are standing in front of a rhododendron bush in bud. Image by The Kids and Kahlie via flickr, CC BY_NC_ND
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This could be an incredible opportunity for a student or ECR interested in writing for a general audience. The award includes a £2,000 bursary and mentorship including publishing support #ScienceCommunication h/t @jessbutler.bsky.social
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If you're around Edinburgh, be sure and check out our fearless leader Simon Bains, talking about openness in the Arts and Humanities, all part of Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week!
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Do you still need costume ideas for World Book Day, because our friends at AUP have options! Or, if you have enough silver glitter, you could always dress up as #DiamondOpenAccess
A young woman with long wavy white blonde hair wearing a white fur top and heavy diamond choker, with white sparkly glitter stuck around her eyes and in her hair, wearing a diamond tiara
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Scottish #ResearchIntegrity and Culture Week is finally here! 🎉 Check out the full list of events happening throughout Scotland, both in-person and online, here www.sricw.co.uk/programme
Logo for Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week, featuring a map of Scotland showing all the universities joined up as dots on the map
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
After all of the talks yesterday at the #CopimConference about the importance of accessibility, this feels like great timing
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Who's going to the #CopimConference today? We've got a few people down in London -- including our fearless leader @simonjbains.bsky.social who will be speaking about our Thesis preservation project -- but most of us are joining from home. We'll miss meeting colleagues, but there are some advantages😉
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Improving research culture will require us to consider some bold ideas, perhaps even a Conference Timekeeping Bear. What's your big idea for research culture?
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Association of Research Libraries @arl.org · 13/02/2026
Check out the amazing things ARL member libraries have been doing for #LoveDataWeek! www.arl.org/blog/arl-lib... #DataScience #DataViz #OpenData #Research #Libraries #LoveData26
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ARL Libraries Love Data Week — Association of Research Libraries
During Love Data Week, the international celebration of data focuses on building and engaging community around good data practice. ARL member libraries are enthusiastic supporters of Love Data Week—se...
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This looks like it should be a great event, and we appreciate you making it hybrid so we all can come 😊 Especially looking forward to the keynotes! UoA researchers, be sure to check out the list for events relevant to your work!
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Today for #LoveDataWeek we're asking what can you do with large datasets? Well, a team a geologists at Aberdeen, led by @seismoamy.bsky.social have started a massive data gathering project aimed at finding effective spots for generating sustainable geothermal heat in the city abdn.site/GTheat
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Underground sensors assess Aberdeen's geothermal energy potential
The data will be used to build a 3D map of granite lying deep beneath the city.
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's #LoveDataWeek and things are heating up with interesting events that you can log into from anywhere. We wanted to highlight talks hosted by @unisouthampton.bsky.social this week, starting this afternoon with friends from @glasgow.ac.uk about their new Petabyte storage system abdn.site/XY0B7
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Next week we're celebrating International Love Data Week! This year's theme is 'Where's the Data?' so we'll be thinking about long term digital preservation and repository security. We'll be posting more next week, but see the official Love Data week site for events and resources abdn.site/3DTA
Graphic reading 'Save the Date! Love Data Week February 9-13, 2026' Graphic by the ICPSR re-used with permission
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Have you heard? Scottish Research Integrity & Culture Week is less than a month away! Events will take place both all over Scotland and online and will discuss research ethics, open research, career development, and more! Register now! abdn-research-integrity-and-culture-week.eventsair.site
Logo for Scottish Research Integrity and Culture Week, featuring a map of Scotland showing all the universities joined up as dots on the map
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Would you like to publish in or otherwise support the work of Diamond Open Access journals? Check out the Diamond Discovery Hub created by @craft-oa.bsky.social and launched last October. It has a huge listing of journals and an easy search function ddh.diamas.org/en
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A new term has begun! Check out our guide to finding Open Access resources for help finding teaching materials that will be affordable and accessible to all your students, even online students working from abroad who may not be able to use all e-resources licensed by the university abdn.site/x8qKf
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
On the last day before break our OA community gave to us: a wonderful community! Thanks to everyone who participates in this endeavour of trying to make the world of research dissemination more open, fair, equitable, and human-centered. It isn't always easy, but it's always better in community🥰
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
On the 2nd day before break the OA community gave to us: our new SciFree Journal Search Tool! This makes it much easier for authors to figure out which journals they can publish in at no cost, even if they don't have funding. Try it out now!
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Publisher Agreements | Library | The University of Aberdeen
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
On the 3rd day before break the OA community gave to us: a brand new draft policy for open data from @ukri.org ! This policy will help support researchers making their data open and incorporating FAIR principles into their data management!
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UKRI developing new research data policy framework
New pan-UKRI research data policy framework will maximise the value of data arising from UKRI funding and support an open research and innovation culture.
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