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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tickets are still available! 📚 Join us on 20 October to celebrate Open Science and Scholarship as part of International Open Access Week. The afternoon brings perspectives from the UK, Europe and beyond, culminating in the UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards. shorturl.at/ii6MX

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Citizen science can take many different forms. Muki Haklay's four modes show how differently people can take part, from contributing data to shaping the research question itself. We have mapped all four, with examples, on our new webpage. ⤵️ www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open... #CitizenScience #UCL

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you didn't have a chance to read, check out our new Citizen Science blog series! We began with the Transcribe Bentham Project, hosted by UCL Laws, to explore the project and understand how volunteers are helping to make Bentham’s manuscripts more accessible. shorturl.at/xoPET

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#ComingSoon: An Introduction to Science, Technology, Warfare and Peace A comprehensive introduction to how sociology, history and philosophy of science & technology approach the topic of war and security. More: uclpress.co.uk/book/an-introduction…

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What does a career in Open Science look like? 🌱 Our latest blog shares advice from a panel of Open Science professionals (LSE, King's, UCL Press, Open Book Collective): follow your interests, say yes to opportunities, build your network, stay curious. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Join us on 20 October for an afternoon of open science and scholarship, in memory of Paul Ayris. The event will bring together perspectives from the UK, Europe and beyond, and culminate in this year’s UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards. Find out more and register: shorturl.at/ii6MX

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Have you adopted one of our #OpenAccess textbooks? We're always interested to hear how our textbooks are being used in teaching and learning. If you've adopted a UCL Press textbook for your course, let us know! 📚 Explore our OA textbooks: bit.ly/44PD0LO #Textbooks #HigherEd #OER

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

UCL staff and students 🚨 Final 24 hours to submit your applications for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards 🏆

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The deadline for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards is now Friday 28 August. A range of activities are eligible, and you can apply as individuals, as a team, or nominate someone else. Below are some of last year's winners at the award ceremony. Find out more: buff.ly/xVjGpWp

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I've been looking at 'Programming Historian' and I'm so impressed! It uses real historical data to make digital tools actually approachable for researchers. Read more about its co-founder, Dr Adam Crymble, on the Open@UCL blog. #digitalhumanities #skyhistorians

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For our latest spotlight, we spoke to @adamcrymble.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities at UCL. Our conversation covered early engagement with open science, his work establishing an open publishing platform, and a recently published open access book. Read it here: buff.ly/Bp3vdkM

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The panellists at the Festival were all excellent. If you missed it, I'd recommend catching the recordings. I found 'Open Research, Gender, and Ethics' and 'AI and Publishing: Unintended Consequences, Unexpected Disruptions' especially interesting. #IOEIDL

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's been a few months now, but this is a reminder that all of the write-ups and recordings from this year's London Open Science and Scholarship Festival are listed on the Open@UCL blog. Find the blog post here: buff.ly/FXqXZzO #LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience #OpenResearch

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Domi Smithson @domismithson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Registration for #OpenFest26 is now open! Join us to explore "Open Research: People and Place" through talks, workshops, panels, and more. Register now: libguides.shu.ac.uk/openresearch... @openresshef.bsky.social @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New blog post ✨ UCL Copyright Officer, @christined.bsky.social has written a brilliant piece for the Open@UCL blog looking at Copyright and Generative AI. She focuses primarily on the pertinent question: How much is GenAI disrupting the way we approach Copyright? Have a read:

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

One month until submissions close for UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards 🏆 Don't forget to get your applications and nominations in - we can't wait to hear about all the work happening to make knowledge open and accessible. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open...

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is great to see! So important to recognise and celebrate the fantastic work going on in this area 👏

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

UCL staff and students 📣 As part of a UCL Research Culture project, there is an upcoming workshop looking at understanding and improving experiences of open science practices. Open to anyone at UCL involved in research, in any capacity. July 29, 1:30pm and 3pm 🗓️ Register: buff.ly/k2nG3U0

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Submissions for this year's #UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards are open until 21 August ⌛ There are five categories, and you can apply for yourself or your team, or nominate another individual or team. Find out more: buff.ly/YIweNx5 #OpenScience #RewardAndRecognition #ResearchCulture

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New blog post 📣 Research Support Librarian, @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social, has written a brilliant piece about how doctoral research support can fall outside the bounds of formal supervision, and how the UKCGE Recognised Associate Supervisor Award is acknowledging this. Read the post:

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The UKCGE Recognised Associate Supervisor Award: Supporting Doctoral Researchers in Open Science and Beyond | UCL Open@UCL Blog

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📚 Award-winning research, open to all ✨ We’re proud that many UCL Press titles have been recognised by leading organisations across multiple disciplines. Our open access publishing model makes world-class scholarship freely available to readers everywhere. What will you discover? 👉 uclpress.co.uk

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

UCL staff and students 📣 Hoping to create a data management plan for a research project but unsure where to begin? If so, join this upcoming session about data management plans which will answer a lot of questions. Date: 30 July Time: 10 - 11:50am Location: Online Register: buff.ly/Ags7JVy

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We're excited to launch a new blog series on the Open@UCL blog, highlighting various citizen science case studies 📝 The first instalment is about the long-running Transcribe Bentham Project, have a read now: buff.ly/hzRD1qP #CitizenScience #OpenScience #ResearchCulture #JeremyBentham

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Citizen Science Case Studies: The Transcribe Bentham Project | UCL Open@UCL Blog

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

UCL Copyright Officer, Christine Daoutis, has written a blog post about the recent news that a group of publishers, including Elsevier, have filed a lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement. Have a read: buff.ly/wG8ToSK #Copyright #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

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Elsevier et al. sue Meta over AI training: what’s at stake for researchers? | UCL Copyright Queries

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

⬇️ 31.17 million open access downloads ⬇️ 13.58 million book downloads ⬇️ 17.59 million journal downloads 📚443 books published 📕16 journals 🌍242 countries and territories reached UCL Press makes groundbreaking ideas available for free, worldwide. What will you discover? 👉 uclpress.co.uk/books/

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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Looking forward vey much to speaking about 'Theorising open research for the arts, humanities and social sciences via the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science' at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference later this week ⬇️

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Programme | Library | Library

EORC26 has a packed agenda of full talks, lightning talks, posters, and networking opportunities. The programme includes five main sessions, addressing some of the big picture issues found in Open Res...

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Edinburgh Open Research @edopenresearch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We're nearly there, and we've nearly sold out our in person spaces for this years Open Research Conference. If you'd still like to join us though, we would love for you to join us online - all the talks will be broadcast live. Register here:

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Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2026 (Online)

Good Research is Open Research - so what's stopping us from making research more open? Join the conversation at EORC26 online!

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Congratulations to Adam Crymble, Sarah Fox,Rachel Rich and Lisa Smith! Their new #OpenAccess book, The King's Dinner: Family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820 published yesterday! Read and download free: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...

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The King’s Dinner

The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...

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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

⏳Just over a week to go until the #OIPA2026 symposium! There's still time to register to attend in person or online. 📆 Thu 18 Jun ⏰️ 10am-5pm 📍 Sussex & online 💰 Free for all 👩‍💻 Full programme: oipauk.org/news-events-... 💸 Apply for a travel bursary: oipauk.org/2026/05/28/t... #OpenAccess

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Travel Bursaries for the OIPA Symposium 2026

Travel Bursaries for the OIPA Symposium 2026 OIPA is pleased to offer a limited number of travel bursaries to support early career professionals working in open access, scholarly communications, an…

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Most of the presentation slides, write-ups and recordings from #LDNOpenFest26 are now on the Open@UCL blog. Whether you would like a recap or missed any of the sessions, we hope you find this a useful resource. Have a browse now: buff.ly/KNTAhXz #OpenScience #ResearchCulture #ResearchSupport

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Copim @copim.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🚨 NEW RESOURCES! Head over to #CopimCompass to discover new content on the Knowledge Bases and Library Success Stories sections 🧭 Where can I publish a book open access without (necessarily) paying a fee? 👉 buff.ly/z79au3r Stories of Open 👉 buff.ly/BwdH7sO

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📢 Submissions for this year’s UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards are now open! These awards are a chance to celebrate the fantastic work in Open Science and Scholarship taking place across #UCL 🏆 Find out more and apply or nominate: buff.ly/LeISQpB (Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash)

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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

(How) can pre-registration serve the needs of qualitative research communities? Check out our entry for Practice #21 in the MORPHSS catalogue of open research practices in AHSS: Pre-registering qualitative research ⬇️ #OpenAHSS #OpenResearch #Pre-reg

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Pre-registering Qualitative Research | The MORPHSS Catalogue

Disciplines include: economics, education, library and information science, politics, sociology

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#UCL staff and students 🔉 There's still time to register for the next Data Management Plan workshop. 📆 Monday 8 June, 10 to 11:50am 📍 Online The session will cover expectations of UCL and external funding agencies, support available at UCL, and FAIR data principles 👩‍💻 Register: buff.ly/defB5iC

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Our latest newsletter is out: buff.ly/IldvQwY It features a range of training sessions, blog posts, resources, and an exciting announcement: Applications and nominations for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards are now open! 🏆 ✨ Apply or nominate: buff.ly/LeISQpB #OpenScience #Awards

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

For the latest instalment in our Spotlight series, we spoke with @banazjalil.bsky.social Throughout her career to date, Banaz has contributed significantly to the engagement with #OpenResearch practices, across the #UCL community and beyond. Read about her brilliant work: buff.ly/ASmHrP1

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Blog incoming but here's a link for those who'd like to watch the full recording of our #OpenAccess in Practice session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyZ... Thanks again to everyone who took part! Incl @philippagrand.bsky.social @paulakennedy.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social! #LDNOpenFest26

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We're currently collating all the recordings and write-ups from #LDNOpenFest💡 In the meantime, we have published a write-up of the 'Careers in Open Science' session, in which four experts shared experience and advice for pursuing a career in this area. Read on our blog: buff.ly/Ds3yVQG

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#UCL staff and students 🔉 Are you interested in #bibliometrics but unsure where to start? Consider joining this in-person training session which will cover all you need to know. Wednesday 3 June, 1pm - 3:50pm Register: buff.ly/2KuXu1i #ResearchImpact #ResearchCulture

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UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📢 Call for applications: Global Engagement Funds & Strategic Partner Funds 2026/27 Apply by 19 June to build or grow international collaborations at @ucl.ac.uk. GEF: www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi... Partner Funds: www.ucl.ac.uk/global/fundi... More partner funds open in autumn 2026.

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Don't know how we've only just discovered this account. Such a good idea to collate and share open research events in one place 👇

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UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Are you a student in London with a collection of printed or handwritten materials you’re proud of? Apply for the Anthony Davis Book Collecting Prize by 25 May for a chance to win £600! Photo: stamp album covers from Penny James’ collection, 2025’s runner up. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We’re delighted to announce that Between Feast and Famine: Food, Health, and the History of Ghana’s Long Twentieth Century by John Nott has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society’s First Book Prize 2026. More details: uclpress.co.uk/ucl-press-ti...

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