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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A new support programme can increase the number of patients who successfully self-regulate their intake of long-term strong-opioid painkillers without worsening quality of life, according to a study led by Centre for Health Economics 💊 Open access paper in Addiction doi.org/10.1111/add.... 🔓 📄

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Programme helping patients self-regulate strong-opioid use has potential for NHS, study shows

A new support programme can increase the number of patients who successfully self-regulate their intake of long-term strong-opioid painkillers without worsening quality of life, a study has shown.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Open access paper in Isin Journal for Archaeology, History and Ancient Languages: doi.org/10.70230/nff... 🔓 📄 (the DOI link in the news item is broken!) The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: cdli.earth

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The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI): A free database of all cuneiform texts | Isin Journal for Archaeology, History and Ancient Languages (ISSN 2709-0299)

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 08/10/2026

Catch up with the latest #CitizenScience and #ParticipatoryMethods publications from colleagues at SEI York in this thread 👇 (1/6)

New: from participatory methods in Nairobi neighbourhoods to a neuro-inclusive citizen science framework

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The first session is taking place online next Wed, 14 Oct from 1-2pm and will provide an introduction to the programme as well as discussing the FAIR principles, why they have emerged and some actions that can be taken to apply them to software. Open to UoY staff and students, register below 👇

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Research Coding Club is back for 2026-27 🎉 🧑‍💻 They will cover a range of research coding topics, from version control to packaging and software lifecycle planning, to testing and continuous integration. The programme theme is how FAIR principles can be applied to research software 👍 Find out more 👇

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Research Coding Course

Skills and training for people developing research software

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Ilkay Holt @ilkayholt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our annual Open and Engaged 2026 Conference is coming up on Tuesday, 20 October - online during #OAWeek. Hope some of you can join us! Find out more about #OpenEngaged, check out the programme and register events.bl.uk/events/open-...

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Open and Engaged Conference 2026 | British Library

This year’s Open and Engaged Conference aligns with the Open Access Week 2026 theme, The Cost of Knowledge, by asking what it takes to make knowledge, rese

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Great to see @nickyjgarland.bsky.social @ads-update.bsky.social lined up for a @ukrepro.bsky.social talk as part of UEA Library Open Access Week 2026 'Trowels to Terabytes: Accessibility and Re-use of Heritage Data at the Archaeology Data Service (ADS)' 20 October, 2-3pm, online 📆

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UEA Library: Open Research: Events

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Read Alice's full case study on the Open Research at York wiki: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/... Copyright in this case study belongs to the author, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 to encourage reuse and adaptation for training and advocacy purposes 👍

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Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement (Alice Flinta, Postgraduate Researcher, Centre for Women's Studies and Research Associate, Department of English an...

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alice and project collaborator Evangeline Scarpulla (University of Bologna) also co-authored a critical-creative piece titled 'W(e)aving Words' that reflects on the artwork as a meaning-making activity The piece is published in the latest issue of Cultivate, the Feminist Journal of the CWS 📄 🔓

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Issue 8: Collaboration | Cultivate

Explore Issue 8: Collaboration and discover how collaboration enhances feminist practice, fostering friendship and mutual recognition. Dive into Issue 8 now!

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Map-makers shared with us their (...) visions of, and hopes for, the futures of feminist engagement. Intrigued by our work on transnational literature and literature in translation, map-makers turned to the EUTERPE.eu website to follow up on the activity and find inspiration for their next reads."

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Reading for Each Other | Euterpeproject Eu

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Designed in response to the 2025 @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social theme 'Making waves', and as part of the EUTERPE Project: European Literature and Gender from a Transnational Perspective, workshop participants filled oceans and connected continents with words they associated with feminism and migration

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Members of the public contributed to a creative Wor(l)d Map, using creative methods associated with feminist and activist groups such as embroidery and collaging 🧵 The map is now on display at York Explore Library to mark ten years of York City of Sanctuary

The creative world map on display at York Explore Library cafe

Close up of the creative world map with words associated with feminism and migration

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our latest case study is from @aliceflinta.bsky.social, Centre for Women's Studies & @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement describes how a participatory workshop led to conversations and reflections on feminism and migration 🗺️

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Alice Flinta - Centre for Women's Studies, University of York

Alice Flinta, PhD student

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We plan to publish a new Open Research in Practice case study each month throughout 2026/27 🎉 🔓 Read about how researchers @york.ac.uk have benefited from, and been challenged by, the adoption of open research practices in their work Browse all our case studies on the Open Research at York wiki 👇

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Open Research in Practice case studies - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service

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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Researchers! Get to know this very valuable team, and find out about the support around areas such as open access publishing and policy, research data management, data management planning, copyright and licensing, and wider open research practices and principles. A valuable session, this.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Data management plans: getting started - Tue 24 Nov 📊 www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear... Making your publications open access (Staff) - Tue 1 Dec 📖 www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear...

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Making your publications open access - Tue 17 Nov (PGRs) www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear... Copyright and open licensing for research - Thu 19 Nov ©️ www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear...

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Open research workshops this semester include: Introducing Open Research at York (PGRs) - Thu 8 Oct 🔓 www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear... Research data management: the basics (PGRs) - Wed 21 Oct 📊 www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear... Archiving your research data - Wed 11 Nov 📁 www.york.ac.uk/staff/resear...

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Research Culture and Researcher Development Team have launched their 2026/27 programme - a comprehensive range of workshops and opportunities for researchers (staff and PGRs) and research-enabling staff at York You can now easily view all of our upcoming workshops on the new Training Webpages 👇

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Training sessions and courses

Professional and career development opportunities to support researchers.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another open research related event coming up next week: Inclusion in citizen science (CS Co-labs discussion) 🌍 Thu 8 Oct, 12-1pm, online 📆 Join @sei.org York colleagues for the second CS Co-labs session on why broadening participation in Citizen Science projects is important, and how to do it 👇

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CS Co-labs discussion session 2

In this second CS Co-labs discussion session we will explore our learnings on why broadening participation in Citizen Science projects is important, and then facilitate a discussion inviting participa...

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next week we're running an in-person workshop as part of PGR Induction, introducing Open Research at York 🔓 👐 It will be an informal session with opportunities for discussion and questions! Register your place via SkillsForge below 👇 📆 Thu 8 October, 10:00-11:00, LFA/144 @uoylibrary.bsky.social

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SkillsForge

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day 2 of our panel announcements 📢 Also joining us for the WRUP 10-year anniversary event is Professor Joe Deville (joedeville.bsky.social), Professor of Science & Technology Studies at Lancaster University and Managing Director of the Open Book Collective.

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Panel announcement!🚨 As part of sharing plans for the WRUP 10 year anniversary event, we are excited to introduce our panel members, starting with Anthony Cond Chief Executive Officer, Liverpool University Press.

A man wearing glasses stands in front of a wall of bookshelves filled with various books.

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎉 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 👇 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/announcement...

White Rose University Press event banner promoting a discussion on the future of scholarly book publishing, celebrating 10 years of WRUP.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hello to any new academic staff and PGRs joining us at @york.ac.uk 👋 The Open Research team @uoylibrary.bsky.social provide guidance and training to help you plan, publish, preserve and share your research openly. Find out more about the team and how to contact us for online or in-person support 👇

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Open Research team

The Open Research team works in partnership with academic and research staff, postgraduate researchers, and other staff facilitating research.

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N8 Research Partnership @n8research.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Valuing Voices is a free, open-access tool helping researchers put equity, transparency and social responsibility into practice. @whiteroseuc.bsky.social recently interviewed the team behind the project to explore the lessons learned from developing and applying the tool.

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Valuing Voices: An open-access tool embedding equity into research culture - White Rose University Consortium

As part of National Inclusion Week 2026, we reflect on Valuing Voices, a digital initiative co-developed by an international partnership between colleagues at the University of York and Mahidol Univer...

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The international project brought together experts from Ukraine, Norway, Germany, and the UK, supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action grant.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by the distinctive growth patterns visible in the tusks, a new study has revealed 🦣 @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social Open access paper in Heritage Science doi.org/10.1038/s404... 🔓 📄

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Ice Age carvers used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, study finds

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Scientists from @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @hyms.ac.uk and University of Sheffield found that lifelong deafness causes the brain to shift its processing power, boosting how well a person can see out of the corner of their eye 👁️ Open access paper in @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🔓 📄

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Deaf adults' brains re-wire to boost 'danger radar', study finds

Scientists found that lifelong deafness causes the brain to shift its processing power, boosting how well a person can see out of the corner of their eye.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi Caroline. Is there a deadline for responses?

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Researchers @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social and Curtin University have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic builders 🪨 Open access paper in @royalsociety.org Proc. A doi.org/10.1098/rspa... 🔓 📄

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Neolithic ‘Devil’s Arrow’ stones travelled 11 miles across Yorkshire, study reveals

Researchers have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic builders.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Researchers from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology and University of Sheffield have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, solving a decades-old mystery 🧬 Open access paper in Nucleic Acids Research doi.org/10.1093/nar/... 🔓 📄

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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Arts, humanities & social science researchers, are you aware of any journals in your field that make good use of plain language summaries to make publications more accessible to non-academic or practitioner audiences? If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Launched earlier this year, Ingest is our new digital repository deposit system designed to transform how heritage data is preserved and shared. Developed to streamline the process of depositing data and metadata, this system represents a significant advancement in our deposition capabilities.

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Luqman Muraina @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads @uoyopenres.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social @katievernon.bsky.social and I reflect on organising training events and open research awards, community-building, researcher engagement and what we’ve learned along the way.

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Two Years Behind the Scenes as Open Research Graduate Engagement Leads – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In addition to publishing open access with @wrunipress.bsky.social, the researchers collaborated with @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social and @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social to make materials and reports from the Sheffield Castle archive open access via @ads-update.bsky.social: doi.org/10.5284/1074... 🔓 ⛏️

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today on the 2nd September we are celebrating the 6th Publishing Anniversary of 'Sheffield Castle - Archaeology, Archives, Regeneration, 1927–2018' by John Moreland and Dawn Hadley

Book cover for *Sheffield Castle*, showing historic workers excavating a site in black and white, with text on archaeology, archives and regeneration.

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

September's here & for many of you a new academic year. So just a brief reminder of what we're here for. The OBC is a charity that channels library funding to Diamond OA publishers - the books are free to read & no author pays to be published. It's small-scale, deliberately, but with a big impact!

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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

NEW training slides on open research in the arts, humanities & qualitative social sciences, codeveloped by staff from 15 UK universities at a hackathon event earlier this summer. Including colleagues from @uoyopenres.bsky.social, @edopenresearch.bsky.social, @openresleeds.bsky.social & more

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Researchers from Health Sciences and @uoysbs.bsky.social examined meal provision across Yorkshire primary schools and found a complex, fragmented system that makes central monitoring of nutritional standards difficult 🍽️ Open access paper in Journal of Nutritional Science doi.org/10.1017/jns.... 🔓 📄

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Primary school food provision ‘complex, fragmented and lacking central oversight’, study reveals

A lack of central oversight and shifting catering models in primary schools could be putting children’s dietary health at risk, according to new research led by the University of York.

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Launched in 1995, 1 year before the ADS, Internet Archaeology is an international, open access journal for archaeology, based at the University of York. Edited by Judith Winters, IA publishes quality, peer-reviewed research that explores the potential of digital publication.

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In 1996 the ADS website looked quite different, and was most commonly viewed via Mosaic or Netscape Navigator. Access to the different sections was via buttons which resembled Rock Art decorated pebbles.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@uoylibrary.bsky.social is now an institutional supporter of OpenAlex.org, an open source catalogue of the world's scholarly research outputs and meaningful alternative to proprietary and commercial databases 🔎 📚 We look forward to joining the member community and helping guide their developments 👍

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Spotlight on 'Stycas'" - the early medieval coinage display you never knew you needed is up at Yorkshire Museum! You can pop in to the foyer for free & see some highlights from my @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social PhD for the next year! Mega thanks to the @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social team!

Dark haired, tattooed woman stands next to a display case which is grey. An interpretation panel is coral and the back shows a selection of coins and a map of Europe. Object is the case include handwritten notebooks, a lead cross and several coins.

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Hidden REF @hiddenref.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are a drop-in session for people to ask questions about the Hidden REF Competition before submissions close! Join us today (Tuesday 25 August) from 11.00-12.00 to get all your questions answered! The link to join is on our website. hidden-ref.org/resources/co...

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Community Calls - The Hidden REF

Community Calls The Hidden REF Community Calls are open, informal spaces for people across the research community to come together and talk about research culture – […]

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