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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 7h

See the full list of winners and honourable mentions on our blog 👉 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 7h

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 1d

🏆 @ucl.ac.uk Geography Lecturer Dr @mokros.bsky.social wins Open Science Award!

As Chair of @3dforecotech.bsky.social, he unites 500+ scientists to create open 3D tools for forest research. 🌳💻

#UCLGeography #OpenScience #ForestResearch #3DForEcoTech #GlobalCollaboration

UCL Geography Lecturer Wins Open Science Award for Global Collaboration on Forest Research

Dr Martin Mokros has received a UCL Open Science and Scholarship Award for his leadership in advancing open science, reproducibility and international collaboration in forest research.

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Jessie Baldwin @jessiebaldwin.bsky.social · 1d

When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐

Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!

October 28, 1pm GMT.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...

@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org

When and How to Deviate From a Preregistration, with Prof Daniël Lakens

Prof Daniël Lakens will share guidance on appropriate circumstances and methods for deviating from a pre-registration

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 10h

UCL Staff and Students carrying out Text and Data Mining research - join the ‘Copyright considerations in TDM’ session to hear updates from an external speaker and discover support at UCL.

🗓️ 12 November, 9:30am – 12:30pm📍IoE Library Teaching Room

Find out more and register 👉 buff.ly/Bkz7NEE

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 1d

One week until #OAWeek!

Throughout, we will be sharing pieces on our blog exploring this year’s theme from different perspectives📝

Watch this space for updates and meanwhile, find our blog here 👉https://buff.ly/pkcOkxp

(Graphic from OA Week website, buff.ly/R2vHEQO, photo by Greg Rakozy)

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 5d

This partly clashes with our #OAWeek webinar 🥲 but we still want to share because it looks great - we'll join for the first half 👩‍💻

Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 7d

Calling library and professional services staff! Do you want to learn more about open research and how it impacts on your role?

Join us during #OAWeek for 'A Practical Guide to Open Research'!

Find out more and register: www.sup.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

@scurlscottish.bsky.social

An advert for the Scottish Universities Press webinar 'A practical guide to open research'.
Date: Wednesday 22 October
Time: 09:30am to 12:30pm
Register: https://bit.ly/4q6n2pl

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 5d

Join Thomas Kador for a workshop and book launch exploring Object-Based Learning in education.

📚 Object-Based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education
📍 UCL Institute of Advanced Studies & Grant Museum of Zoology
🔗 Details: bit.ly/3KFmCpD

Discover object-based learning: Workshop and book launch with Thomas Kador

Join Thomas Kador, author of the new textbook Object-based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education for an afternoon and evening of events and activities, centring on UCL’s museums and...

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 5d

Fang-tastic stickers 🎃

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 6d

@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?

Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆

We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8

(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 7d

UCL Postgraduate Students 📢

There are still spaces available on this week's 'Copyright for Postgraduate Students' online session 👩‍💻

Thursday 9th October 11am - 12:20pm 📆

Have a look and book here 👉 buff.ly/Dn1ZOPP

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 8d

A huge congratulations to the winners of UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards 2025! 🎉🍾

Read the announcement on our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/UBQGnKy

UCL Staff and Students, celebrate with these colleagues at the awards presentation on Wednesday 22nd October 🏆 buff.ly/0aV34VC

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 11d

Also, remember you can always get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have questions or want to find out more 💻

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 11d

Are you interested in the practice of Citizen Science but unsure where to begin? 🤔

A good starting point might be the resources on our webpages which can support the planning, development, and delivery of Citizen Science projects 📒

👉 buff.ly/mkGTQ7Z

Citizen Science support and training

Discover tools, training, and guidance to help you plan and deliver impactful citizen science projects.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 12d

September brought a new academic year and new open access books from UCL Press! Explore museum studies, urban childhoods, Victorian collecting, and more - all free to read and download!

📚 Start reading: bit.ly/4nUCUcz

#OpenAccess #UCLPress #AcademicPublishing

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 14d

We're big fans of the UCL libraries 🫶

UCL Libraries @ucllibraries.bsky.social · 15d

Get to know our libraries and find your way around them with a self-guided tour. Find out more here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/using-library/getting-started/self-guided-library-tours

Students sat around the Flaxman Gallery.

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 14d

🎧 UCL Press Play is back this October with S2 of The Greatest Good!

Join world-leading academics as they explore topics like neurodiversity, climate justice, and more.

Be the first to hear about new episodes:
👉 t.co/WMCYqDjA7M #UCLPressPlay #Podcast #UCLPress

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 15d

With only three weeks until Open Access Week 2025, we're getting excited ✨

Have a read of our latest blog post to find out how we'll be joining this year's conversation, including a webinar with UCL experts in Copyright, Rights Retention, Research Integrity and Citizen Science 💻

Looking Forward to Open Access Week 2025 | UCL Open@UCL Blog

UCL Homepage

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 19d

Or, you can contact [email protected] for a bespoke workshop 📒🖋️

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 19d

Autumn is officially in the air, and so is copyright 🍂©️

Whatever way you are using text and images this term, UCL copyright team has a session to support you 💻

Take a look at the programme and register for a session 👉 buff.ly/o1y0g15

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Several cards on a wooden surface, where the following are printed on each: 'using images', 'copyright and GenAI', 'including materials in dissertations', 'publishing contracts', 'social media and copyright', 'protecting your copyright', 'permissions', 'Creative Commons'.

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 21d

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).

Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL

#KEF5

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 22d

The autumn equinox has arrived 🍂

For anyone embarking upon a UCL PhD in this new season, welcome to the community!

If you're wondering where to start with Open Science, check out this digestible and comprehensive guide: buff.ly/ya6CIQT

Why not save it somewhere to refer back to?

Open Science: a practical guide for PhD students

UK guide to Open Science for PhD students, based on the original French version produced by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research:…

rdr.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 27d

Also, watch this space for news about this year's award winners who are currently being selected, and the awards ceremony which will take place during International Open Access Week (20th - 24th October)🏆

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 27d

New blog post ✨

Our latest blog post has been contributed by Miguel Xochicale, Senior Research Engineer at UCL, who won an Open Science and Scholarship award in 2023.

Read on to find out about his project and how it has developed over the last two years 👇
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

Shaping Tomorrow’s Healthcare: Unlocking the Power of Open-Source AI and Robotics | UCL Open@UCL Blog

UCL Homepage

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Sep 11

Spotlighting UCL's bibliometrics support resources! 📊✨

With links to relevant courses and external resources, take a look at the webpages 👀
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And why not book onto an upcoming training session 📝 buff.ly/gTi0tc6

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Sep 9

UCL staff and research students 🔊

Need to write a data management plan? Not sure what UCL’s expectations are when it comes to managing research data?🗒️

The Research Data Management team are here to help ✨

Online and in-person training sessions are now available to book: lnkd.in/eqZtihzB

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