Scottish Universities Press
@scotunipress.bsky.social
SUP is a fully open access and not-for-profit university press coordinated through SCURL and managed by 20 university libraries across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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We're thrilled to share the cover of our next #OpenAccess book!
'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!
Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!
Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
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📅Tomorrow 18:30 📍Kelvin Hall
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
Libraries that shaped me, in-conversation event with Professor Louise Welsh and Damian Barr | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
📅Tomorrow 18:30 📍Kelvin Hall
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
What a fantastic time we had at the #AyeWrite book festival with our author, Tim Ingold!
Topics ranged from the 'intimate intensity' of the north, to gender, de-coloniality, and inclusion of students in #anthropology, and the importance of freedom, trust and community to #education 🎓
Topics ranged from the 'intimate intensity' of the north, to gender, de-coloniality, and inclusion of students in #anthropology, and the importance of freedom, trust and community to #education 🎓
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What a fantastic time we had at the #AyeWrite book festival with our author, Tim Ingold!
Topics ranged from the 'intimate intensity' of the north, to gender, de-coloniality, and inclusion of students in #anthropology, and the importance of freedom, trust and community to #education 🎓
Topics ranged from the 'intimate intensity' of the north, to gender, de-coloniality, and inclusion of students in #anthropology, and the importance of freedom, trust and community to #education 🎓
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🎉 Thrilled that the first ever issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research has published today, #DiamondOA of course!
This will be such a great venue to share good #OpenResearch practice.
Plus I had my first experience of editing a journal article!
👉https://doi.org/10.36399/f74t5k88
This will be such a great venue to share good #OpenResearch practice.
Plus I had my first experience of editing a journal article!
👉https://doi.org/10.36399/f74t5k88
Vol. 1 (2025)
| Scottish Journal of Open Research
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🎉 Thrilled that the first ever issue of the Scottish Journal of Open Research has published today, #DiamondOA of course!
This will be such a great venue to share good #OpenResearch practice.
Plus I had my first experience of editing a journal article!
👉https://doi.org/10.36399/f74t5k88
This will be such a great venue to share good #OpenResearch practice.
Plus I had my first experience of editing a journal article!
👉https://doi.org/10.36399/f74t5k88
We're thrilled to share the cover of our next #OpenAccess book!
'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!
Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!
Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We're thrilled to share the cover of our next #OpenAccess book!
'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!
Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!
Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
🤩 We are very excited for our conversation with world-renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at the #AyeWrite book festival in Glasgow next month! 📚
📆 Join us on 9th November at 4:15pm at the Mitchell Library.
🎟 Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye...
#Anthropology
📆 Join us on 9th November at 4:15pm at the Mitchell Library.
🎟 Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye...
#Anthropology
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🤩 We are very excited for our conversation with world-renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at the #AyeWrite book festival in Glasgow next month! 📚
📆 Join us on 9th November at 4:15pm at the Mitchell Library.
🎟 Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye...
#Anthropology
📆 Join us on 9th November at 4:15pm at the Mitchell Library.
🎟 Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye...
#Anthropology
Listen to this wonderful podcast with SUP Editorial Board member Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, recorded for #OAWeek!
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
To mark International Open Access Week, we had the pleasure of having a SAHA Conversation with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (@breerob-kirk.bsky.social),member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish Universities Press (@scotunipress.bsky.social)
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
Full episode available wherever you get your podcast
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Listen to this wonderful podcast with SUP Editorial Board member Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, recorded for #OAWeek!
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
Brianna discusses why #OpenAccess is so important, especially for smaller arts institutions and ECRs 🔓
Thanks to @sahavoice.bsky.social for arranging 🙏
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Hello Bluesky! We're Open Press University of Sussex (OPUS), a library-based Diamond Open Access publisher. To celebrate International Open Access Week, we're launching our first social media account to tell you a little bit about us and spotlight some of our books.
www.openaccessweek.org
www.openaccessweek.org
International Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...
www.openaccessweek.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hello Bluesky! We're Open Press University of Sussex (OPUS), a library-based Diamond Open Access publisher. To celebrate International Open Access Week, we're launching our first social media account to tell you a little bit about us and spotlight some of our books.
www.openaccessweek.org
www.openaccessweek.org
🎉 This #OAweek marks a special milestone for SUP as we celebrate the anniversary of our first #OpenAccess publication!
🙏 Thanks to everyone who has supported SUP by reading, citing, sharing, or championing our work.
Here's to many more years of open conversations!
🔗 www.sup.ac.uk/news/a-year-...
🙏 Thanks to everyone who has supported SUP by reading, citing, sharing, or championing our work.
Here's to many more years of open conversations!
🔗 www.sup.ac.uk/news/a-year-...
A year of open conversations: Celebrating the anniversary of our first publication — Scottish Universities Press
This week marks a special milestone for Scottish Universities Press as we celebrate the anniversary of our very first publication, Conversations with Tim Ingold!
www.sup.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎉 This #OAweek marks a special milestone for SUP as we celebrate the anniversary of our first #OpenAccess publication!
🙏 Thanks to everyone who has supported SUP by reading, citing, sharing, or championing our work.
Here's to many more years of open conversations!
🔗 www.sup.ac.uk/news/a-year-...
🙏 Thanks to everyone who has supported SUP by reading, citing, sharing, or championing our work.
Here's to many more years of open conversations!
🔗 www.sup.ac.uk/news/a-year-...
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
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
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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
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
Please do join us for the free OIPA Symposium during #OAWeek! @oipassoc.bsky.social
You will learn all about the exciting and innovative things our members are doing to lead the way in #OpenAccess publishing 🔓
Find out more and register below 👇
You will learn all about the exciting and innovative things our members are doing to lead the way in #OpenAccess publishing 🔓
Find out more and register below 👇
Join us for our online Symposium in October!
We will explore the open publishing landscape and some of the ground-breaking projects shaping the future of open institutional publishing.
📆 Tuesday 21st October 2025
🕐 13:30-16:00 BST
❓Online via Zoom
🪙 Free
Register now!
oipauk.org/news-events-...
We will explore the open publishing landscape and some of the ground-breaking projects shaping the future of open institutional publishing.
📆 Tuesday 21st October 2025
🕐 13:30-16:00 BST
❓Online via Zoom
🪙 Free
Register now!
oipauk.org/news-events-...
Event: OIPA Symposium 2025
Event: OIPA Symposium 2025 Join the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) for our Online Symposium in October! Following our inaugural in-person Symposium in 2024, we are delighted to be…
oipauk.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please do join us for the free OIPA Symposium during #OAWeek! @oipassoc.bsky.social
You will learn all about the exciting and innovative things our members are doing to lead the way in #OpenAccess publishing 🔓
Find out more and register below 👇
You will learn all about the exciting and innovative things our members are doing to lead the way in #OpenAccess publishing 🔓
Find out more and register below 👇
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Great news that the first @scotunipress.bsky.social book will feature at #AyeWrite on 9 Nov. Hope to meet lots of SCURL colleagues at the event!
Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at Aye Write 2025!
Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite
Find out more and book tickets 👇
www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...
Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite
Find out more and book tickets 👇
www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...
SUP at Aye Write 2025 — Scottish Universities Press
Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold as he discusses his book, Conversations with Tim Ingold : Anthropology, education and life, at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow on 9 N...
www.sup.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great news that the first @scotunipress.bsky.social book will feature at #AyeWrite on 9 Nov. Hope to meet lots of SCURL colleagues at the event!
Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at Aye Write 2025!
Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite
Find out more and book tickets 👇
www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...
Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite
Find out more and book tickets 👇
www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...
SUP at Aye Write 2025 — Scottish Universities Press
Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold as he discusses his book, Conversations with Tim Ingold : Anthropology, education and life, at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow on 9 N...
www.sup.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Join internationally renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at Aye Write 2025!
Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite
Find out more and book tickets 👇
www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...
Date: 9th November
Time: 4:15pm
Venue: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
We are delighted that our first book will feature at Glasgow's book festival #AyeWrite
Find out more and book tickets 👇
www.sup.ac.uk/news/sup-at-...
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We love to see it!
Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA member’s catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social!
Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA
💪
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25
Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA member’s catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social!
Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA
💪
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We love to see it!
Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA member’s catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social!
Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA
💪
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25
Dominique from @scotunipress.bsky.social and John from @uniwestpress.bsky.social show off the OIPA member’s catalogue at @meccsa2025.bsky.social!
Pop over and say hi to chat about their fantastic books and about OIPA
💪
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25
If you are at @meccsa2025.bsky.social, pop up to level 2 to speak to SUP Publishing Officer, Dominique Walker, about publishing your next book #OpenAccess!
Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days!
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU
Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days!
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you are at @meccsa2025.bsky.social, pop up to level 2 to speak to SUP Publishing Officer, Dominique Walker, about publishing your next book #OpenAccess!
Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days!
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU
Great to be at one of our member institutions @edinburghnapier.bsky.social for the next couple of days!
#MeCCSA2025 #MeCCSA25 #ENU
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"Pressed into action"
We really enjoyed this interview with @scotunipress.bsky.social's Press Manager, Gillian Daly, in @cilip.bsky.social's Information Professional magazine.
Wonderful to also see OIPA get a shout out!
Read here (p. 26-28): content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
#OpenAccess
We really enjoyed this interview with @scotunipress.bsky.social's Press Manager, Gillian Daly, in @cilip.bsky.social's Information Professional magazine.
Wonderful to also see OIPA get a shout out!
Read here (p. 26-28): content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
#OpenAccess
InfoPro Rewired 2025
content.yudu.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Pressed into action"
We really enjoyed this interview with @scotunipress.bsky.social's Press Manager, Gillian Daly, in @cilip.bsky.social's Information Professional magazine.
Wonderful to also see OIPA get a shout out!
Read here (p. 26-28): content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
#OpenAccess
We really enjoyed this interview with @scotunipress.bsky.social's Press Manager, Gillian Daly, in @cilip.bsky.social's Information Professional magazine.
Wonderful to also see OIPA get a shout out!
Read here (p. 26-28): content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
#OpenAccess
👀 Check out this interview with SUP's Gillian Daly, published in @cilip.bsky.social's #InformationProfessional magazine!
"Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all."
👇
content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
"Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all."
👇
content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
August 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
👀 Check out this interview with SUP's Gillian Daly, published in @cilip.bsky.social's #InformationProfessional magazine!
"Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all."
👇
content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
"Library publishing is an evolution of our role as we take forward the overarching library mission of making information accessible for all."
👇
content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A...
📰 Read our Summer 2025 newsletter and catch up with all the latest SUP activity - including details of our forthcoming #OpenAccess books!
👉 mailchi.mp/eb6d8e14bae2...
✍ Sign up to our mailing list here: eepurl.com/i0AoJA
👉 mailchi.mp/eb6d8e14bae2...
✍ Sign up to our mailing list here: eepurl.com/i0AoJA
SUP Summer 2025 Newsletter
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July 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📰 Read our Summer 2025 newsletter and catch up with all the latest SUP activity - including details of our forthcoming #OpenAccess books!
👉 mailchi.mp/eb6d8e14bae2...
✍ Sign up to our mailing list here: eepurl.com/i0AoJA
👉 mailchi.mp/eb6d8e14bae2...
✍ Sign up to our mailing list here: eepurl.com/i0AoJA
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We had a great time at the Curious Minds Research Festival (and got a photo of @paulmclarke.bsky.social in action 😄)
June 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We had a great time at the Curious Minds Research Festival (and got a photo of @paulmclarke.bsky.social in action 😄)
😎 A beautiful sunny Friday at @robertgordonuni.bsky.social's Curious Minds Research Festival!
Our commissioning editor @paulmclarke.bsky.social has enjoyed speaking to researchers and catching up with our #RGU authors 📝
Thanks @rgulibrary.bsky.social for the invite 😀
Our commissioning editor @paulmclarke.bsky.social has enjoyed speaking to researchers and catching up with our #RGU authors 📝
Thanks @rgulibrary.bsky.social for the invite 😀
June 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
😎 A beautiful sunny Friday at @robertgordonuni.bsky.social's Curious Minds Research Festival!
Our commissioning editor @paulmclarke.bsky.social has enjoyed speaking to researchers and catching up with our #RGU authors 📝
Thanks @rgulibrary.bsky.social for the invite 😀
Our commissioning editor @paulmclarke.bsky.social has enjoyed speaking to researchers and catching up with our #RGU authors 📝
Thanks @rgulibrary.bsky.social for the invite 😀
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📚 "The Vow of Stability" by @robotforaday.bsky.social is out now and #OpenAccess via @scotunipress.bsky.social
A deep dive into monastic life, community, and how religious institutions endure through time.
#Anthropology #Ethnography
🔗 Read out more here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...
A deep dive into monastic life, community, and how religious institutions endure through time.
#Anthropology #Ethnography
🔗 Read out more here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
📚 "The Vow of Stability" by @robotforaday.bsky.social is out now and #OpenAccess via @scotunipress.bsky.social
A deep dive into monastic life, community, and how religious institutions endure through time.
#Anthropology #Ethnography
🔗 Read out more here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...
A deep dive into monastic life, community, and how religious institutions endure through time.
#Anthropology #Ethnography
🔗 Read out more here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...
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Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025! Funding of up to £500 is available to support events, projects, or activities related to #OpenAccess or with an #OA component.
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
The OLH Open Access Award 2025: call for applications
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2025, a fund dedicated …
www.openlibhums.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025! Funding of up to £500 is available to support events, projects, or activities related to #OpenAccess or with an #OA component.
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
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I was thrilled to announce this today, at the @scurlscottish.bsky.social annual meeting, here @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24473?d...
www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24473?d...
June 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I was thrilled to announce this today, at the @scurlscottish.bsky.social annual meeting, here @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24473?d...
www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24473?d...
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We had at great time sharing a table at #SCURL2025 with our new (formal) partner (but actually we've been benefiting from their advice and encouragement the whole time).
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We had at great time sharing a table at #SCURL2025 with our new (formal) partner (but actually we've been benefiting from their advice and encouragement the whole time).
📣 We are delighted to announce that the University of Aberdeen has joined SUP as a partner library!
We are looking forward to collaborating with @simonjbains.bsky.social and the @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social team to provide free and equitable access to research.
👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/univers...
We are looking forward to collaborating with @simonjbains.bsky.social and the @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social team to provide free and equitable access to research.
👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/univers...
University of Aberdeen joins SUP — Scottish Universities Press
We are delighted to announce that the University of Aberdeen has joined Scottish Universities Press (SUP), bringing the total number of partner libraries to 20.
www.sup.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣 We are delighted to announce that the University of Aberdeen has joined SUP as a partner library!
We are looking forward to collaborating with @simonjbains.bsky.social and the @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social team to provide free and equitable access to research.
👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/univers...
We are looking forward to collaborating with @simonjbains.bsky.social and the @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social team to provide free and equitable access to research.
👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/univers...
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Back in Stirling again today for @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social. If you’d like to discuss an #openaccess book project, come say hi or drop me a line. @scotunipress.bsky.social is open to UK academics working in any subject.
June 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Back in Stirling again today for @ecsssstir2025.bsky.social. If you’d like to discuss an #openaccess book project, come say hi or drop me a line. @scotunipress.bsky.social is open to UK academics working in any subject.