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At UCL, we champion #OpenScience across all disciplines. We empower our community with support in #OpenAccess, #ResearchData, #CitizenScience, and more, fostering a truly open academic culture.

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A six-step checklist to help you protect your authorship

from @timeshighered.bsky.social · #AcademicSky · #ECRs
Subtle steps that protect your authorship
Many early career researchers working with code, data and analysis assume goodwill is enough to secure authorship – it isn’t. Here’s how to protect your contributions and build fair, transparent colla...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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We're excited to share a recent addition to the citizen science projects at UCL 📃✨

The Big Toilet Project is the world’s largest toilet training study, aiming to understand the most effective toilet training methods for children, their carers, and the environment 🌍

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Make Science Happen! - Big Toilet Project
Take part in the Big Toilet Project Survey and Diary
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November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Have you met UCL's new copyright mascot, Colin the Copyright Literacy Nerd?

Drop by the IoE Library entrance on 25 November, 11 am – 2 pm, to say hello and see a demo of UCL’s new copyright game, Copyright for Humans💡✨

(Image AI-generated by Microsoft Copilot with prompts from Christine Daoutis)
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Working our way through this fantastic selection of articles, recordings and upcoming events 💡✨
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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#OAI14 has now come to a close. Over 500 individuals signed in to join sessions during the week. All the recordings will be available at oai.events/oai14/ going forwards. 5 watch parties have been organised to study the talks in greater depth - see oai.events/oai14/satell... for details.
OAI14 – OAI
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November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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To link into #OAI14, we will be hosting an in-person satellite event on the theme 'Open Infrastructure' ✨

With excerpts from the conference, local speakers and an opportunity for networking.

🗓️ 27 Nov, 1 - 4pm

📍UCL Bloomsbury Campus

Register here 👉https://buff.ly/F2qJOKX
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November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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From infant dreams to nightmares, take a deep dive into the strange world of sleep and the brain with the latest episode of UCL Press Play.

Get exclusive insights from Professor Dagmara Dimitriou's two decades of research.

Listen now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/why-...
Why Sleep Hygiene Doesn’t Always Work, featuring Professor Dagmara Dimitriou
Professor Dagmara Dimitriou and Professor Philip Schofield take a deep dive into the strange world of sleep and the brain.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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UCL PhD researchers, do you know about the Introduction to Research Support and Integrity course? 📝💻

Introducing you to UCL's research support teams and services, outlining research integrity principles ✨

17 November, 9:30am - 4:20pm 🗓️
Online 📍

Find out more and register 👉 buff.ly/E5WmxqZ
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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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How many preregistered studies end up in the file drawer? 🗂️

Join us to find out from Eline Ensinck at the next ReproducibiliTea!

📅Nov 25, 3pm GMT

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Are Preregistered Studies Publicly Shared? With Eline Ensinck
Eline Ensinck will present research on the number of preregistered studies which are never published and the reasons behind this
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November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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UCL staff or student undertaking Text and Data Mining activities?

Join the upcoming ‘Copyright considerations in TDM’ training session to discover how to navigate copyright issues.

🗓️ 12.11.25
📍 IoE Library

Register 👉 library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4430020

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November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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In case you missed our #OAWeek webinar, or wanted to watch it again (there was a lot to process!), the full recording is now available ✨

Find it via our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/jkI0ffa
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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It's Halloween! 🎃

UCL Staff and Students - does the thought of a data management plan keep you up at night? Fear not!

The RDM team have some training sessions coming up which are guaranteed to leave you feeling less spooked 👻

🗓️4.11📍Science Library

🗓️13.11📍Online

Register 👉 buff.ly/oXTBuVd
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October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards ceremony took place last week🏆🎉

It was fantastic to celebrate the exceptional work happening in Open Science across UCL 📔📈💻

Read our blog post about the ceremony, with a short overview of each of the award-winning projects 👉 buff.ly/Q7RFcRu
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October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Towards 100% open access: embracing complexity and building trust
Lara Speicher shares reflections from #OASPA2025 on why trust, diversity and collaboration are key.
🔗 bit.ly/4oLp5h3
#OASPA2025 #OpenAccess
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October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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#ComingSoon: Beautiful Minds, the second season of UCL Press Play 🎧

Uncover facts about the mind as our expert speakers challenge misconceptions, clear up common myths and propose strategies for making our society more inclusive.

Learn more: uclpress.co.uk/ucl-press-pl...
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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This looks brilliant!✨
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We're pleased to be part of the Festival of Social Science!

The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.

Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Our fifth and final blog post for #OAWeek is a year in review of Open Science and Scholarship at UCL 📝🔓

With updates from Open Access, Copyright, Bibliometrics and more, have a read here👉 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...
Open Science and Scholarship at UCL: A Year in Review | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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October 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Today's blog post in our #OAWeek series is a joint contribution from our Citizen Science Coordinator, Sheetal Saujani and Research Data Support Officer, Christiana McMahon.

Read it here 👉 buff.ly/b7XgZoq
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October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Day three of #OAWeek is a busy one for us 🔓

Webinar 👩💻 buff.ly/E8FeEzd

Open Science & Scholarship Awards ceremony 🏆https://buff.ly/dq4eWkX

Plus, the next instalment on our blog from Catherine Sharp, Head of UCL Open Access Services 👉 buff.ly/EiGpUrC

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October 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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It's not too late to register for the UCL #OAWeek Webinar 🔓 buff.ly/E8FeEzd

22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 🗓️
MS Teams📍

Four UCL speakers will consider the question, 'Who Owns Our Knowledge?' through the lens of their various expertise💡

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October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Today's #OAWeek blog post has been contributed by UCL Copyright Support Officer @christined.bsky.social and considers how various aspects of Copyright can contribute to Open Scholarship 💡📝

Read it here 👉 buff.ly/JjAxgBo

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October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Happy #OAWeek! ✨

This year's theme is 'Who Owns Our Knowledge?', which we'll be exploring through our blog this week📝

Have a read of today's blog post which discusses the theme and some of our thoughts on it 👉 buff.ly/xUYiSc4

(Image: Lucia Obst (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Thinking about postgraduate study at UCL?

Join our online sessions next week to hear directly from our Admissions and Student Funding teams, get practical advice, and ask your questions.

🔗 Register here: https://direc.to/nrPW

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October 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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ICYMI, UCL's Open Science & Scholarship award winners were announced last week🏆 buff.ly/bIPG9T9

Join us at UCL Bloomsbury Campus to celebrate the winners and hear about their outstanding work in Open Science🔬📔

Wednesday 22 October, 3pm - 4:30pm

Register here 👉 buff.ly/dq4eWkX
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Open Access Week is nearly here! 🕙

We're excited to be participating with fellow @oipassoc.bsky.social members in the upcoming OIPA symposium as part of this year's #OpenAccessWeek2025.

🎟️ Tues 21 Oct | 13:30-16:00 BST | Online

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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…
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October 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM