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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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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💡✨

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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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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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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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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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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

(Photo by Mary Hinckley, UCL Digital Media)
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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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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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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

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October 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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@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)
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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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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September 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Another exciting milestone 📢

UCL Research Data Repository has reached over 1 million downloads 🎉

A fantastic achievement - huge congratulations to the staff and research students who have published and shared their research outputs. The repository team are very proud! 👏
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September 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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If you're a UCL student or member of staff, this is your friendly reminder that applications and nominations for the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Awards close in two weeks time!⏳

You have until 5pm on Friday 22 August to submit your application 🗓️📝
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August 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A few months ago, UCL hosted its first ever Replication Games📝

💡Three teams working together to reproduce the results of a published paper in one day - how hard could it be?

Read on to find out how it went 👉 buff.ly/OpHgiTk

#Reproducibility #OpenScience #ResearchData
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July 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🔊 Calling UCL staff and students - nominations and applications for the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Awards are still open ✨

🗓️ Deadline: 5pm Friday 22 August

Read more or start an application/nomination today 👉 buff.ly/7w7bNG3
July 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🏆 Applications and nominations are open for the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Awards! 🏆
Celebrating exceptional areas of Open Science practice across the university, all UCL students, PhD candidates and staff can apply buff.ly/CbTEhoS
You have until 22 August - spread the word and get applying!
June 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Understanding and managing copyright supports open practices, empowering you to use and produce materials in creative ways. Rate your copyright confidence and help shape copyright literacy at UCL!

4 questions, 5 minutes, discover how you can learn more about copyright.
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May 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Worried, bored, unsure about copyright? Don't worry, its only human.

Check out the new game from our friends in UCL Copyright!

You can register to play, or just pop by the UCL Student Centre on Thursday 27 March 12-4pm to see a demo.

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March 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It's the final day of the 2024 #AdventCalendar of #ResearchSupport! buff.ly/3ZsKi5F
Thanks to everyone that has clicked and shared. We hope you have a lovely Christmas break and we'll see you in January!
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December 24, 2024 at 12:42 PM