![Can I write an article or book based on my open access thesis?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
This is an interesting question and one that early career researchers commonly ask. You’ve worked long and hard on your PhD thesis and achieved your…
![Sconul welcomes UKRI commitment to open access "Plan S".](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
UKRI and Science Foundation Ireland along with nine other European funding agencies have signed up to “Plan S”. The plan is seen as a transformative…
![An image of the header for the journal Ology, which shows the current volume and date](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/08/Vol01_HeaderWithText.png)
There are many types of Open Access. Green Open Access for example means depositing or ‘self-archiving’ a copyright-free version of your work in a digital…
![Open Access Week 2015 at Edinburgh Napier University](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/10/28795.jpg)
After a very busy Open Access Week we thought it would be a good idea to do a round-up post. The foyer roadshows were well attended and on each…
![Confused by versions?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Then check out the Versions Toolkit for authors, researchers and repository staff produced by LSE. Written with open access(OA) in mind this practical guide is…
![How accurate is SHERPA/FACT?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/07/sherpafact.jpg)
Well, the answer is that SHERPA/FACT is more than 95% accurate at checking publisher’s policies against funders open access requirements. A recent study by the…