JISC, RLUK, SCONUL and the Association of Research Managers and Administrators have recently published a thought-provoking discussion paper, Academic journal markets, their limitations, and the…
Have a good read of JISC’s first ever quarterly digest of news about their work in open access. Open Access Update gives plenty of links…
Booking is now open for a three day researcher development event, Leap Into Research. Jointly organised by the Research and Innovation Office and Information Services,…
We came across this webpage full of resources to help you find a suitable open access journal and though we should tell you about it….
The European Commission launched the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot early in 2015, https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot, to fund Open Access publishing fees for publications arising from finished…
Last week we took along two posters to the Edinburgh Napier University’s Teaching Fellows conference #tfconf2016 poster session. Thoroughly enjoyed speaking to researchers, PhD students and academics…
The members of a new steering group set up to review university research funding ahead of the next REF have been announced. The group will be…
A new online checklist has been launched recently to help researchers choose which journal to publish their research in. The Think.Check.Submit website describes the new campaign to support researchers. Think.Check.Submit…
As part of Open Access Week events at their institution, Goldsmiths University held a discussion titled ‘Open Access Monographs and Publishing Models: collaborative ways forward’….
Published today and available on the gov.uk website, an independent report by Sir Paul Nurse reviews UK research councils. Nurse also makes recommendations for how research councils…