Free and open access to publicly-funded research offers significant social and economic benefits. The Government, in line with its overarching commitment to transparency and open data, is committed to ensuring that such research should be freely accessible. Research funders and…
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Open access week is an International event which has been running for 10 years to promote Open Access to research. This includes OA publications and research data. This year’s theme is the question “Open in order to…” This is to…
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Its peer-review week 11-15th September! Peer-review is important in research to ensure the quality and integrity of research activity. Peer-review is normally associated with publishing original articles in Journals. It is also an important part of the research funding process…
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Research Leader’s Impact Toolkit We all know that research impact is here to stay! And we are certain that the Impact case studies will feature again in the next REF. But understanding what impact really means and trying to convey…
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Research Fingerprinting is a service to identify tailored research funding opportunities for academics. This is one of the services provided by *Research Professional, an online service offering an extensive database of open research funding opportunities as well as research policy…
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