Tag Archives: open science

Launching SciFree, a new tool for researchers at University of Reading

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Karen Rowlett

The University of Reading has lots of Transformative Agreements with publishers whereby staff and students can achieve Open Access for their research outputs easily. In most cases, no invoices are generated and permission for funding for the article processing charge … Continue reading →

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Open Research in practice – an interview Prof Aleardo Zanghellini

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

As part of the efforts to improve the Open Research culture at the University of Reading, according to the Committee on Open Research and Research Integrity action plan, the Open Research champions for the School of Law, Marzia Briel and Tahlia-Rose Virdee, conducted … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2021 – Writing an open peer review: an interview with Shirley Williams

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

Open peer review is one aspect of the Open Research movement which aims to make the research process more transparent, accountable and reproducible. The peer review system for academic publications is traditionally a closed process whereby the author does not … Continue reading →

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Open Research Forum 15th September 2021

Posted on September 24, 2021 by fredbreese

Thank you again to all those who attended our second Open Research Forum meeting on Wednesday 15th of September. If you missed it on the day a recording of the meeting is available to view via this link (University of … Continue reading →

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University of Reading Open Research Award 2021

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Robert Darby

The University of Reading’s Open Research Award 2021 online celebration took place on the afternoon of Wednesday 9th June. Wellcome Trust Lecturer in English Literature Dr Alanna Skuse won the Award with an outstanding case study on the challenges and … Continue reading →

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The Open Research Award 2019

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Robert Darby

This year’s Open in Practice conference saw the finale of the University’s inaugural Open Research Award, with Dr Kathryn Francis (Philosophy) taking the prize by public vote against an impressive field of shortlisted candidates. The Open Research Award is a … Continue reading →

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Talking about Open Research at the University of Reading

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Robert Darby

Are you an Open Researcher? Do you support or promote Open Research? Did the conference convert you? If you’ve got an Open Research story to tell and would like to write a post for our blog, please drop me a … Continue reading →

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