The Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside are pleased to invite you to attend their Open Research Week.
We have organised a series of events, featuring a range of speakers, discussing Open Research practices in our institutions and beyond. The events aim to explore and share good practice, discuss barriers and strategies to enable Open Research.
Who should attend? Anyone with an interest in knowing more about Open Research, including researchers, academics, technicians, research staff support and students.
Registration details and more information about each event are available at the links below (all times are in GMT). The majority of events are hosted online via Teams, and registration is open to all.
Monday 24th March
- 10:30 – 12:00 – Open Research: towards a more inclusive and equitable research environment?
(Professor Matthew Campbell, University of Sunderland; Dr Catalina Neculai, Coventry University; Professor Stephen Pinfield, Sheffield University)
- 14:00 – 15:30 – Open Data?! Benefits and strategies for sharing research data
(Prof Eamonn Bell, Durham University; Dr Alan Bowman, Teesside University; Dr Martin P Eccles, Newcastle University; Prof Sarah Lonbay, University of Sunderland; Dr Sebastian Potthoff, Northumbria University; Dr Louise Rayne, Newcastle University)
Tuesday 25th March
- 10:00 – 11:00 – Monitoring Open Research: findings and lessons from the UKRN indicator pilots
(Neil Jacobs, UKRN)
Wednesday 26th March
- 10:00 – 11:00 – Getting to Grips with Green: investigating the contribution made by self-archiving at our institutions
(Durham University)
Thursday 27th March
- 13:00 – 14:00 – AI and academic publishing: opportunities and challenges
(Northumbria University)
Friday 28th March
Each institution will advertise an in-person drop-in session open to its own staff and research students. Please check individual institutions for details.
- 11:00 – 13:00 – Open Research Drop-in (Research Commons Collaboration Space 1)
(at Northumbria University) - 12:00 – 14:00 – Open Research Drop-in
(at Teesside University)
Friday 4th April
- 12:00 – 14:00 – Open Research Drop-in Session (KGVI.Howden) rescheduled
(at Newcastle University)
If you have any questions please contact Library Research Services lrs@ncl.ac.uk