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Open Access Week: Community over Commercialization, October 23 - 29, 2023 #OAWeek

Open Access Week 2023: Community over Commercialization

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Research Data Management, Scholarly Communications, University of Westminster Press, UWP October 18, 20230 comments

International Open Access Week (October 23-29) is an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s theme “Community over Commercialization” encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community-and which do …

Open Access Week 2023: Resources Available and External Events Coming Up

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Research Data Management, Scholarly Communications, University of Westminster Press, UWP October 18, 2023October 18, 20231 comment

International Open Access Week 2023: Community over Commercialization, 23-29 October, 2023 Open Access Week 2023 is an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. As part of Open Access Week our University of Westminster Press Manager, Philippa Grand, will be participating in a …

Transitioning from Doctoral Researcher to Early Career Researcher – recording available

by Ka-Ming PangOpen Access, Open Research, Research Data Management, University of Westminster Press July 20, 20230 comments

The Research & Knowledge Exchange Office and Scholarly Communications Team recently ran an event aimed at Doctoral Researchers giving an overview of some aspects to consider as Doctoral Researchers build up a profile as a researcher. This was followed by an opportunity for attendees to hear Dr Elle Larsson share her experiences of being an …

Articles, books, and data, and where to publish them

by Holly RangerOpen Access, Open Research, REF, Research Data Management, Scholarly Communications, University of Westminster Press, UWP, WestminsterResearch March 20, 20230 comments

The Scholarly Communications team recently held an information session on scholarly outputs and where to publish them. You can watch a recording of the session in Stream at this link (staff login). You can also download the presentation sides from SharePoint at this link (staff login). First, Nina Watts, Open Access and Repository Manager provided …