by crauter | Mar 28, 2018 | Research News
We have already blogged about the announced change to the REF Open Access policy which comes into effect from 1 April 2018: this enforces the strict “three months from date of acceptance” time limit on uploading the full text of a paper into RIS. This...
by crauter | Mar 15, 2018 | Library Resources for Research, Open Access, Theses
From October 2017 all new PhD students have to make an electronic copy of their thesis available online. Information about this is available on our LibGuide. Existing and former PhD students can also participate in the new e-thesis service to make our Swansea...
by crauter | Mar 2, 2018 | Open Access
Yesterday was a snowy World Book Day which coincided with some work we are doing to look at Swansea University’s book outputs within the context of open access. Books and book chapters are not currently covered by the HEFCE REF Open Access policy but the...
by crauter | Feb 19, 2018 | Metrics
The movement for responsible metrics gained further momentum in the UK with RCUK releasing a press release this month to announce that they are signing the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and issuing new guidance in support of this: Central to...
by crauter | Feb 8, 2018 | Events and training
A free online course (“MOOC”) starts on 5th March 2018 on the Futurelearn platform: “Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers”. The course is a collaboration between Glasgow, Sheffield and Edinburgh universities. They state...
