by crauter | Nov 6, 2018 | Open Access, Research News
Wellcome Trust have just updated their open access policy which will last until Jan 2020. Although Swansea does not have a large number of Wellcome funded academics this is an interesting development as it follows a big review and is an attempt to work within the Plan...
by crauter | Oct 25, 2018 | Open Access, Research News, Theses
Today is #ThesisThursday on Twitter, part of the activities celebrating International Open Access Week. We asked our guest blogger Julia Terry to tell us about her recently completed Swansea University PhD. What was the most important or overarching finding of your...
by crauter | Oct 22, 2018 | Research News
We often come across staff who think they only need to deposit their work in RIS if they will be putting it forward for the REF. However, open access can give higher visibility and increased impact. It is increasingly required by government and funders, and ...
by crauter | Sep 10, 2018 | Open Access, Research News
A group of 11 European funders, including UKRI, have put open access back in the news. They propose a radical plan from 2020 where: Papers must be free to read on publication They must have a liberal licence which allows others to reuse, translate or download...
by crauter | Aug 6, 2018 | Open Access, Research News
Notes from a recent JISC event looking at where we are with open access. The Budapest initiative in 2002 described open access as a public good which “will accelerate research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich with the poor and the poor with the...
by crauter | Jul 4, 2018 | Research News
Back by popular demand! This is a half-day workshop to explore tools that can help you promote yourself and achieve the best visibility for your research. We aim to give an overview of the following: What can be counted about you? Citations, altmetrics and a look at...
