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At UCL, we champion #OpenScience across all disciplines. We empower our community with support in #OpenAccess, #ResearchData, #CitizenScience, and more, fostering a truly open academic culture.

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📢 Submissions for this year’s UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards are now open!

These awards are a chance to celebrate the fantastic work in Open Science and Scholarship taking place across #UCL 🏆

Find out more and apply or nominate: buff.ly/LeISQpB

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If you didn't have a chance to read, check out our new Citizen Science blog series!

We began with the Transcribe Bentham Project, hosted by UCL Laws, to explore the project and understand how volunteers are helping to make Bentham’s manuscripts more accessible.

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September 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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#ComingSoon: An Introduction to Science, Technology, Warfare and Peace

A comprehensive introduction to how sociology, history and philosophy of science & technology approach the topic of war and security.

More: https://uclpress.co.uk/book/an-introduction-to-science-technology-warfare-and-peace/
September 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
What does a career in Open Science look like? 🌱 Our latest blog shares advice from a panel of Open Science professionals (LSE, King's, UCL Press, Open Book Collective): follow your interests, say yes to opportunities, build your network, stay curious.
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September 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Join us on 20 October for an afternoon of open science and scholarship, in memory of Paul Ayris.

The event will bring together perspectives from the UK, Europe and beyond, and culminate in this year’s UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards.

Find out more and register: shorturl.at/ii6MX
September 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Have you adopted one of our #OpenAccess textbooks?

We're always interested to hear how our textbooks are being used in teaching and learning. If you've adopted a UCL Press textbook for your course, let us know!

📚 Explore our OA textbooks: https://bit.ly/44PD0LO

#Textbooks #HigherEd #OER
August 28, 2026 at 11:03 AM
UCL staff and students 🚨

Final 24 hours to submit your applications for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards 🏆
The deadline for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards is now Friday 28 August.

A range of activities are eligible, and you can apply as individuals, as a team, or nominate someone else.

Below are some of last year's winners at the award ceremony.

Find out more: buff.ly/xVjGpWp
August 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
UCL staff and students 📣

Submissions close in three days for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards 🏆

Start your application now: buff.ly/IZ46cZq
UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards
With these awards, we want to recognise and celebrate all UCL students and staff who embrace, advance, and promote open science.
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August 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The deadline for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards is now Friday 28 August.

A range of activities are eligible, and you can apply as individuals, as a team, or nominate someone else.

Below are some of last year's winners at the award ceremony.

Find out more: buff.ly/xVjGpWp
August 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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I've been looking at 'Programming Historian' and I'm so impressed! It uses real historical data to make digital tools actually approachable for researchers. Read more about its co-founder, Dr Adam Crymble, on the Open@UCL blog. #digitalhumanities #skyhistorians
For our latest spotlight, we spoke to @adamcrymble.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities at UCL.

Our conversation covered early engagement with open science, his work establishing an open publishing platform, and a recently published open access book.

Read it here: buff.ly/Bp3vdkM
Spotlight on Adam Crymble: Associate Professor in Digital Humanities | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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August 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
For our latest spotlight, we spoke to @adamcrymble.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities at UCL.

Our conversation covered early engagement with open science, his work establishing an open publishing platform, and a recently published open access book.

Read it here: buff.ly/Bp3vdkM
Spotlight on Adam Crymble: Associate Professor in Digital Humanities | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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August 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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The panellists at the Festival were all excellent. If you missed it, I'd recommend catching the recordings. I found 'Open Research, Gender, and Ethics' and 'AI and Publishing: Unintended Consequences, Unexpected Disruptions' especially interesting. #IOEIDL
It's been a few months now, but this is a reminder that all of the write-ups and recordings from this year's London Open Science and Scholarship Festival are listed on the Open@UCL blog.

Find the blog post here: buff.ly/FXqXZzO

#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience #OpenResearch
July 30, 2026 at 9:49 AM
It's been a few months now, but this is a reminder that all of the write-ups and recordings from this year's London Open Science and Scholarship Festival are listed on the Open@UCL blog.

Find the blog post here: buff.ly/FXqXZzO

#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience #OpenResearch
July 30, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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The Open Research Calendar @openresearchcalendar.org is a free online calendar where you can find open research events and share your own!

See what's on near you: openresearchcalendar.org

#Research #OpenResearch #AcademicSky
Open Research Calendar
System Status: Citation Please cite the Open Research Calendar as below. Note that the author order is alphabetical; for more detail, see [CRediT](/#contributors) statement. > Cassandra D Gould van Pr...
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July 22, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Registration for #OpenFest26 is now open!

Join us to explore "Open Research: People and Place" through talks, workshops, panels, and more.

Register now: libguides.shu.ac.uk/openresearch...

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July 23, 2026 at 10:48 AM
New blog post ✨

UCL Copyright Officer, @christined.bsky.social has written a brilliant piece for the Open@UCL blog looking at Copyright and Generative AI.

She focuses primarily on the pertinent question: How much is GenAI disrupting the way we approach Copyright?

Have a read:
Copyright and Generative AI: what (if anything) do we need to do differently? | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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July 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
One month until submissions close for UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards 🏆

Don't forget to get your applications and nominations in - we can't wait to hear about all the work happening to make knowledge open and accessible.

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📢 Submissions for this year’s UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards are now open!

These awards are a chance to celebrate the fantastic work in Open Science and Scholarship taking place across #UCL 🏆

Find out more and apply or nominate: buff.ly/LeISQpB

(Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash)
July 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
UCL staff and students 📣

As part of a UCL Research Culture project, there is an upcoming workshop looking at understanding and improving experiences of open science practices.

Open to anyone at UCL involved in research, in any capacity.

July 29, 1:30pm and 3pm 🗓️

Register: buff.ly/k2nG3U0
July 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Submissions for this year's #UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards are open until 21 August ⌛

There are five categories, and you can apply for yourself or your team, or nominate another individual or team.

Find out more: buff.ly/YIweNx5

#OpenScience #RewardAndRecognition #ResearchCulture
July 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
New blog post 📣

Research Support Librarian, @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social, has written a brilliant piece about how doctoral research support can fall outside the bounds of formal supervision, and how the UKCGE Recognised Associate Supervisor Award is acknowledging this.

Read the post:
The UKCGE Recognised Associate Supervisor Award: Supporting Doctoral Researchers in Open Science and Beyond | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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July 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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📚 Award-winning research, open to all ✨

We’re proud that many UCL Press titles have been recognised by leading organisations across multiple disciplines.

Our open access publishing model makes world-class scholarship freely available to readers everywhere.

What will you discover?
👉 uclpress.co.uk
July 1, 2026 at 7:44 AM
UCL staff and students 📣

Hoping to create a data management plan for a research project but unsure where to begin?

If so, join this upcoming session about data management plans which will answer a lot of questions.

Date: 30 July
Time: 10 - 11:50am
Location: Online
Register: buff.ly/Ags7JVy
June 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
We're excited to launch a new blog series on the Open@UCL blog, highlighting various citizen science case studies 📝

The first instalment is about the long-running Transcribe Bentham Project, have a read now: buff.ly/hzRD1qP

#CitizenScience #OpenScience #ResearchCulture #JeremyBentham
Citizen Science Case Studies: The Transcribe Bentham Project | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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June 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM
UCL Copyright Officer, Christine Daoutis, has written a blog post about the recent news that a group of publishers, including Elsevier, have filed a lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement.

Have a read: buff.ly/wG8ToSK

#Copyright #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing
Elsevier et al. sue Meta over AI training: what’s at stake for researchers? | UCL Copyright Queries
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June 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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⬇️ 31.17 million open access downloads
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📚443 books published
📕16 journals
🌍242 countries and territories reached

UCL Press makes groundbreaking ideas available for free, worldwide.

What will you discover?
👉 uclpress.co.uk/books/
June 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Looking forward vey much to speaking about 'Theorising open research for the arts, humanities and social sciences via the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science' at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference later this week ⬇️
Programme | Library | Library
EORC26 has a packed agenda of full talks, lightning talks, posters, and networking opportunities. The programme includes five main sessions, addressing some of the big picture issues found in Open Res...
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June 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM