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Open Access: Training

This guide is intended to provide advice on open access to researchers

Training and support

Open Access is one element of Open Research. We regularly provide training on the following topics:

  • Pure and the Research Portal
  • Getting your first article published
  • Open Access publishing
  • E-thesis submission
  • Copyright
  • Research data and your thesis
  • Workshops on uploading your data to Pure
  • Protecting your research

Full details of our training courses can be found here

 

Staff training

Pure is the system used to upload and make your research articles visible online, note any prizes you have won, record any prestigious activities and upload your datasets.

These 30-minute sessions will provide you with a practical workshop on how to use Pure. What to update on your personal profile and how to create records for your research outputs. The session will also give a brief overview of Open Access publishing. 

Sessions will take place monthly and will be delivered via MS Teams  on the following dates: 

  • Wednesday, 07 August 2024  @14:00-15:00
  • Wednesday, 11 September 2024 @14:00-15:00
  • Wednesday, 16 October 2024 @15:00-16:00
  • Wednesday, 13 November 2024 @15.00-16.00

Please book your place via iTrent or email openaccess@qub.ac.uk

These 30-minute bitesize sessions will focus on the UKRI’s new open-access policy regarding Longform publications (monographs, book chapters and edited collections).

The session will outline the funding application process and how exemptions are likely to be applied for. Current UKRI-funded authors at QUB are advised to attend.

Sessions will take place monthly and will be delivered via MS Teams on the following dates: 

  • Wednesday, 14 August 2024 @15:00-16:00
  • Wednesday, 18 September 2024 @15:00-16:00
  • Thursday, 24 October 2024 @14:00-15:00
  • Wednesday, 20 November 2024 2024 @14:00-15:00 

Staff can book their place via iTrent by searching 'UKRI open access policy for long form publications' or by emailing openaccess@qub.ac.uk

This session will give an overview of open-access monograph publishing.

It will detail the costs involved with commercial publishers and advise authors on how to approach publishers regarding open access for this output type. The session will detail  Diamond Open Access initiatives that we at QUB support and advise how our authors can access these. The session will also look at funder policies and how these will affect monographs in the future, with a particular focus on the UKRI’s current open access policy and also future REF open access requirements.

Sessions will be delivered via MS Teams on the following dates: 

Wednesday 25th September 2024 @ 14:00-15:00

Thursday 21st November 2024 @14.00-15.00

Staff can book their place via iTrent by searching 'Open Access Monograph Publishing: a guide'  or by emailing openaccess@qub.ac.uk