The Library's Open Access Team will be running a number of training sessions for Staff & PhD 
students in 2020.
These courses cover a range of topics including Open Access, Pure, REF, Maximising your Research Profile, Copyright, E-thesis and Metrics. For course details and information on how you can book your place, please see below.
The full list of OA training dates for 2020 can be viewed below.
Copyright and e-thesis for supervisors.
Content:
Condensed training for those who supervise Postgraduate Research (PGR) students who wish to gain an understanding of copyright and how it applies to your student's e-thesis. Note that all PGR students have to now upload an electronic version of their thesis to Pure upon submission. This has significant implications for copyright.
This course will make supervisors aware of Queen's requirements for e-thesis submissions and the copyright implications for this
The training will include:
Please login using iTrent to register for this event
Pure Class! Training on Pure and the Research Portal
This training session is a hands-on workshop that provides information on Pure and the Research Portal. All Postgraduate Research students will have an account on Pure, which is used to capture your research activities and outputs at Queen's. This training session will address the following topics:
Please login to MyFuture to book a place.
Open Access Policy for REF 2021.
Content:
Open Access is now a requirement for REF eligibility. HEFCE’s Open Access Policy applies to journal articles and conference papers accepted for publication from 1st April 2016 onwards. During this session we will demonstrate what you need to do in order to comply with the policy to ensure that your work is eligible for the REF.
To register, email openaccess@qub.ac.uk
Open Access - The future of academic publishing
Content:
PGR Students: To register, login via MyFuture and select Events>Workshops (Career Grad School & LDS)> search for the course.
Staff: Please login using iTrent to register for this event or email openaccess@qub.ac.uk for more information
Getting your first article published
This training course is aimed at Postgraduate Research students, but also early career researchers and staff.
It will include information on publishing your first article, where to publish, using metrics to assist with publication decisions, the peer-review process, Open Access options for publishing, copyright as it relates to your publication, as well as the use of pre-prints.
It will provide a relevant overview of the publication process and aims to make publishing your research less daunting.
If you are a Postgraduate Research Student, please login to MyFuture to register for this event
If you are staff/early career researchers at Queen's, please login to iTrent to register for this event
Maximising your research profile: Insights, Tools and Possibilities
Content:
PGR Students: To register, login via MyFuture and select Events>Workshops (Career Grad School & LDS)> search for the course.
Staff: Please login using iTrent to register for this event or email openaccess@qub.ac.uk for more information.
Copyright and your e-thesis
Designated training for all Postgraduate Research (PGR) students who wish to gain an understanding of copyright and how it applies to your e-thesis
This course will make students aware of Queen's requirements for e-thesis submissions and the copyright implications for this
The training will include:
Please login to MyFuture to book a place.
