This new regular training course is running to introduce PhD students to research support available during the course of their studies.

It is relevant for all PhD students, whatever the stage reached in their project and is applicable to all disciplines.

The half-day session will focus on Research Integrity, Research Data Management, Data Protection, Research Ethics, Open Access and Research IT. It will highlight good practices in these areas, as well as explain the expectations of researchers.

The next dates are

• Wednesday 1st March, 2-5pm
• Tuesday 28th March, 10am-1pm

More dates will be available in the next term. Booking information is available on the Doctoral Skills Development Programme website.

A new regular training course is running to introduce PhD students to research support available during the course of their studies.

It is relevant for all PhD students, whatever the stage reached in their project and is applicable to all disciplines.

The half-day session will focus on Research Integrity, Research Data Management, Data Protection, Research Ethics, Open Access and Research IT. It will highlight good practices in these areas, as well as explain the expectations of researchers.

The next date is Wednesday 7^th of December, 2-5pm. More dates will be available in the next terms. Booking information is available on the Doctoral Skills Development Programme website.

All UCL staff are invited to a drop-in session to find out more about open access options, research data and research IT support available at UCL. The session will take place on Wednesday 26^th of October from 3pm in the Anatomy Building and will be followed by a book launch.

You will have the opportunity to talk to members of the UCL Press, Open Access, Research Data Management and Research IT teams.

Find more information and register for free.

The next Research Programming Technical Social event will take place on the 12th of May and will focus on open science & data-intensive research. Find more information and how to register.

The previous presentations of these monthly events organised by UCL Research IT Services are available on the website of the UCL Research Programming Hub.

To be eligible for submission to the next REF, publications accepted from 1 April 2016 must have been deposited in an open access repository.

It is best practice to deposit in UCL Discovery as soon as your work (journal articles, conference proceedings, books and book chapters) is accepted for publication. Outputs not deposited within 3 months of publication cannot be submitted to the REF.

Find more information and help (including funding for Gold Open Access).

Join UCL Press and De Gruyter Open to discuss open access for early career and PhD researchers. This session will cover the benefits of publishing in open access early in a researcher’s career, in addition to the different models that exist.

Speakers will include Dr. Chris Penfold, Commissioning Editor for UCL Press, and Emily Poznanski, Product Manager (Open Access Books) for De Gruyter Open.

Register now.

Join UCL for an afternoon event to discuss the current open access publishing landscape, and the variety of publishing models that are emerging. More information on the UCL Open Access pages.

Some research funders such as the EPSRC require you to include Data Access Statements in your pending publications. The RCUK Policy on Open Access also states that

“All papers must include details of the funding that supported the research and, if applicable, a statement on how the underlying research materials – such as data, samples or models – can be accessed.”

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