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‘Open Research’ is a broad term for a selection of practices that make research more transparent, verifiable and robust.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Across the university, there are lots of people working on different aspects of Open Research.\u00a0\u00a0This website will help you navigate the support available.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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