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Who is the Open Research Community (ORC)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Open Research Community (ORC) is a network of colleagues committed to fostering and sharing open and robust research practices, to overcome silos and embed a research culture based on open and reproducible\/replicable practices. We host monthly events on a range of topics, with past formats including external speakers, solution brainstorming sessions and talks from internal support staff.<\/p>\n Join our MS Teams channel<\/a> to stay in the loop about upcoming events.<\/p>\n The ORC is supported by the University\u2019s Open Research Action Plan (2024-29)<\/a>, and draws heavily on activities and projects in collaboration with the UK Reproducibility Network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”540″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1763547376858{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1763553593545{margin-right: 1px !important;margin-left: 1px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #add8e6 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #add8e6 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #add8e6 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1763553633692{margin-right: 1px !important;margin-left: 1px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;background-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #add8e6 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #add8e6 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763631061933{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”]<\/p>\n ORC Open Research Week 2025 Winners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”634″ img_size=”590 \u00d7 331″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1763979427229{margin-top: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763992624712{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n First Prize: <\/strong>Where Science M<\/strong>eets Art – Getting Green Bioengineering <\/strong>out of the Lab and into Homes, Duncan McMillan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A story of how a Reading scientist collaborated with colleagues across disciplines to get eco-friendly bioengineering out into the world. Duncan’s talk will be up soon!<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763992671836{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;background-color: #add8e6 !important;}”]<\/p>\n Second Prize: The Whys and Hows of Narrative CVs, Tristan Glenn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Tristan spoke about the whys and hows of narrative CVs. Unfortunately, Tristan’s talk is not available, but we congratulate him on winning second prize!<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ixi4AlQnBCQ” css=”.vc_custom_1763983310758{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763992606009{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n Joint Third Prize: <\/strong>Open software: The Researcher\u2019s Experience and Support Available at Reading, Robert Thomspon, Maria Broadbridge<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Rob discusses his experience of sharing his software as, in his own words \u201can academic, not a programmer\u201d. Maria then explains how Reading\u2019s Research Software Engineering team can help you with this process.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dnhzW3pU-5A” css=”.vc_custom_1763992999929{margin-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763992614959{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n Joint Third Prize: <\/strong>Secondary Data on Current Affairs, Mattias Kroenke<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n An introductory talk on how a Reading researcher found and utilised up to date secondary data on Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”2px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1763555109601{margin-right: 1px !important;margin-left: 1px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #add8e6 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #add8e6 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #add8e6 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1763555084984{margin-right: 1px !important;margin-left: 1px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #add8e6 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #add8e6 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #add8e6 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763555924369{padding-bottom: 1px !important;}”]<\/p>\n A huge thank you to everyone who participated in Open Research Week 2025! Watch all the talks below:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jcK9rqNp-oo&t=372s” css=”.vc_custom_1763990231325{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763990402998{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n Citizen Science Project Lightning Talks, Hong Yang, Mattthew Ordidge, Chris Wyver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Three short talks on how and why researchers at Reading utilised citizen scientists to answer their research questions. Projects are:<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kILlPOpCVMI” css=”.vc_custom_1763983471159{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763990432075{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n Intro to Pre-Registration and Registered Reports, Evangeline Gowie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n An introduction covering the whys and hows of Pre-registration and Registered Reports.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l1gHqxdOYo0″ css=”.vc_custom_1766053777929{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1766055266815{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n Where is Reading in Overcoming Publish or Perish? Robert Darby, Miranda Raven<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This talk discusses the results of a self-assessment Reading ran to evaluate themselves against the The Integrity of AI in Research, Etienne Roesch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n An introductory discussion about the ethics of using AI in your research process.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2agW-b3_5A8″ css=”.vc_custom_1766053819455{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1766055276514{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n The Whys and Hows of Open Data, Robert Darby<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n An introductory session on why it is important to share your data wherever possible, and an overview of how Reading\u2019s data management service can help you with this.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8GJjClMaJcs” css=”.vc_custom_1766053858820{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1766055286524{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n The Statistical Community of Practice, Daisy Powell<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n An introduction to why statistics are important for reproducible research, and an overview of how Reading\u2019s statistical CoP can support you in this.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m4LulQ7gRf4″ css=”.vc_custom_1763983489747{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763992433509{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-right-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;border-left-width: 20px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #b2eaea !important;border-right-color: #b2eaea !important;border-top-color: #b2eaea !important;border-bottom-color: #b2eaea !important;}”]<\/p>\n Concrete actions to overcoming barriers to open qualitative research: A tool, Evangeline Gowie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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