The COVID-19 pandemic has been a great example of the real-world benefits of Open Access (OA). Researchers and publishers shared information quickly and openly which helped speed up the development…Read More >
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CentAUR in 2021
Our institutional repository, CentAUR, hosts research outputs from the University of Reading. Users from around the world are able to access large numbers of full text articles, books, book chapters, theses…Read More >
Mapping the Open Research landscape at the University of Reading
Dr Marcello De Maria, one of the University’s Open Research Champions, writes about the current landscape of Open Research and Open Access, and shares some important insights emerging from the…Read More >
“The Legacies of Stephen Dwoskin’s Personal Cinema” leading the path for archives, art and research at the Alt + Shift + Archive Symposium
At the end of September 2021, the AHRC project The Legacies of Stephen Dwoskin’s Personal Cinema (AH/R007012/1) hosted the Alt + Shift + Archive symposium, bringing together a wide range…Read More >
Have your say – Open Research Champions to launch the first ever Open Research survey
In its Statement on Open Research, the University highlights the value of Open Research practices, including making research more reproducible and accessible, amplifying impact, increasing both the integrity and quality…Read More >
Surgery and Selfhood: lessons from open humanities publishing
On 7 June, I participated in the University’s first Open Research Awards, and was lucky enough to win with my case study examining the costs and benefits of open research…Read More >
The Perks of Open data
I am a Post-Doctoral research scientist working in the energy-meteorology group at the University of Reading. A recent application to the Reading Open Research Data award lead to some extended…Read More >
New, low-cost technologies to tackle global challenges – Early Career Researchers at Reading are helping to #shapetheworld
Dr Sarah Needs and Dr Sophie Jegouic, biomedical engineers at Reading, have designed and built a low-cost robot that takes high resolution images of experiments to speed up tests for…Read More >
Have your say on Open Research: the future, or fool’s charter?
By Dr Phil Newton, Research Dean The University wants to open up all elements of research at Reading. But open research is controversial, and there are many different views on…Read More >
Talking about Open Research at the University of Reading
Are you an Open Researcher? Do you support or promote Open Research? Did the conference convert you? If you’ve got an Open Research story to tell and would like to…Read More >