Academic Life and Culture

 

How UK science is failing Black researchers — in nine stark charts

Data show that Black scientists’ representation dwindles at each stage of academia in the United Kingdom. This article is the first in a Nature series examining data on ethnic or racial diversity in science in different countries.

Innovations in Graduate Education Program

The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that a) explore ways …

International collaboration to help implement open research

Research is global. This was clearly recognised recently when UNESCO released its Recommendation on Open Science, including a set of core values, guiding principles and areas of action, to which all UNESCO members have committed.

Introducing the National Open Research Training Programme

In this blog post, Dr Dermot Lynott, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University, and Lead Investigator on the NORF-funded National Open Research Training Programme introduces the work of the project and its overall goals for open …

Open and Responsible Researcher Reward and Recognition (OR4)

The Programme aim is to accelerate the uptake of high quality open research practices. The Center for Open Science theory of change highlights five types of action that can promote change. This project is focused on making open research rewarded and, …

Open Pedagogy: A Driving Force for Meaningful Learning

In this article, we show how the concepts of Open Education and Open Pedagogy make learning more meaningful. We argue that the application of meaningful learning is essential in light of current developments in higher education. We do this based on …

Open Science

In this section, you will learn more about: - Open access publishing and open research data; - How to apply for open access funding; - How to archive your articles and other results at your institution; - Research data and research data management in …

Open Science 2030 in the Netherlands: NPOS2030 Ambition Document and Rolling Agenda

Open Science is a global transition to making scientific research practices more open and collaborative, for greater scientific and societal impact. The goal of the Netherlands National Open Science Programme (NPOS) is to facilitate all national …

Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice

Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 …

Resource lists overview for working with Open Educational Resources

The guidelines in this Library Guide give an in-depth, but limited first look at how you can find and engage with Open Educational Resources (OER). This section provides lists detailing where to find specific types of OER, tools you can use to create …
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