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Open Research at Cambridge 2021 

The Open Research at Cambridge conference took place online, from 22 - 26 November 2021. 

The series of events aimed to open up conversations around Open Research within a Cambridge context and covered various topics including reproducibility, narrative CVs, open research infrastructure, open research in the arts and humanities, open data sharing, public engagement and open access book publishing.

The vast majority of materials and supporting documents from these sessions are now available and can be accessed here:

Recordings: You Tube  

Presenters' slides and blog post summaries: Apollo 

Blog post summaries: Unlocking Research 

Cambridge Data Week 23-27 November 2020

In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, funders, publishers and other stakeholders will explore and debate different approaches to research data management. Each day for a week we will be addressing key questions on specific topics such as innovative ways of supporting researchers with data management, sustainable models and levels of expectation for peer reviewers when it comes to data, successes and future trends in data reuse, and the relationship between reproducibility and data management. All events will offer the opportunity for questions from the audience and we hope to encourage discussions around these topics. 

To find out more and register, visit the Cambridge Data Week pages. 

Regular events programme

The OSC runs a regular programme of training and information events for graduate students, postdocs and research staff. To find current events please see our Events page. The events cover a range of topics relating to Scholarly Communication and the list below gives a flavour of what we have delivered in the past:

Note that from 2017, the OSC events have been registered through UTBS and are listed there. All events from 2015 and 2016 are listed below.

Events in 2016

Date

Event

Audience

8 January 2016

RDM workshop: Chemistry

 

11 January 2016

Getting published in Nature Scientific Data

52

13 January 2016

RDM workshop for 1st year PhD students

 

19 January 2016

Open Data session

23

20 January 2016

Open Data session

12

22 January 2016

Wellcome Trust's and CRUK's requirements for Data Sharing: Meet the Funders

32

2 February 2016

Avoiding Data disasters

 

9 February 2016

I Say Cataloguing, You Say Metadata - Let's Sort the Whole Thing Out

61

10 February 2016

Postdoc Inductions

 

11 February 2016

Open Data session: Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit

 

12 February 2016

Strategies for Managing Social Media Research Data

42

18 February 2016

Open Data session: Dept of Psychology

28

23 February 2016

Postdoc Inductions

 

29 February 2016

RDM workshop for Graduate School of Life Sciences

 

29 February 2016

Round table discussion about CC-BY requirements

35

10 March 2016

Equipment / Data sharing at the University of Cambridge

27

11 March 2016

Open Access Information Session

3

15 March 2016

Camtasia training

11

16 March 2016

Open Access /Open Data session: Pathways to Higher Education Practice

 

17 March 2016

Academic Social Networking Sites: A Rough Guide for Researchers

 

18 March 2016

Show me the Money

35

21 March 2016

Equipment / Data sharing at the University of Cambridge

15

21 March 2016

Why Does Publishing Open Access Help Early Career Researchers?

22

22 March 2016

Symplectic Training

17

6 April 2016

Open Data session: Dept of Plant Sciences

 

7 April 2016

Equipment / Data sharing at the University of Cambridge

13

11 April 2016

Research Ambassador 2016 Launch

17

12 April 2016

RDM workshop for Graduate School of Life Sciences

 

19 April 2016

Open Access and Open Data session: Dept of Chemistry

44

20 April 2016

Open Data session: Dept of Biochemistry

 

26 April 2016

Finding and Accessing Human Genomic Data for Research

30

27 April 2016

Postdoc Masterclass seminar (Open Data)

 

5 May 2016

RGUG meeting - RDM Facility introduction

 

11 May 2016

RDM workshop for Graduate School of Life Sciences

 

16 May 2016

Everything you need to know about Open Access and Data Sharing

9

20 May 2016

Open Access and Open Data session: Dept of Pathology

 

26 May 2016

Publishing your Research Effectively: Pre-publication Considerations

25

2 June 2016

Publishing your research Effectively: Post-publication Sharing

23

2 June 2016

How to use the University’s Repository to Publish your Research.

34

7 June 2016

Rinocloud - Platform for Easy Data Management

21

7 June 2016

Open Access and Open Data session: Dept of Engineering

6

7 June 2016

Research Integrity

9

8 June 2016

Improving the research process - Discussing an 'Open Research' Position

46

9 June 2016

Center for Open Science OSF Demo Webinar

83

9 June 2016

Managing Your Digital Information

23

15 June 2016

Research Integrity

8

28 June 2016

Presentations: From Design to Delivery

27

6 July 2016

Presentations: From Design to Delivery

20

14 July 2016

Open Access and Open Data session: Dept of Plant Sciences

 

27 July 2016

RDM and Data Sharing at IMS

 

26 July 2016

Research Data Management for Librarians

17

28 July 2016

SES Data Event

 

2 August 2016

Altmetrics: A Primer for Librarians

13

4 August 2016

Bibliometrics for Librarians

14

10 August 2016

Research Data Management for Librarians

16

22 August 2016

Finding and Accessing Human Genomic Data for Research

 

25 August 2016

Altmetrics: A Primer for Librarians

13

2 September 2016

Copyright: A Survival Guide for Librarians

20

5-6 September 2016

UK Research Data Network

 

7 September 2016

Presentations: From Design to delivery

7

12 September 2016

Open Access: A Primer for Librarians

12

14 September 2016

RDM workshop for Graduate School of Life Sciences

 

21 September 2016

Bioinformatics Training for PIs - Data Management pPlans

 

21 September 2016

Copyright: A Survival Guide for Librarians

20

26 September 2016

PHEP induction

 

27 September 2016

Helping Researchers Publish

61

28 September 2016

Presentations: From Design to Delivery

17

28 September 2016

Finding Human Genomic Data

 

29 September 2016

Helping Researchers Publish

55

30 September 2016

Open Access: A Primer for Librarians

10

7 October 2016

Sharing your research - PhD student induction: Dept of Psychology

 

12 October 2016

From Publication to Policy: A Practical Case Study using Altmetrics

10

14 October 2016

Symplectic Ninja Training

 

14 October 2016

An Introduction to Open Research (for HASS PhDs)

27

19 October 2016

RDM workshop

 

24 October 2016

An Introduction to Open Research (for STEM PhDs)

14

26 October 2016

Open Access: Grassroots Movement or Top-down Imposition? A Panel Discussion for OA Week 2016

34

27 October 2016

Research Support Ambassador Showcase

16

27 October 2016

Apollo Launch

34

28 October 2016

Copyright: A Survival Guide (for HASS PhDs)

7

28 October 2016

RDM workshop: Dept of Biochemistry

 

31 October 2016

RDM Workshop (for STEM PhDs)

14

2 November 2016

Postgraduate Open Day

 

4 November 2016

Managing your Digital Information Workshop (for HASS PhDs)

13

7 November 2016

Pre-Publication Considerations: Publishing your Research Effectively (for STEM PhDs)

13

9 November 2016

Keynotes at dawn

8

10 November 2016

PPD Welcome to Cambridge

 

11 November 2016

Journals: Publishing your Research Effectively (for HASS PhDs)

9

11 November 2016

Research Data Management Workshop (for GSLS PhDs)

12

14 November 2016

Open Research session: Sainsbury Laboratory

 

14 November 2016

Post-Publication Sharing: Publishing your Research Effectively (for STEM PhDs)

16

16 November 2016

Data Management Plan Workshop

21

18 November 2016

Books: Publishing your Research Effectively (For HASS PhDs)

11

21 November 2016

From CopyWRONG to CopyRIGHT: Updates from the CLA

50

22 November 2016

Open Science session: Cognitive and Brain Sciences Unit

 

24 November 2016

OpenConCam2016

60

25 November 2016

Post-Publication Sharing: Publishing your Research Effectively (For HASS PhDs)

10

1 December 2016

Data Champions Welcome Meeting

16

2 December 2016

Data Champions Welcome Meeting

27

5 December 2016

CRUK How to Avoid Data Disasters

 

7 December 2016

RDM workshop: Dept of Chemistry

 

8 December 2016

PI Colloquium for HASS

 

15 December 2016

Introduction to Programming

29

 

Events in 2015

Date

Event

Audience

16 April 2015

Open Data session

76

20 April 2015

Open Data session

58

30 April 2015

Open Data session

44

1 May 2015

Open Data session

17

6 May 2015

Open Data session

85

7 May 2015

Open Data session

94

13 May 2015

Open Data session

97

19 May 2015

Open Data session

21

21 May 2015

Supporting Researchers in the 21st Century: An interactive workshop

49

1 June 2015

Supporting Researchers in the 21st Century: An interactive workshop

50

15 June 2015

Open Data session

17

15 June 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Chemistry

48

17 June 2015

OPUS - Keep Track of your Research Data

28

1 July 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Architecture

5

3 July 2015

Open Data session: Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy

37

9 July 2015

Supporting Researchers in the 21st Century: An interactive workshop

14

22 July 2015

Roundtable discussion: Quickly Developing Online Versions of Learning Materials for Graduate Students

21

29 July 2015

Open Access / Open Data session: Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechology

30

31 July 2015

RDM workshop for Chemistry PhD students

 

4 August 2015

RDM workshop for Librarians

30

5 August 2015

A Primer on Open Access - Everything a Librarian Needs to Know

25

7 August 2015

Data Management Plan Clinic

 

10 August 2015

Open Data session: Sainsbury Laboratory

 

11 August 2015

Data Management Plan Clinic

 

12 August 2015

Open Data session

9

21 August 2015

RDM workshop

30

24 August 2015

Meeting with Michael Ball (BBSRC)

 

25 August 2015

Stop. Think. Click: Information Security in a Research Environment

21

2 September 2015

Open Data session: Gurdon Institute

17

8 September 2015

A Primer on Open Access: Everything a Librarian Needs to Know

21

14 September 2015

Software Licensing workshop

 

16 September 2015

OPUS - Keep Track of Your Research

8

28 September 2015

Copyright - How Do I Use Existing Resources

49

29 September 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Pharmacology

9

1 October 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

19

5 October 2015

How to License Your Own Work

14

7 October 2015

Open Scholarship and Links to Academic Integrity, Reward and Recognition

19

9 October 2015

Open Access / Open Data session: Dept of Psychology

 

12 October 2015

How to License Research Data

12

12 October 2015

Open Data session: School of Biological Sciences Council

 

13 October 2015

RDM workshop: Institute of Public Health

 

13 October 2015

A Primer on Open Access: Everything a Librarian Needs to Know

12

13 October 2015

Data management discussion: Palliative and End of Life Care team, Institute of Public Health

 

14 October 2015

Open Data session: Veterinary Medicine Graduate Student Induction

 

15 October 2015

Presentation to the School of the Humanities & Social Sciences

 

16 October 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Genetics

 

19 October 2015

Open Access Week 2015

 

20 October 2015

OPUS - Keep Track of Your Research

13

21 October 2015

Open Access Week: Stop. Think. Click: Information Security in a Research Environment

5

23 October 2015

Panel Discussion: 'Can Society Afford Open Access?'

 

26 October 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Pathology

30

30 October 2015

RDM workshop for Biochemistry students

 

3 November 2015

Introduction to Metrics

16

4 November 2015

Open Data Panel Discussion

 

9 November 2015

A Day in the Life of a Researcher

28

19 November 2015

Research Ambassador Programme Preview

23

19 November 2015

Open Data session

23

19 November 2015

Data Science Training

 

20 November 2015

Open Access / Open Data: MacDonald Institute

 

20 November 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Genetics

5

23 November 2015

RDM workshop for Veterinary Medicine PhD students

17

24 November 2015

RDM workshop: Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership

 

25 November 2015

Open Data session: Dept of Chemistry

 

25 November 2015

A Primer on Open Access: Everything a Librarian Needs to Know

9

26 November 2015

OpenCon Cambridge

 

2 December 2015

Open Data session: Cambridge Enterprise

 

3 December 2015

RDM workshop for 2nd and 3rd year Chemistry PhD students

 

4 December 2015

RDM workshop: Institute of Public Health

30

10 December 2015

Meet the Open Access Publisher

23

10 December 2015

ContentMine Cambridge

 

15 December 2015

Open Data session: Cambridge Institute for Medical Research

 

N.B. this data can also be found here (with urls listed separately), on the shared OSC Google Drive:

2015  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hQDa_hKmgDm9CcEOpsz6pGOZVQYwN4CsxWlcOEw0qUw/edit?usp=sharing

2016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dIASegRY1YxCes70nSpZCoINrWs8gWwvoeWseIhVzsA/edit?usp=sharing

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