PhDs

Once you’ve published your research what should you do with it?

This session explores the whys and hows of sharing research – scholarly best practice, the opportunities offered by social media, the benefits that sharing your research brings you and the wider community, and what your funder expects you to share.

We’ll show you how to use the University repository, Apollo, to share your research and also access that of others, and explore ways to find out who has been sharing, using and citing your published research.

Research data is something that everyone works with, regardless of discipline. From huge data sets to high resolution photographs of artefacts, managing lots of stuff in a way that means you can not only find things but also make sure nothing gets lost accidentally is key to the success of any research project.

You may have heard of Creative Commons but what are they, how can you take advantage of them and how can you use them to protect and share your research? In this session we will explore Creative Commons licencing, what you can and cannot do with the various options, as well as how to be a good internet citizen when online.

The session with be themed around STEM disciplines but all other disciplines are welcome to attend.

Picking where to publish your research and in what format is an important decision to make. This session looks at the things you need to consider during this process.

We’ll look the questions you face when writing a monograph or a book chapter, including choosing a publisher, and understanding fees and publication times. 

This session is part of a series run by the Office of Scholarly Communication for PhD students in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.  You may be interested in:

You may have heard of Creative Commons but what are they, how can you take advantage of them and how can you use them to protect and share your research? In this session we will explore Creative Commons licencing, what you can and cannot do with the various options, as well as how to be a good internet citizen when online.

The session with be themed around STEM disciplines but all other disciplines are welcome to attend.

Are you a researcher applying for grants? Or perhaps a librarian or someone supporting researchers with their grant applications? If so, this workshop is for you.

During this event you will learn everything you need to know about data management plans:

• What are they
• Why are they suddenly required as part of grant applications
• What to include in data management plans?
• Tools to help writing data management plans

This sessions is going to be interactive and there are joining requirements:

Once you’ve published your research what should you do with it?

This session explores the whys and hows of sharing research:

• scholarly best practice
• opportunities offered by social media
• benefits that sharing your research brings you and the wider community
• what your funder expects you to share.

We’ll show you how to use the University repository, Apollo, to share your research and also access that of others, and explore ways to find out who has been sharing, using and citing your published research.

Have you ever had problems locating the latest version of a file, or come across obscure file names? Researchers receive, collect and need to manage a lot of information from different sources.

Additionally, some researchers will also work with research data. Research data takes many forms, ranging from measurements, numbers and images to documents and publications.

Managing digital information properly is a complex issue, but done correctly from the start, could save you a lot of time and hassle - when preparing a publication or writing up your thesis.

Picking where to publish your research and in what format is an important decision to make. This session looks at the things you need to consider during this process.