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The Library offers workshops and events designed to help you develop essential research skills. Whether you're a student, a researcher, or faculty our sessions provide opportunities to explore advanced research techniques, critically evaluate information sources, learn about open research and engaging with AI for research.
Open research: principles and practices
What is open research and why does it matter?
This workshop will introduce the concept of open research, and explore opportunities for implementing open research principles into your own practice. It will cover open access publishing, open data, open source software, open peer review and tools and techniques to help you discover open access materials.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to
- Define key concepts of open research
- Describe the benefits of open research for researchers, institutions and society
- Assess how open reseach practices align with and support your chosen research methodology
- Identify and apply relevant open research practices and locate sources of support and guidance to help you implement them effectively.
Target audience
Postgraduate researchers at all stages and from all disciplines, and ECRs from all disciplines, broadly encompassing research assistants, postdoctoral researchers and research fellows at grades 6-8.
Workshop theme
Core workshops deliver essential skills or knowledge that you will need to undertake your research degree. Visit our Core workshops page for more sessions.
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By: Alexander Aghajanian
Last updated: Tuesday, 21 October 2025
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