Open research community

Although the uptake of open research practices is increasing, the skills required to make research more open will be new to many researchers, regardless of career stage. To facilitate and support this, the University has several community groups for researchers to get involved with.

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Open Scholarship Community º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ (OSCS)

The is a new initiative launched in September 2023. The vision of OSCS is to be an inclusive, supportive, and active community for researchers at the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ and º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Hallam University to interact, share knowledge, and encourage good working practices such that the values, transparency and culture of Open Research become the norm. 

The OSCS is part of the , which aims to normalise open research practices, creating space for peer-to-peer support which sits outside the formal structure of top-down policies. This will encourage collaboration between individuals, groups, institutions and organisations seeking to improve transparency and openness in academic research.
 

Register to join the Open Scholarship Community º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ You can view current members of OSCS .

Questions about the community? Contact the administrators using the webform  for more information. 


ReproducibiliTea

ReproducibiliTea is an journal club initiative aiming to build a community of people interested in open research. Topics vary from session to session, no specialist knowledge is required and all staff and students are welcome.

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Find out more about forthcoming sessions


Monthly open research drop-ins

These are held on campus on the first Tuesday of every month, and provide an opportunity to get together to chat with colleagues who are also interested in open research. Details can be found in the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ research practice calendar (see below).


Open Research Working Group (ORWG)

The Open Research Working Group meets to discuss and make progress on issues surrounding open research at the University. It is open to all staff and students and is part of the (UKRN). For updates on the ORWG meetings and other open research info, please join the and visit the .


Open Research Newsletter

Our monthly newsletter contains news about open research initiatives, upcoming training and events at the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ and beyond. The newsletter is circulated on the first Tuesday of each month. To sign up to receive it, select the link below and then the 'join group' button:


º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ research practice calendar

To help researchers keep track of events relating to open research, we created the . This includes internal and external, online, in-person and hybrid events and it can be .

To have an event added to the calendar, please contact Adam Partridge (a.partridge@sheffield.ac.uk).


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