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Announcing the dates for this year's London Open Science & Scholarship Festival! 🎉

Monday 20 - Friday 24 April 2026 🗓️

Find the full list of 13 partners and more details on the latest Open@UCL blog post buff.ly/eSmjBWJ

And make sure to keep following for updates!

#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience
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Did you catch Professor Ilan Kelman's episode of UCL Press Play, 'No Natural Disasters'?

Watch the video below to hear Professor Kelman talk more about his episode, and how 'natural disaster' is a misexpressive phrase.

Catch up with his episode now: lnkd.in/eYWz7NVf
February 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Come to Bloomsbury Theatre to celebrate 200 years of UCL Chemistry! This immersive event will feature talks, short films, and the re-creation of Victorian-era experiments @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Tickets: www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...
Immersive event to celebrate 200 years of chemistry at UCL
Experiments from the Victoria era will be recreated in the Bloomsbury Theatre at an event celebrating 200 years of chemistry at UCL.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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📢 Open Research Week 2026, Mon 2 - Fri 6 March 2026.
Registration is now open! A free series of events exploring new, developing & current practices in #OpenResearch.

👉 Register here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/open-researc...

UoL is proud to help lead this national event @liverpooluni.bsky.social 📚📬
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
That’s a wrap for Love Data Week 2026! 💕

Christiana McMahon from the Research Data Management team has summarised the week in a final blog post, and there's a final treat - a wordsearch 🔍

See if you can find all the teams that help staff and students on their data journeys 👀 buff.ly/8VKvh6T
That’s a wrap for Love Data Week 2026! | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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February 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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💕 February 9 – 13 2026 is International Love Data Week #LoveData26, but PKP celebrates #DataSharing all year round.

Considering the theme “Where’s the Data” in this post, the answer at PKP is clear — the data is everywhere and #interoperability is how we help it flow:

pkp.sfu.ca/2026/02/12/l...
Where’s the Data? Finding It, Moving It, and Loving It through PKP Interoperability - Public Knowledge Project
February 9 - 13 2026 is International Love Data Week, but PKP celebrates data sharing all year round. Considering the theme “Where’s the Data” in this post, the answer at PKP is clear — the data is ev...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
It’s day 4 of Love Data Week 💕

Confused about copyright or how to licence your research data? Don’t worry, today’s blog post by @christined.bsky.social from UCL Library Services Copyright team guides you through the essentials💡

Have a read 👉 buff.ly/N85GTdk

#LoveData26 #UCL #Copyright #Data
Love Data Week: Research Data and Copyright | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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📚 Two centuries of student life reveal a dynamic, changing London.

To mark UCL’s 200th anniversary, Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital is out today- free to read and download: bit.ly/3NcnXpi
#StudentLondon #LondonHistory #HigherEducation #OpenAccess
February 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
On day 3 of Love Data Week, we are delving into the world of open data!

Today we're highlighting the doctoral research of @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social who used open bibliographic data to identify research priorities during the interwar years at the IOE.

Read it now👉 buff.ly/6pIDfay

#LoveData26
Open Data: A Window into Doctoral Research (1916-2025) | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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February 11, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Happy 200th Birthday UCL 🎉 A community which has always advocated open and accessible knowledge 📖
Let's ensure it continues into the next century! ✨
Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨

#UCL200 #LoveUCL
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Hurrah! My paper on the development of UK University RDM policies over time is now live.

I realise it's a bit of a niche interest, but if RDM and open science is your bag, do take a look.

liberquarterly.eu/article/view...
Do data management policies become more open over time? | LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries
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February 10, 2026 at 9:39 AM
This event looks great - taking place Thursday 12 February 📖
Ready to get published? 📖

Workshop for LGBTQ+, trans-inclusive, intersectional & feminist doctoral & ECRs, led by Pat Gordon-Smith (UCL Press) on 12 Feb.

🔗 Register:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_oivH5ipW0yTySEKEdmlwryQUMAbiuxJtTJxWXM3AkRUOVBLRVlBSlcxNEg4ODVQVkwxOVU5NlZHNi4u
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
It's day 2 of Love Data Week! 💕

Today’s blog post is by Dr Nick Owen from UCL's Advanced Research Computing Centre, about the vital role of Data Stewards supporting researchers to maximise centralised data storage infrastructure.

Have a read now 👉 buff.ly/mSWZDco

#ResearchData #UCL #LoveData26
Where’s the Data? Love Data Week and the Journey Home for Our Research | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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February 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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In the MORPHSS report **Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM**, we explore the narrow focus of existing frameworks of open research & propose more inclusive ways of accommodating the diversity of open practice across all disciplines.
Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM (A MORPHSS Project Report)
Conceptual frameworks of 'Open Science' and their implementation by funders, journals, institutions and other organisations have been criticised on the grounds that they are tailored primarily to quan...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Love Data Week 2026 starts today 💕

We’re launching with big news - the new UCL Research Data Policy 2026 is out!

It’s filled with essential guidance for staff and students on managing research data, make sure you check it out 👉 buff.ly/b8cFSOS

#ResearchData #UCL #LoveData26
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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We are proud to have 15 of @uclpressjournals.bsky.social's #OpenAccess journals included in our catalogue. Find out how your library can support them (and journals of 18 other publishers) here:

www.openjournalscollective.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Love Data Week 2026 is nearly here! 💕

In today's blog post, Dr Christiana McMahon considers how linking iterations of the research lifecycle can create spirals driving better data reuse and repurposing 📑💫

Curious? Read more 👉 buff.ly/8upzEjU

#ResearchData #UCL #LoveData26
Mapping Data Journeys and the Research Data Life-Spiral | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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February 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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✨⏱️ Final Call for Proposals

Our English edition invites proposals for new original lessons or translations until 15 February 2026.

Keen to share your digital humanities research methods?

📩 You have 1 week left to send us your proposal.

🔗 tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Want to catch up on a year of activity from the UCL Library Services Research Support team? 📑📖

Our annual RDM review is out now and this year we’re celebrating with a special bicentenary edition! ✨

Find it here 👉 buff.ly/e4txa8i

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February 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Still time to register for this roundtable exploring open-source tools next Thursday, 12th February!🧑‍💻
Are you a PhD student or early-career researcher curious about open-source tools and how they might enhance your research?

This event organised by @ucldh.bsky.social is for you!

🗓️ 12th February, 2pm - 3.20pm

📍IOE Bedford Way, Room 104 (Elvin Hall)

Save the date and sign up now 👇
Working with Open Source
Discover how open-source tools can transform your research. A roundtable for PhD students and Early Career Researchers.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Announcing the dates for this year's London Open Science & Scholarship Festival! 🎉

Monday 20 - Friday 24 April 2026 🗓️

Find the full list of 13 partners and more details on the latest Open@UCL blog post buff.ly/eSmjBWJ

And make sure to keep following for updates!

#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience
February 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
We've relaunched our newsletter 🎉

The latest edition went out this week, but don't worry if you missed it - you can read it here: buff.ly/vcAhQLf

Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on future editions: buff.ly/vC4G9Eb

#OpenScience #ResearchCulture #UCL #LondonUniversity
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January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
@wikipedia.org recently celebrated its 25th birthday, so it felt fitting that we had the honour of speaking to Joanna Baines, joint UK Wikimedian of the Year 2025, for our Spotlight series!

Read the highlights of this conversation on our blog now buff.ly/XZVMoE8

@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
Spotlight on Joanna Baines: joint UK Wikimedian of the Year for 2025 | UCL Open@UCL Blog
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January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch starts tomorrow - Citizen Science in action! 🐦📒
Only 1 day to go until the #BigGardenBirdwatch!

Chirpy House Sparrows took 1st place as 2024's most spotted BGBW bird.

Will they stay on top? 🏆

Get involved: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM