Open Research at York
@uoyopenres.bsky.social
Engaging with our research community, supporting good practice and sharing updates on all aspects of #openresearch #openaccess #opendata @york.ac.uk
Open Research at York: https://york.ac.uk/open-research
Email the team: lib-open-research@york.ac.uk
Open Research at York: https://york.ac.uk/open-research
Email the team: lib-open-research@york.ac.uk
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The York Open Research Awards are back for 2026! 🎉
The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆
We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆
We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
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Hey Uni of York people, we're doing our annual audit of the library website.
We're not doing a formal consultation, as it's really just some tweaks and refinements - but if you have anything you'd like to see change about it please do reply here or DM us!
www.york.ac.uk/library/
We're not doing a formal consultation, as it's really just some tweaks and refinements - but if you have anything you'd like to see change about it please do reply here or DM us!
www.york.ac.uk/library/
Library - Library, University of York
Everyone is welcome in the library, whether you're a member of the University, a visitor from another institution, or a member of the public.
www.york.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Hey Uni of York people, we're doing our annual audit of the library website.
We're not doing a formal consultation, as it's really just some tweaks and refinements - but if you have anything you'd like to see change about it please do reply here or DM us!
www.york.ac.uk/library/
We're not doing a formal consultation, as it's really just some tweaks and refinements - but if you have anything you'd like to see change about it please do reply here or DM us!
www.york.ac.uk/library/
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Read the full terms and conditions and submit your work for consideration on the Open Research at York wiki 👇
York Open Research Awards - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
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February 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Read the full terms and conditions and submit your work for consideration on the Open Research at York wiki 👇
The York Open Research Awards are back for 2026! 🎉
The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆
We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆
We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
The York Open Research Awards are back for 2026! 🎉
The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆
We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆
We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...
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Please read and share - evidence that the proposals in the Pathways to Work Green Paper will increase the disability employment gap @uoyopenres.bsky.social ; @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social
Guess what the evidence shows? Disabled people pushed into deeper poverty are pushed *further from, not into, the workplace*.
NEW REPORT, PACKED WITH EVIDENCE from community organisations: www.citizensadviceyork.org.uk/wp-content/u...
NEW REPORT, PACKED WITH EVIDENCE from community organisations: www.citizensadviceyork.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.citizensadviceyork.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Please read and share - evidence that the proposals in the Pathways to Work Green Paper will increase the disability employment gap @uoyopenres.bsky.social ; @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social
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The latest from #UKSGInsights "Repository renewal project: a case study from White Rose Libraries" by Thom Blake (@akadidymus.bsky.social, @uoylibrary.bsky.social), Andy Bussey (@unisheffieldlib.bsky.social) and Kate Petherbridge (@wrunipress.bsky.social) - doi.org/10.1629/uksg...
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The latest from #UKSGInsights "Repository renewal project: a case study from White Rose Libraries" by Thom Blake (@akadidymus.bsky.social, @uoylibrary.bsky.social), Andy Bussey (@unisheffieldlib.bsky.social) and Kate Petherbridge (@wrunipress.bsky.social) - doi.org/10.1629/uksg...
We've just published our first public @york.ac.uk Open Research Annual Report - link below
The report summarises activities over the last academic year, describing progress made in our commitment to open research across key operational areas and listing recommended actions for the current year
The report summarises activities over the last academic year, describing progress made in our commitment to open research across key operational areas and listing recommended actions for the current year
Open research at York
Ensuring that all aspects of the research cycle are shared and accessible wherever possible.
york.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:22 AM
We've just published our first public @york.ac.uk Open Research Annual Report - link below
The report summarises activities over the last academic year, describing progress made in our commitment to open research across key operational areas and listing recommended actions for the current year
The report summarises activities over the last academic year, describing progress made in our commitment to open research across key operational areas and listing recommended actions for the current year
Take a look at this post from @katievernon.bsky.social, one of our Graduate Engagement Leads 👇
"Open research and digital accessibility are both a means of making information available and understandable to a range of audiences, especially those who might face institutional and societal barriers."
"Open research and digital accessibility are both a means of making information available and understandable to a range of audiences, especially those who might face institutional and societal barriers."
Our latest blog post is up - and it's a guest post from @katievernon.bsky.social for @uoyopenres.bsky.social, looking at the shared goals of digital accessibility and open research in trying to make research more accessible to everyone:
blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...
blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...
Open Research and Digital Accessibility: Guest Blog Post
As a small team working to spread accessible digital practice far and wide, we’re always collaborating with colleagues across the university (and beyond!). We’re delighted to share a po…
blogs.york.ac.uk
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Take a look at this post from @katievernon.bsky.social, one of our Graduate Engagement Leads 👇
"Open research and digital accessibility are both a means of making information available and understandable to a range of audiences, especially those who might face institutional and societal barriers."
"Open research and digital accessibility are both a means of making information available and understandable to a range of audiences, especially those who might face institutional and societal barriers."
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📚 Happy National Reading Day!
At WRUP, our open-access books cross boundaries between academic and lay readers — sharing research that’s rigorous, accessible, and free to read. Explore books that connect scholarship with the wider world:
👉 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk
#NationalReadingDay #OA
At WRUP, our open-access books cross boundaries between academic and lay readers — sharing research that’s rigorous, accessible, and free to read. Explore books that connect scholarship with the wider world:
👉 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk
#NationalReadingDay #OA
January 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
📚 Happy National Reading Day!
At WRUP, our open-access books cross boundaries between academic and lay readers — sharing research that’s rigorous, accessible, and free to read. Explore books that connect scholarship with the wider world:
👉 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk
#NationalReadingDay #OA
At WRUP, our open-access books cross boundaries between academic and lay readers — sharing research that’s rigorous, accessible, and free to read. Explore books that connect scholarship with the wider world:
👉 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk
#NationalReadingDay #OA
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We have a wealth of videos on our YouTube channel including the most recent webinars. Why not have a look?
www.youtube.com/@interdiscip...
www.youtube.com/@interdiscip...
Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre
An interdisciplinary learning and research community at the University of York for equitable global development
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January 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
We have a wealth of videos on our YouTube channel including the most recent webinars. Why not have a look?
www.youtube.com/@interdiscip...
www.youtube.com/@interdiscip...
A team from @biologyatyork.bsky.social, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology and @johninnescentre.bsky.social created a technique called SlimVar, which can track microscopic single molecules moving inside plant roots 🌱
Open access paper in Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🔓 📄
Open access paper in Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🔓 📄
Scientists uncover hidden ‘winter memory’ inside plants
Scientists have developed a powerful new microscope that reveals, for the first time, how plants store a ‘memory’ of winter deep inside their cells.
www.york.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
A team from @biologyatyork.bsky.social, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology and @johninnescentre.bsky.social created a technique called SlimVar, which can track microscopic single molecules moving inside plant roots 🌱
Open access paper in Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🔓 📄
Open access paper in Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🔓 📄
The new @doaj.bsky.social strategy commits to extending coverage and championing open access journals whilst leading the development of global quality standards 🔓 📖 🌍
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is a supporting member of DOAJ, and we make good use of their metadata in our OA publishing support services
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is a supporting member of DOAJ, and we make good use of their metadata in our OA publishing support services
January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The new @doaj.bsky.social strategy commits to extending coverage and championing open access journals whilst leading the development of global quality standards 🔓 📖 🌍
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is a supporting member of DOAJ, and we make good use of their metadata in our OA publishing support services
@uoylibrary.bsky.social is a supporting member of DOAJ, and we make good use of their metadata in our OA publishing support services
New research from @biologyatyork.bsky.social
"By understanding how plants make these substances, researchers aim to produce new and improved chemicals for medicines more quickly, cheaply and with less environmental impact" 🌱
Full #openaccess paper in WRRO eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓📄
"By understanding how plants make these substances, researchers aim to produce new and improved chemicals for medicines more quickly, cheaply and with less environmental impact" 🌱
Full #openaccess paper in WRRO eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓📄
Plant discovery could lead to new ways of producing medicines
Scientists have shown how plants produce powerful natural chemicals that could help in the production of new medicines in more environmentally friendly ways.
www.york.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
New research from @biologyatyork.bsky.social
"By understanding how plants make these substances, researchers aim to produce new and improved chemicals for medicines more quickly, cheaply and with less environmental impact" 🌱
Full #openaccess paper in WRRO eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓📄
"By understanding how plants make these substances, researchers aim to produce new and improved chemicals for medicines more quickly, cheaply and with less environmental impact" 🌱
Full #openaccess paper in WRRO eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓📄
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Linked WRRO records have certainly increased...now 1258 en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
insource:"eprints.whiterose.ac.uk" - Search results - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Linked WRRO records have certainly increased...now 1258 en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
Another Wikipedia-related read from a few years ago, co-authored with @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social colleagues at @openresleeds.bsky.social @openresshef.bsky.social:
Exploring open access coverage of Wikipedia-cited research across the White Rose Universities doi.org/10.1629/uksg... 🔓 📄
Exploring open access coverage of Wikipedia-cited research across the White Rose Universities doi.org/10.1629/uksg... 🔓 📄
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Another Wikipedia-related read from a few years ago, co-authored with @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social colleagues at @openresleeds.bsky.social @openresshef.bsky.social:
Exploring open access coverage of Wikipedia-cited research across the White Rose Universities doi.org/10.1629/uksg... 🔓 📄
Exploring open access coverage of Wikipedia-cited research across the White Rose Universities doi.org/10.1629/uksg... 🔓 📄
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Congratulations to Michelle Alexander and colleagues on their new open access book "Landscapes of (Re)Conquest: Frontier Dynamics in Medieval Iberia and Occitania" www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36... featuring isotopic analyses from Michelle & Maite García-Collado from BioArCh 🧪
January 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Congratulations to Michelle Alexander and colleagues on their new open access book "Landscapes of (Re)Conquest: Frontier Dynamics in Medieval Iberia and Occitania" www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36... featuring isotopic analyses from Michelle & Maite García-Collado from BioArCh 🧪
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I'll be attending and presenting (break-out session) at the @uksg.bsky.social #UKSG2026 Conference in Glasgow on the title 'Africa in the Open: Reimagining Global Knowledge Beyond Western Publication Models'
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I'll be attending and presenting (break-out session) at the @uksg.bsky.social #UKSG2026 Conference in Glasgow on the title 'Africa in the Open: Reimagining Global Knowledge Beyond Western Publication Models'
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
Happy birthday @wikipedia.org 🎉
Revisit our recent Open Research in Practice case study from @lucymoore.bsky.social on contributing an article for a woman from every country in the world 👇
Revisit our recent Open Research in Practice case study from @lucymoore.bsky.social on contributing an article for a woman from every country in the world 👇
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy birthday @wikipedia.org 🎉
Revisit our recent Open Research in Practice case study from @lucymoore.bsky.social on contributing an article for a woman from every country in the world 👇
Revisit our recent Open Research in Practice case study from @lucymoore.bsky.social on contributing an article for a woman from every country in the world 👇
Research Coding Club are running another in-person session on version control next Wednesday (21 Jan) 🧑💻
Sign up using the form below 👇
Sign up using the form below 👇
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Research Coding Club are running another in-person session on version control next Wednesday (21 Jan) 🧑💻
Sign up using the form below 👇
Sign up using the form below 👇
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(1/2) Phil Lang is Not a Scientist - a podcast brought to you by Placements Coordinator Phil!
Phil chats with our amazing researchers to share the great research taking place here.
Episode 1 features Mahmoud Metwally, PhD student in Biomedicine.
Links to listen below...
Phil chats with our amazing researchers to share the great research taking place here.
Episode 1 features Mahmoud Metwally, PhD student in Biomedicine.
Links to listen below...
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
(1/2) Phil Lang is Not a Scientist - a podcast brought to you by Placements Coordinator Phil!
Phil chats with our amazing researchers to share the great research taking place here.
Episode 1 features Mahmoud Metwally, PhD student in Biomedicine.
Links to listen below...
Phil chats with our amazing researchers to share the great research taking place here.
Episode 1 features Mahmoud Metwally, PhD student in Biomedicine.
Links to listen below...
Researcher Development training workshop next week:
Managing sensitive research data: key principles 🔐 💾
Tue 20 January, 10:00-11:30, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he/dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Managing sensitive research data: key principles 🔐 💾
Tue 20 January, 10:00-11:30, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he/dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Researcher Development training workshop next week:
Managing sensitive research data: key principles 🔐 💾
Tue 20 January, 10:00-11:30, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he/dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Managing sensitive research data: key principles 🔐 💾
Tue 20 January, 10:00-11:30, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he/dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Researcher Development training workshop next week:
Making your publications open access 🔓 📖
Thu 15 January, 10:00-11:00, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...,
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Making your publications open access 🔓 📖
Thu 15 January, 10:00-11:00, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...,
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
January 8, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Researcher Development training workshop next week:
Making your publications open access 🔓 📖
Thu 15 January, 10:00-11:00, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...,
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Making your publications open access 🔓 📖
Thu 15 January, 10:00-11:00, online
To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...,
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
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🏺 Looking to learn something new this January? 🎉
Next week the HSDS will be running a free, hour long webinar to explore our two new services. To register and find out more about this webinar please visit: buff.ly/UplJBhu
Next week the HSDS will be running a free, hour long webinar to explore our two new services. To register and find out more about this webinar please visit: buff.ly/UplJBhu
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🏺 Looking to learn something new this January? 🎉
Next week the HSDS will be running a free, hour long webinar to explore our two new services. To register and find out more about this webinar please visit: buff.ly/UplJBhu
Next week the HSDS will be running a free, hour long webinar to explore our two new services. To register and find out more about this webinar please visit: buff.ly/UplJBhu
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I chatted with @philiprlang.bsky.social on his podcast about how a virus might be involved in bladder cancer. Since "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist", we made this really accessible. If you're interested in how small sneaky DNA viruses might contribute to the origins of cancers, give it a listen.
Episode 13 - Simon Baker by Phil Lang is Not a Scientist
In this podcast I speak to Simon about his important research into the causes of bladder cancer, as well as his life and career.Story from Kidney Research UK about Simon's important breakthrough: http...
creators.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I chatted with @philiprlang.bsky.social on his podcast about how a virus might be involved in bladder cancer. Since "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist", we made this really accessible. If you're interested in how small sneaky DNA viruses might contribute to the origins of cancers, give it a listen.
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3 DAYS TO GO. yes I am very boring about this, but every single person has a "science photo" in their camera roll - a cool moon, some nice dee, your cats paw! Donate them for public good (& maybe win a prize)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
3 DAYS TO GO. yes I am very boring about this, but every single person has a "science photo" in their camera roll - a cool moon, some nice dee, your cats paw! Donate them for public good (& maybe win a prize)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
New year, new Open Research in Practice case study! 🎉
Gemma Sarigu describes how they embedded open practices during a student internship with @alexandrapike.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social, assessing the relationship between catastrophising and integration of stressful life experiences 🧠
Gemma Sarigu describes how they embedded open practices during a student internship with @alexandrapike.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social, assessing the relationship between catastrophising and integration of stressful life experiences 🧠
Catastrophizing and integration of Stressful life experiences - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
uoy.atlassian.net
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
New year, new Open Research in Practice case study! 🎉
Gemma Sarigu describes how they embedded open practices during a student internship with @alexandrapike.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social, assessing the relationship between catastrophising and integration of stressful life experiences 🧠
Gemma Sarigu describes how they embedded open practices during a student internship with @alexandrapike.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social, assessing the relationship between catastrophising and integration of stressful life experiences 🧠