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White Rose University Press is the UK's first jointly-run open access non-profit digital university press, from the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
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🌟🚢 We are excited to announce that Screening the Fleet by Prof. Jonathan Rayner (University of Sheffield), published by WRUP, has been nominated for the 2025 Maritime Media Awards!

To read more about the nomination and the book, follow the 🔗👉 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/announcements
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November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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📚 Celebrating 6 years since Voices and Practices in Applied Linguistics (2019) — a landmark collection exploring the diversity of Applied Linguistics in research, policy & practice. Read it here:
universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/books/e/10.2...
#AppliedLinguistics #LanguageResearch #Linguistics
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November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🌿 Anniversary Spotlight 🌿

Published on this day - Capability Brown, Royal Gardener: The Business of Place-Making in Northern Europe (edited by Jonathan Finch & Jan Woudstra) offers fresh insights into one of the eighteenth century’s most influential landscape designers.
Book cover of "Capability Brown: Royal Gardener – The Business of Place-Making in Northern Europe," edited by Jonathan Finch and Jan Woudstra. The cover features a painted landscape with a grand country estate surrounded by trees, rolling hills, and a reflective lake beneath a cloudy sky.
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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To round up #OpenAccessWeek, we’re returning to the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?

Kate Petherbridge (WRUPress Manager & OIPA Chair) explores the many facets of this question—how ownership shapes who can access, share & benefit from research, and why it matters more than ever.
#OAWeek2025
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October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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This #OpenAccessWeek (20–26 Oct) we’re asking:
Who owns our knowledge?
WRUP + @uoyopenres.bsky.social believe openness and ownership can go hand in hand.
Here’s how we’re working together to make that real.
#OAWeek2025 #OpenResearch #CreativeCommons
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October 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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W-Ray the @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social whippet mascot is supporting the 'Screening the Fleet' event today in Sheffield!#openaccess #academicpublishing
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September 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Today marks the anniversary of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s death — a reminder of how his visionary poetry (Kubla Khan, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) still shapes the way we imagine nature, myth, and the mind.
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July 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🌟 It’s #NationalThankYouDay and we want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the incredible authors we've had the pleasure of working with at White Rose University Press.
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July 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Excited to be attending the N8 Sustainable Scholarly Publishing Statement Launch today at the University of York!

Bringing together journal editors from across the N8 to support open, collaborative, and responsible scholarly publishing-essential for sharing knowledge widely and freely!
A speaker stands at the front of a lecture hall next to a large projected slide titled “Pathways to sustainable scholarly publishing”, part of the N8 Research Partnership event at the University of York on 12th June 2025. Another woman stands nearby, and attendees are seated, with some using laptops. The screen displays logos of the N8 partner universities.
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A huge thank you to @andiesuzanne.bsky.social for her engaging talk on the research behind her latest book Understanding Mental Causation - a fascinating exploration of mind, action, and agency.

#Philosophy #MentalCausation #WRUP #UniversityofLeeds #PanelDiscussion
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May 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🧠Author Event Alert: Understanding Mental Causation – A New Start for Philosophy of Mind 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mvmy7zjm
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April 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The latest White Rose Libraries Quarterly is now online-featuring updates from White Rose University Press.

Dive into the latest in open access publishing, new titles, and statistics at WRUP - plus news from WRL Repositories and Innovation & Collaboration.
whiteroselibraries.org/strategic-pl...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🎉 Today we’re celebrating the 6th anniversary of Star Carr -our very first publication! This work continues to have a profound impact, with over 45,000 downloads across both volumes. Access Star Carr Volumes 1 & 2 for free:
🔗 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/

#OpenAccess #StarCarr #Archaeology
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April 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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They also have a unique role in fostering transparency, both in processes and costs, and in developing a shared language for Open Access.
#Redux2025 #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing
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April 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Chris emphasises that AI presents a transformative opportunity, but university presses must be active participants in shaping its role. By leveraging AI while staying true to their editorial expertise and scholarly mission. #Redux2025 #ScholarlyPublishing #AIinPublishing
"A speaker stands at a podium labeled 'University of Oxford' in a lecture hall, delivering a presentation. A large screen behind him displays a slide with an autumnal image of a historic university building and the quote: 'The question isn’t how AI can serve publishing, but how publishing can serve the world with the help of AI.'
April 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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🌎📚 This #ChildrensBookDay, we celebrate Children’s Culture and Citizenship in Argentina, a WRUP publication by Prof. Lauren Rea MBE!
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April 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Happy #WorldBookDay! We love celebrating books every day of the year, but this one’s particularly special. 🥳 World Book day really highlights the importance of global access to books and research - which is why we think #OpenAccess publishing is so important.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Published fully #OpenAccess by White Rose University Press, the book is freely available to read online or download in digital formats. Print copies can also be ordered.

📖 Read or download here: universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/m...
#OpenAccess #ScreeningTheFleet
Promotional image for the book 'Screening The Fleet: The Royal Navy on Television 1973–2023' by Jonathan Rayner. The book cover, featuring an image of Royal Navy ships, is displayed on a wooden table with stacks of books beside it. To the right, bold text announces 'Now published!' with a brief description of the book’s focus on fifty years of the Royal Navy on British television. The White Rose University Press logo and mention of open access publication are included.
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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This engaging and insightful volume offers a fresh take on one of philosophy’s most debated topics. Free to read online or download here:🔗 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/m...
#UnderstandingMentalCausation #OpenAccess
January 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM