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5 Top Study Tips: ace your exams with confidence!
Read more: 5 Top Study Tips: ace your exams with confidence!Exams are just around the corner, and while it might feel like the pressure is mounting, don’t worry! With the right strategies, you can prepare effectively and head into your exams with confidence. To help you along the way, we’ve gathered five top study tips that will keep you organised, focused, and ready to tackle…
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Rock that ‘Mo for Movember 2024!
Read more: Rock that ‘Mo for Movember 2024!Welcome to Movember, where razors get a break, and moustaches take centre stage—all for a fantastic cause. This month isn’t just about looking suave with some new facial hair; it’s about stepping up for men’s health. From growing that glorious ’stache to challenging yourself in fun, active ways, Movember is a chance to support awareness…
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Open Research Blog Series #5: Open to Publishing?
Read more: Open Research Blog Series #5: Open to Publishing?The Library launched a new in-house publishing service this year to support and encourage the sharing of our research in an open and sustainable way. The service includes a number of publishing platforms and provides advice on dissemination strategy help with setting up new open access journals. The new in-house publishing service gives the University…
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Enhancing Accessibility: Introducing our new Assistive Hardware Collection!
Read more: Enhancing Accessibility: Introducing our new Assistive Hardware Collection!We’re excited to announce a valuable addition to our library resources: the new Assistive Hardware Collection! With support from Student Funding, Disability Services, and Digital Technology Services (DTS), we’re committed to making the learning experience more inclusive and supportive for everyone. This collection of adaptive tools and technology will be available to borrow across all…
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Unlock Your Academic Potential: Join Our Library Webinars!
Read more: Unlock Your Academic Potential: Join Our Library Webinars!Do you want to enhance your research skills and do better in your assignments? Our autumn webinars will guide you through the process of finding, evaluating, and referencing good quality information sources. 5 November Finding information for assignments – search the library resources efficiently and effectively to find suitable material for your coursework. 14 November Understanding…
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Open Research Blog Series #4: Empowering Open
Read more: Open Research Blog Series #4: Empowering OpenPutting these blog contributions together gave us a kaleidoscope of Open Research attitudes and practices from our research community. The contributions in this blogpost are an example of this. We have contributions from a variety of researchers including Open Research Leads, new staff members, and postgraduate researchers. They each highlight different aspects and benefits of…
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Open Research Blog Series #3: Open at every stage
Read more: Open Research Blog Series #3: Open at every stageThe two contributions below are from researchers in different fields and at different stages of their careers. Chris is a senior lecturer and Open Research Lead for his School, while Calum is a postgraduate student at the early stage of a research project. Both used the Open Science Framework (OSF); a free open platform to support research and…
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Open Research Blog Series #2: Research Metrics
Read more: Open Research Blog Series #2: Research MetricsKeeping with this year’s Open Access Week theme of Community over Commercialisation, it is important to remember that the value of research outputs to the larger community cannot be measured using traditional bibliometrics alone. Metrics alone cannot capture the full richness of academic contributions; they must be contextualised Meiko Makita, Health Sciences Open Research Lead,…
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Open Access in Iran: Navigating Academic Barriers
Read more: Open Access in Iran: Navigating Academic BarriersThe theme for International Open Access Week 2024 is “Community over Commercialisation”. As part of the Library’s OA Week activities, we asked our research community to tell us about their experience of Open Access. One of the most compelling responses came from Mahtab and Fatemeh, two postgraduate researchers from Iran currently studying in Dundee. In…
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