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Completed your Research Post-Graduate Degree?
Read more: Completed your Research Post-Graduate Degree?Here’s what you need to know about licence options and submitting your final thesis to the Discovery Research Portal. At the conclusion of your post-graduate research degree, you’ll be required to upload a copy of your thesis to the Discovery Research Portal. The version uploaded should be the final version, as approved by the examining committee.…
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Black History Month
Read more: Black History MonthOctober is ‘Black History month’ allowing a focus on resources related to Black History – see the Black History Month Scotland site for information relating to Scotland, the UK Black History Month website and have a look at this clip on ‘The Social ‘ from BBC Scotland, introducing ‘Black History month’. Online University of Dundee…
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CLA Royalties Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying, University of Dundee 20th September – 5th November 2021
Read more: CLA Royalties Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying, University of Dundee 20th September – 5th November 2021CLA Royalties Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying University of Dundee, 20 September – 5 November 2021 We (the University) hold a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) which allows us to photocopy and scan extracts from published works for use in teaching (either in class or as course packs sent out to students).…
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UKRI Open Access Policy 2021
Read more: UKRI Open Access Policy 2021On 6th August UKRI released its much-anticipated Open Access Policy. Applicable to research publications that acknowledge funding from any of the UKRI councils, the policy aims to ensure that publicly funded research is freely accessible and licensed in such a way that it can be re-used and built upon. LLC Research Services are engaging with similarly placed teams across…
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Discovery Research Portal: highlighting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Read more: Discovery Research Portal: highlighting the United Nations Sustainable Development GoalsThe latest upgrade to the Discovery Research Portal allows us to display how University of Dundee research supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Goals were established in 2015, with the intention of setting global goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. The University of Dundee was placed…
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Accessing the ONS Secure Research Service
Read more: Accessing the ONS Secure Research ServiceAccessing secure research data as an accredited researcher – Assured Organisational Connectivity to the Secure Research Service The University of Dundee has recently secured Assured Organisational Connectivity (AOC) with the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Secure Research Service (SRS). SRS provides accredited researchers secure access to de-identified, unpublished data. There are over 100 datasets available,…
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Predatory Journals.
Read more: Predatory Journals.What are they and what can you do to avoid getting caught? An unfortunate part of the publishing landscape is the rise of the predatory journal. Unscrupulous “publishers” offer what appears to be comparatively cheap routes to gold open access but do not provide a suitable publishing platform to promote research or sustain openness. They…
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SafePod coming to Main Library in 2021
Read more: SafePod coming to Main Library in 2021SafePod Network The SafePod Network (SPN) provides a major advance to the way that sensitive datasets can be securely accessed for research purposes. The SPN is the first service in the world to provide and manage a network of standardised safe settings (SafePods) for secure access to sensitive datasets for research purposes across the UK. …
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Making your Researchfish submission easier
Read more: Making your Researchfish submission easierThe Project With the Researchfish submission period approaching, we embarked on a new project in Research Services, to help ease the administrative element of the Researchfish submission for our researchers. We heard of a new feature in Researchfish which allowed us to upload publication data linked to awards and started to explore the possibilities using…