If you are publishing an article, you may be asked, depending on the journal, whether you’d like your piece to be made open access or not. Alongside this, you may be met with a sudden request to pay thousands of pounds…
This is the first part in our 2026 series on data. When it comes to planning for data, there is often a sense of overwhelm. Templates or…
Maybe you celebrated the new year with champagne and fireworks, but we in the open access team celebrated with something far more…
In the summer, we touched on common questions and issues surrounding copyright and licensing in open research, sharing a video featuring…
This is a guest post by Theses team colleague Leena Mitford. With winter graduations just around the corner, the end of the thesis cycle for 2025 is fast approaching. For the Libraries and Museums team, it has been a…
Earlier this year I attended the UKSG Conference in Brighton, a key event for those of us working in scholarly communication and open research. This annual event brings together librarians and other HEI professionals,…
Today marks the beginning of International Open Access Week, which this year coincides with Independent Learning Week at the University of St Andrews. As students and staff take a week to gather up and build on all…
