Topic 3: Open research (2018/9)
How is research influenced by openness?
This is an archived version of a page from OKHE 2018/9, to preserve content for past participants. See the main page for the latest materials.
PG Cert HE participants: This topic relates the session on 20 Mar. You can use this page to prepare/catch up/review. Please access the Prepare and Reflect tool via Blackboard before and after the session to keep track of your progress.
This session aims to cover how research in higher education is influenced by openness. The session will examine the publishing model and consider how there are changes afoot that may bring down the current system.
This page includes contributions from experts and OKHE graduates. We hope you are able to look through this page and leave a response before the session — if you are pushed for time, head for the essential preparation.
In this session, we hear from Lucinda May (Research Services Librarian, University of Manchester; OKHE 2015/6). Martin Eve (Birkbeck, University of London) has contributed in the past, but is unfortunately unable to join us in the session. Lucy and Martin’s bios are on our Guests page.
Essential preparation
All we ask is that before the session, you read one blog post, explore the website for one initiative, and comment with your response to one question.
- Post: A new world of possibilities — reflections on OpenCon2018 by Chukwuma Ogbonnaya (Early Career Lecturer, Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Nigeria; PhD student, University of Manchester).
- Website: Plan S and cOAlition S — a current initiative to make open access publishing a reality. If you are familiar with Plan S already, try to read a new article or discussion on it.
- Question: “What is ‘open’ and what does it mean to me?” — please comment below with your response.
Further reading
- Understanding Open Access — from the University of Manchester Library.
- Open Research Forum — Part of this publication, a space for discussion of open research, including events and case studies.
- Open Access — an introduction to the topic by Peter Suber.
- Untangling academic publishing: A history of the relationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the circulation of research — an overview of the history of scholarly publishing by Fyfe et al.
- The academic, economic and societal impacts of open access: An evidence-based review — by Tennant et al.
- An LSE Impact Blog post on open research as a principle of ‘good’ research.
What do you think?
Consider your response to this question:
What is ‘open’ and what does it mean to me?
Leave a comment
After reading and thinking about this topic, please comment below to share an idea or response. You may find Creating a Medium account useful. Any questions, you can contact the course leaders via Blackboard.
Activity: Curated summaries
In the session, and beyond, we invite you to read widely on one or more topics, and contribute a summary afterwards. Please comment on one or more of the below posts with your summary:
- Plan S and cOAlition S
- Elsevier and institutional/national boycotts
- What is Open and what does it mean to different people?
- The practicalities and realities of Open
Don’t like them? Choose your own topic! Write a post based on one of the above, submit it to this publication, and we’ll add your topic to the list.
