Welcome Week for researchers
At the start of the new academic year, the Library’s Research Services team has been directly involved in the University Library’s Welcome programme, meeting new students and researchers to explain how...
View ArticleTeaching the researchers of tomorrow
For the past year I’ve been involved with the Library’s My Learning Essentials (MLE) Open Training programme, which involves facilitation of workshops on academic and study skills. In addition to the...
View ArticleA new professional’s view: UKSG Annual Conference 2015
Glasgow was the venue for the 2015 UKSG Conference and Helen Dobson and I headed north hoping for a repeat of the glorious weather in 2012. We were welcomed by torrential downpours and strong winds,...
View ArticleA clear appetite for Open Access amongst PGRs and supervisors
At The University of Manchester Library, we’re passionate about supporting and facilitating Open Access (OA) research and helping our Postgraduate research (PGR) students to thrive. These concerns form...
View ArticleOpenCon 2018: Apply now to win a Library-sponsored place!
We’re excited to be sponsoring a Manchester PhD student or early career researcher with a passion for Open Research to attend OpenCon 2018 in Toronto, Canada, from 2nd – 4th November. Delegates at...
View ArticleProvocative and inspiring: Force11 Scholarly Communications Summer School, 2018
I was delighted to win a tuition scholarship to attend this year’s Force11 Scholarly Communications Summer School in San Diego, California. The demanding pace of our work in the Library’s Research...
View ArticlePhD student with a passion to promote the Open philosophy wins our sponsored...
We’ve now assessed all applications for our sponsored OpenCon 2018 place and are pleased to announce that the successful applicant is Chukwuma Ogbonnaya. Chukwuma is a PhD Student at the school of...
View Article‘A new world of possibilities’– reflecting on OpenCon2018
Guest post by University of Manchester Library scholarship winner Chukwuma Ogbonnaya, PhD Student at the school of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, and early career Lecturer in the...
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