Copyright: Using third-party content in your thesis. Part 1 of 2 Webinar (2025.11.12)
- Dates
- Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
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Location
- Online (Teams)
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Library Research Support
This session will provide an overview of copyright and your thesis responsibilities. It will cover copyright basics and outline why it is important. The session will also help you to understand why permission to use copyrighted content is needed and to discover the exceptions to this rule. Ethical and legal issues will also be discussed to give you an understanding of the reasons why copyright and related intellectual property rights are important to consider early on in the process to assist with the publication of your thesis in our Open Research Online (ORO) repository. You will have the opportunity to test your knowledge and to take on a copyright task to discuss in Part 2 of this series.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what copyright is and its importance to your thesis.
- Learn why permission to use copyrighted material is needed.
- Develop an understanding of the ethical and legal use of copyrighted content in your thesis.
Target audience:
- Postgraduate Research Students
- Research Staff, and
- Research Support Staff
RDF categories:
- A1 Knowledge base
- C1 Professional conduct
Session leads:
- Yvette Howley
- Isabel Chadwick
Registration:
If you want to join, please register and you'll get a calendar invite. The session will be recorded, so if you can't make it but still want the recording, register and mention in the comments that you won't be there live.
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