Upcoming Training Events

Thursday, February 11, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online (Teams)

Funders, publishers and institutions expect researchers to make their research data publicly available. This webinar looks at ORDO (Open Research Data Online), the OU's repository for research data and how it can be used to archive and share research data.

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Thursday, March 4, 2027 - 10:30 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

The age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its infancy and holds both promise and risk for researchers. In this session, we will consider what appropriate and ethical use of AI might look like, and map possible uses of AI tools against the research process – from determining what to researc...

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Thursday, April 8, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online (Teams)

This session will provide an overview of copyright and your thesis responsibilities.

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Thursday, April 15, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online (Teams)

Following on from Part 1 of this copyright series, this session will take a practical look at copyright licensing.

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Thursday, April 22, 2027 - 10:30 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

Data management plans are a requirement of funding bids but are also necessary for any project which involves creating, collecting or using data.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online (Teams)

Your research data are precious and should be looked after properly. This webinar looks at strategies for managing your research data to ensure it remains usable throughout your research project and beyond.

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Thursday, May 6, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online (Teams)

This session will give an overview of the research support services offered by the Library. If you are a new PGR or early on in your research degree, we recommend you attend the ‘Library support for your research degree: an overview’ training session.

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Thursday, May 13, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online

Where do you look for academic literature? In this session, we will consider literature searching models to formulate an effective search strategy, including scoping your topic and selecting relevant search engines, databases, and other places to look.

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Thursday, May 20, 2027 - 10:30 to Thursday, May 27, 2027 - 11:30

Online

How do you look for academic literature? This session will look at building an effective advanced search by identifying relevant keywords and synonyms, using Boolean operators, utilising search modifiers, and refining results to get relevant results. We'll be digging though citations and learning ho...

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Thursday, May 27, 2027 - 10:30 to 12:00

Online

How do you successfully manage hundreds of citations? This session takes you through how to evaluate search results to identify the highest quality resources on a topic and how to manage your citations. We will look at search alerts, how to export search results, and the functionality of reference m...

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Thursday, June 3, 2027 - 10:30 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

Research data are precious and should be archived for the long term to ensure that results can be verified, and data can be re-used in the future.  This webinar looks at good practice for preparing data for deposit in a research data repository or archive.

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Thursday, July 1, 2027 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online (Teams)

Funders, publishers and institutions expect researchers to make their research data publicly available. This webinar looks at ORDO (Open Research Data Online), the OU's repository for research data and how it can be used to archive and share research data.

For further information [email protected]