Open Research support, resources and training available at the University of Edinburgh. Online training to improve scientific rigour in animal research The University has launched a new online course for all staff and students who work with laboratory animals to help them increase the rigour of their research. Edinburgh University Research Optimisation Course (EUROC) is recommended for those at the start of their research career, and also as a refresher for those who have being conducting research using animals for some time. Course content focusses on the importance of experimental design, conduct and reporting of research using animals. The course was developed by the CAMARADES group in collaboration with Bioresearch and Veterinary Services and the University’s Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body. To access the free course, login to Learn and click on 'self-enrol' in top right of the screen. Click 'browse course catalog' on the right hand side and search for Edinburgh University Research Optimisation Course. We encourage everyone who completes the course to download the certificate of completion for their records and to provide us with their feedback (via Learn) to allow us to improve and refine the course. Find out more about the EUROC course. Research Data Service University Research Data Service provides a range of tools, guidelines and support for staff and students to enable effective research data management before, during and at the end of their project. The team also organise regular workshops, online training and tailored sessions on research data. University Research Data Service Open access to publications The Library's Scholarly Communications Team administer the Open Access Funds for the University, and provide advice on available open access membership schemes with publishers and Read & Publish deals. For more information or to arrange to have your open access charges paid by the University please see: Making your research open access Support for depositing research papers in Pure is managed by the centres, so please check with your local administrator. If you are not sure who to contact, please email CMVMopenaccess@ed.ac.uk or anna.krzak@ed.ac.uk Open educational resources Open educational resources (OER) are freely available online materials that have been released by the copyright holder on an open licence permitting their use and re-purposing by others. These may include technical diagrams, lesson plans, lectures, teaching materials and various other resources. Open Ed website Protocols.io The University has a subscription to the protocols.io - an online platform for creating, managing, and sharing of research protocols or methods. Protocols.io is available to all staff and students of the University. To learn more and to register for a University account please see: Protocols.io Open computational notebooks Information Services and EDINA have developed and deployed a cloud-hosted Jupyter hub environment giving access to Jupyter notebooks without the need for installation. Jupyter notebooks are an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualisations and narrative text. With the Noteable service, you can easily share working versions of your analysis with other colleagues within your lab via our hosted environments, allowing you to quickly collaborate on computational analysis. Jupyter Notebooks and Noteable Service RSpace Notebooks The University of Edinburgh-hosted RSpace is a an online electronic lab notebook which provides a secure system accessed through any modern web. browser. RSpace Notebooks Relevant links University Open Research website IAD Open Research Hub This article was published on 2024-09-09
