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10/12 10am-11:30am: Publishing Essentials

Enquiries — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:49:32 GMT

When: 10am - 11:30am, Thu, 10 Dec '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room

Publishing your research can be a tricky process – aside from doing the research, you also need to know how and where to get published, what publishers are looking for, and what requirements you need to meet, among many other challenges. This session will take you through the steps of getting your work published, from working out how you want to publish your research and writing it up, all the way to dealing with the publisher and knowing what you can share. Along this journey, we will highlight the key considerations you may need to make, note the support that’s available to you, and share some tips to help you through the process.

22/10 2pm-3pm: Open Research Essentials

Enquiries — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:47:12 GMT

When: 2pm - 3pm, Thu, 22 Oct '26

Where: Online and Library Training Room

Open Research refers to a set of practices that aims to make the constituent parts of the research process as ‘open’ (accessible, sharable, reproducible) as possible to demonstrate the research's quality, integrity and reproducibility. Sometimes referred to as ‘Open Science’ or ‘Open Scholarship’, open research can touch every part of your projects, everything from the decisions you make while planning projects, to how to collect and manage your research data and software to peer review, publication and promotion. Whatever form it takes, Open Research has benefits for academia, it benefits the public good, and it has benefits for individual researchers.

Nevertheless, Open Research can mean different things to different subjects and different researchers and it is not always easy for researchers to know how and to what extent they can engage with these ‘open’ practices in their research. In this session, we will explore the research cycle through the lens of Open Research culture to consider the different ways you can make your research ‘open’.

19/11 10am-11:30am: Profiles for Researchers: Scopus, Elements, ORCID, and Beyond

Enquiries — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:44:20 GMT

When: 10am - 11:30am, Thu, 19 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Training Room

Maintaining an online presence is becoming an increasingly important skill needed as a researcher: it offers new avenues for opportunities, collaborations, and for your work to be shared.

In this session, we will give you an overview of the different types of profiles you may be interested in setting up as a researcher, including Symplectic Elements, ORCID, databases like Google Scholar, Scopus and Dimensions, and both academic and public social media sites. We will offer guidance on how to manage multiple profiles, including scenarios such as sharing a new publication or changing institutions.

There will then be an opportunity at the end of the workshop to manage, update or set up any of the profiles covered in the session with the helpful guidance of the Open Research Team.

24/11 11am-12:30pm: Critical AI Use for Researchers

Enquiries — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:32:44 GMT

When: 11am - 12:30pm, Tue, 24 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room, Second Floor

Whether you are an enthusiastic adopter of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, have serious objections, or are somewhere in between, AI is increasingly embedded in research infrastructure, from library search tools and reference managers, to writing and analysis.

This session will help you to navigate this landscape by exploring what it means to use AI critically: making informed, ethical, and transparent decisions about whether, when, and how AI tools might support your research. It will consider questions that arise at different stages of the research process, from articulating research goals, to conducting an AI-assisted search or engaging with an AI assistant, evaluating their outputs and documenting and acknowledging their use.

Find out more and register here.

03/11 10am-11:30am: Critical AI Use for Researchers

Enquiries — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:26:22 GMT

When: 10am - 11:30am, Tue, 03 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room, Second Floor

Find out more and sign up here.

10/11 1pm-2pm: Research support essentials

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:54:19 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 10 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room.

Meet the Research & Academic Support team and discover library services and support for postgraduate research students, including introductions to:

Literature searching and library resources
Practical research data management (RDM)
Open access, open research and publishing (OA)

Come along to meet some of the team, and learn where to go for further support.

This event takes place online and in-person in the Library Seminar Room. Register here.

08/10 10am-11am: Research support essentials

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:51:52 GMT

When: 10am - 11am, Thu, 08 Oct '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room

Meet the Research & Academic Support team and discover library services and support for postgraduate research students, including introductions to:

Literature searching and library resources
Practical research data management (RDM)
Open access, open research and publishing (OA)

Come along to meet some of the team, and learn where to go for further support.

This event takes place online and in-person in the Library Seminar Room. Register here.

09/12 10am-11:30am: Reference Management: Zotero

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:11:37 GMT

When: 10am - 11:30am, Wed, 09 Dec '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room

Want to know more about managing your references, saving time and avoiding plagiarism? Reference management software helps you to store and organise your references and automatically format citations and bibliographies in Word.

We will cover the following topics in the session:

How to create and back up a Zotero Library
How to select your department’s referencing style or change to a new style if needed for publication
How to use the Zotero Connector browser extension
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages).
How to edit references
How to organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using Zotero

Please have the Zotero application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Download Zotero here.

Please find guidance on using Zotero here. Note that the Library’s own online guide to Zotero is coming soon!

26/11 2pm-3:30pm: Reference management: Zotero

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:09:18 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 26 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room

We will cover the following topics in the session:

How to create and back up a Zotero Library
How to select your department’s referencing style or change to a new style if needed for publication
How to use the Zotero Connector browser extension
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages).
How to edit references
How to organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using Zotero

Please have the Zotero application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Download Zotero here.

Please find guidance on using Zotero here. Note that the Library’s own online guide to Zotero is coming soon!

10/11 10am-11:30am: Reference management: Zotero

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:06:41 GMT

When: 10am - 11:30am, Tue, 10 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room, Second Floor

We will cover the following topics in the session:

How to create and back up a Zotero Library
How to select your department’s referencing style or change to a new style if needed for publication
How to use the Zotero Connector browser extension
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages).
How to edit references
How to organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using Zotero

Please have the Zotero application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Download Zotero here.

Please find guidance on using Zotero here. Note that the Library’s own online guide to Zotero is coming soon!

You must register to attend this session. The session will be run simultaneously online via Teams an in-person at the Library

29/10 2pm-3:30pm: Reference Management: Zotero

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:59:36 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 29 Oct '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room

We will cover the following topics in the session:

How to create and back up a Zotero Library
How to select your department’s referencing style or change to a new style if needed for publication
How to use the Zotero Connector browser extension
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages).
How to edit references
How to organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using Zotero

Please have the Zotero application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Download Zotero here.

Please find guidance on using Zotero here. Note that the Library’s own online guide to Zotero is coming soon!

You must register to attend this session. The session will be run simultaneously online via Teams an in-person at the Library

01/12 11am-12:30pm: Reference management: EndNote

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:55:13 GMT

When: 11am - 12:30pm, Tue, 01 Dec '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room

Want to know more about managing your references, saving time and avoiding plagiarism? Reference management software can help you to organise your references and automatically format citations, reference lists, and bibliographies in Word.

We will cover the following topics in this session:

How to create an Endnote Library and back it up.
How to input your department's chosen referencing style
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages)
How to edit references
How to create groups of references and organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using your EndNote library

Please have the EndNote Desktop application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Find a link here to download EndNote.

Please find our general EndNote guidance linked here. This provides a general overview of using EndNote, and will be helpful to refer back to after the session.

You must register to attend this session. The session will be run simultaneously online via Teams an in-person at the Library.

20/11 1pm-2:30pm: Reference management: EndNote

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:53:43 GMT

When: 1pm - 2:30pm, Fri, 20 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Seminar Room, Second Floor

We will cover the following topics in this session:

How to create an Endnote Library and back it up.
How to input your department's chosen referencing style
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages)
How to edit references
How to create groups of references and organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using your EndNote library

Please have the EndNote Desktop application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Find a link here to download EndNote.

Please find our general EndNote guidance linked here. This provides a general overview of using EndNote, and will be helpful to refer back to after the session.

You must register to attend this session. The session will be run simultaneously online via Teams an in-person at the Library.

04/11 1:30pm-3pm: Reference management: EndNote

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:34:54 GMT

When: 1:30pm - 3pm, Wed, 04 Nov '26

Where: Online and Library Training Room, Second Floor

We will cover the following topics in this session:

How to create an Endnote Library and back it up.
How to input your department's chosen referencing style
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages)
How to edit references
How to create groups of references and organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using your EndNote library

Please have the EndNote Desktop application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Find a link here to download EndNote.

Please find our general EndNote guidance linked here. This provides a general overview of using EndNote, and will be helpful to refer back to after the session.

You must register to attend this session. The session will be run simultaneously online via Teams an in-person at the Library.

19/10 10:30am-12pm: Reference management: EndNote

Enquiries — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:32:43 GMT

When: 10:30am - 12pm, Mon, 19 Oct '26

Where: Hybrid - online and Library Training Room

Want to know more about managing your references, saving time and avoiding plagiarism? Reference management software can help you to organise your references and automatically format citations, reference lists, and bibliographies in Word.

We will cover the following topics in this session:

How to create an Endnote Library and back it up.
How to input your department's chosen referencing style
How to import items from database searches, including Google Scholar.
How to add other types of references manually (including reports, web pages)
How to edit references
How to create groups of references and organise your library.
How to attach full text articles to citations
How to create citations and bibliographies within Word using your EndNote library

Please have the EndNote Desktop application downloaded onto your computer before the session. Find a link here to download EndNote.

Please find our general EndNote guidance linked here. This provides a general overview of using EndNote, and will be helpful to refer back to after the session.

You must register to attend this session. The session will be run simultaneously online via Teams an in-person at the Library.

16/11 2pm-3:30pm: Literature Searching for Researchers

Enquiries — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:55:11 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Mon, 16 Nov '26

Where: Hybrid - Online and In-person at the Creative Community Place (Second Floor Library)

A general introduction to help you develop your literature searching techniques, including:

Discovering your librarian and subject library guides

Adopting a more systematic approach to literature searching

Understanding key searching techniques and how to save searches and create alerts

Evaluating the impact of any AI tools you might use on your search results

Taking a deeper look at the Scopus and Web of Science databases

Thinking about how to record and report your literature search results

This event takes place simultaneously online and in-person at the Creative Community Place, Library second Floor.

22/10 10am-11:30am: Literature searching for researchers

Enquiries — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:37:19 GMT

When: 10am - 11:30am, Thu, 22 Oct '26

Where: Online and Library Training Room, Second Floor

A general introduction to help you develop your literature searching techniques, including:

Discovering your librarian and subject library guides

Adopting a more systematic approach to literature searching

Understanding key searching techniques and how to save searches and create alerts

Evaluating the impact of any AI tools you might use on your search results

Taking a deeper look at the Scopus and Web of Science databases

Thinking about how to record and report your literature search results

Attend online or in-person in the Library Training Room, second floor.

Book here.

12/11 1pm-2:30pm: Investigating research metrics

Enquiries — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:46:59 GMT

When: 1pm - 2:30pm, Thu, 12 Nov '26

Where: Hybrid - online and in-person in the Library Seminar Room

An introduction to research metrics, including citations, journal impact factors and altmetrics, and how they impact you, including:

Finding citation metrics, altmetrics and journal impact factors

Use of the Scopus, Web of Science and Dimensions databases

Limitations and responsible use of research metrics

Consideration of artificial intelligence in measuring research

This event is hybrid, and will take place simultaneously in-person at the Library Seminar Room and online via teams.

14/10 11am-1pm: Research Data Management Essentials

Enquiries — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:30:34 GMT

When: 11am - 1pm, Wed, 14 Oct '26

Where: Library Seminar Room 222

Research Data Management (RDM) is vitally important for the success of a research project and is becoming increasingly important with major funding bodies, such as UKRI, the Wellcome Trust and Horizon Europe.

This session will introduce some key concepts, including the research data lifecycle, funder and institution requirements, and Data Management Plans (DMPs). We will then move on to practical advice for researchers on day-to-day RDM best practice, incorporating introductory advice on file management, data repositories and the use of AI with research data.

Please note that this is a hybrid session held jointly in the Library ⁠Seminar Room 222 and on Microsoft Teams.

28/09 2pm-3pm: Study essentials: finding academic resources

Enquiries — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:33:00 GMT

When: 2pm - 3pm, Mon, 28 Sept '26