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A crocheted dog with a flat cap and waistcoat sits next to copies of the book 'Screening the Fleet: The Royal Navy on Television 1973-2023'.

W-Ray the @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social whippet mascot is supporting the 'Screening the Fleet' event today in Sheffield!#openaccess #academicpublishing

🚨 Reminder!
We still have tickets available for Screening the Fleet – 50 Years of the Navy on Screen 🎬

If you—or anyone you know—are interested in media, military history, or British TV, don’t miss this one. Come along and get signed up!

OpenFest 2025 OpenFest 2025 will take place between 2nd-5th September 2025. View the programme and book your place:

Last run through of my talk for #OpenFest tomorrow, pretty much bang on an hour so I'm going to have to speak fast and attempt to not go off track.

Hopefully it'll be an enjoyable, if general, overview of EDI issues in Open Research. I hope you'll come along!

sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...

WRUP colleagues will also be available to discuss Open Access publishing. This event is open to all—so please share. Join us for conversation, insight, and reflection on Britain’s naval traditions on screen. We look forward to seeing you there!

Screening the Fleet: A Conversation about 50 years of the Navy on Screen Exploring 50 years of the Royal Navy on TV and the lens this turns on media, history, and national identity

Prof Rayner shares his research in a talk and discussion with Chris Terrill—filmmaker & broadcaster—followed by an audience Q&A.

📅 Thu 18 Sept,🥂 Drinks 17:15, 🎤 Talk 17:30. 📍Lecture Theatre 02, The Diamond, Sheffield. 🎟️ Free – registration required 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-...

⚓️ Event Alert: Screening the Fleet – 50 Years of the Navy on Screen
How has the Royal Navy been portrayed on screen over the past 50 years? What can these depictions reveal about culture, politics, and national identity? Join us for an evening of discussion with Prof Jonathan Rayner & Chris Terrill.

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🛡️ August is National Immunisation Month

WRL supports cutting-edge research, with papers on immunisation, policy, and practice - supporting global knowledge-sharing and interdisciplinary collaboration.

To explore, click the🔗: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk

#OpenAccess #WRRO #Immunisation

Our fab colleagues in the Research & Innovation service have launched a new home for Leeds research stories 📚
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk

Follow for more:
🔹 LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/showcase/res...
🔹 Bluesky – @researchleeds.bsky.social

#ResearchCulture #ResearchAtLeeds #LeedsUni #OpenResearch

YouTube video by Hidden REF Ep3. What the REF are our research incentives?

Excellent, insightful conversation on the What the REF podcast between @simonhettrick.bsky.social and Marcus Munafo (@ukrepro.bsky.social) covering REF, open and transparent research and research culture (also rowing) youtu.be/uHRQjNqY6CY

It’s World Hepatitis Day! 🌍
Here at White Rose Research Online, you can access the latest research on new trials and studies — all free to read, no paywalls.

Explore cutting‑edge findings here: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/search/a...

#WorldHepatitisDay #OpenAccess #Research

Forthcoming collections including Two Sides of the Straits and Sand from the Urns (Paul Celan, bilingual edition).

At White Rose University Press we’re proud to continue celebrating transformative poetry with volumes like Oysters, Nightingales and Cooking Pots (Tristan Corbière intranslation)
universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/books/m/10.2...

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Today marks the anniversary of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s death — a reminder of how his visionary poetry (Kubla Khan, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) still shapes the way we imagine nature, myth, and the mind.

📚✨ Today we're playing an emoji game — and we want you to join in!
Can you guess the White Rose University Press books from just a string of emojis? 👀🔍

(Yes... we know some are a little tenuous. That's part of the challenge!)

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Drop your guesses in the replies! 💬👇

#EmojiGame #WRUP

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ALN Conference Registration Desk

Today we’re hosting the in-person day of the ALN Conference 2025 at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School!

And would you believe it - sunshine again? It’s always sunny at ALN 😏☀️ #ALN25

Continuing our week of thanks, we’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to Professor Nikki Dibben from the @sheffielduni.bsky.social, who will be stepping down from the White Rose University Press Editorial Board after nearly five years.

Your passion, dedication, and scholarship help make open access publishing a reality. We’re grateful to be part of your publishing journey. 🙏📚💙

#ThankYou #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #WhiteRoseUniversityPress

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🌟 It’s #NationalThankYouDay and we want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the incredible authors we've had the pleasure of working with at White Rose University Press.

Wishing him all the best as he brings IT and Library teams together to strengthen collaboration, enhance digital services, and help shape the University’s ambitions for AI. 🚀📚💡

Wishing him all the best as he brings IT and Library teams together to strengthen collaboration, enhance digital services, and help shape the University’s ambitions for AI. 🚀📚💡

🌟 Huge congratulations to @masudk.com on his appointment as Chief Digital and Information Officer at the University of Leeds! 👏

He’s been a hugely influential figure for White Rose Libraries through his work on the Executive Board and with White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social

CILIP conference debate

AI & Copyright Regulatory debate with @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social, Seb Cuttill, @jsecker.bsky.social & Naomi Korn covering:
🔸Big Tech
🔸Unethical use of AI
🔸Craic - Creative Rights in AI Coalition
🔸Hallucination
🔸Misinformation
🔸Biased content
How can we trust anything we see? #CILIPConf25

OpenFest 2025 OpenFest 2025 will take place between 2nd-5th September 2025. View the programme and book your place:

🔊Registration is NOW OPEN for OpenFest 2025, the annual open research event led by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam unis.

2nd-5th September - all welcome.

This year's theme is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - in all the meanings of those terms.

More details and registration:⬇️

Last week to grab your tickets for the Research Culture CoP event! 🎟️

Big brains, good vibes, real talk about making research better.

Don’t get stuck watching from the window 😬

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WRay last night at the end of the conference. Think he had a good time @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social

Just WRay in that state then ...🤪

Diary of Madeleine Blaess - Madeleine Blaess Project The Madeleine Blaess Project is based at the University of Sheffield and is led by Dr Wendy Michallat from the School of Languages and Cultures.

Wendy’s research has also inspired the Madeleine Blaess Research Portal—a rich educational resource for schools and the wider public 🌍👉 www.madeleineblaessproject.com/about/madele....

CILIP conference 2 weeks to go

2️⃣weeks AND only 5️⃣full Conference places to go!
Join professionals from across the knowledge & information sector to exchange ideas and explore current challenges. ook today: cilipconference.org.uk
#CILIPConf25

Great to see sessions like Open Accessibility: Librarians and the Accessibility of Diamond OA Monographs on the agenda! @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social #ALN2024 #OpenAccess #LibraryInnovation #Accessibility

The ALN Online Conference is happening today! 🎉 Sustainable Innovation: Moving Forward in Challenging Times brings together brilliant work across academic libraries.

WRL is proud to support collaboration across Leeds, Sheffield & York—part of a wider ecosystem of innovation.