22 Jun 2021
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, highlights Research Data Management training programmes offered by our partner institutions in Estonia, Ethiopia, Lithuania and Serbia.
Sharing research data is a part of good research practice. It helps to cut down on academic fraud, validates the (...)
29 Apr 2021
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
How can you make sure your open science policies and strategies take account of local needs, and at the same time, accommodate broader regional priorities? There is no one answer, says Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager.
How to design open science policies that address local needs, (...)
17 Feb 2021
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, looks forward to a challenging and busy year for open science training.
Moving open access and open science training events online was a challenge and an opportunity in 2020. Training in a virtual environment diminishes the variety of interactions (...)
08 Dec 2020
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) has helped raise funds for six open access and open science infrastructures, generating 2,781,525 Euros in just three years. Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, who is on the SCOSS Board, updates us on SCOSS’ (...)
14 Jul 2020
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
June was a busy month for the LIBSENSE Initiative - a collaborative space through which libraries and research and education networks (RENs) are advancing open access and open science in Africa.
At a LIBSENSE virtual workshop co-organized by LIBSENSE partners, EIFL, the West and Central African (...)
06 Feb 2019
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Members of the EIFL Open Access Programme team, Iryna Kuchma and Gwen Franck, blog about a new training format and training resources for open science trainers.
Take our training materials, build on our training format and organize your train-the-trainer event!
Open scholarship is growing in (...)
17 Mar 2018
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
‘Is your institution willing and committed to offer training on open access, open research data and open science as a part of standard training for PhD students?’
This is the question we asked our network a year ago. We also offered support in developing such training courses for those who were (...)