Open Research Awards 2025
The Open Research awards recognise the commitment of our colleagues to making research more transparent, accessible, and inclusive. For the 2025 awards we again received an excellent and diverse set of submissions describing inspiring approaches to open research from across the University.
Thank you to everyone who shared their inspiring work and congratulations to our winners:
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Srikanth Ramaswamy (1st prize)
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Isabel Smallegange (2nd prize)
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Becky Sanderson (3rd prize).
Commendations were also awarded to Jess Adams, Elaine Lopez & Natasha Mauthner, and Xinyu Zhu.
Read the award winning case studies and find out more at:
Open Research Training at Newcastle
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Developing your academic publishing strategy
26 February, 10:00-12:00, online.
Whether you’re new to publishing or looking to refine an established approach, a well-developed publishing strategy is essential for ensuring your research reaches the right audience and makes a meaningful impact.
https://elements.ncl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2313
Building better research software
24-25 February, Newcastle University
A new workshop for post-graduate students, early career researchers or junior Research Software Engineers, who want to develop software to support their research using established best practices.
https://pretix.eu/ncl/2026-02-24-NCL/
Introducing Open Research (for PGR supervisors)
5 March, 10:00-11:00, online.
5 March, 10:00-11:00, online.
Dedicated training session for PGR supervisors wishing to learn more about the key principles and practices of open research and the support available for their PGRs.