Have you ever wondered how that information gets added to Wikipedia, or edited and updated? Well, YOU could be the answer to that by becoming a Wiki editor. Drop-in to the Library Makerspace (Ground Floor, Edward Boyle Library) and we'll show you how to get started with editing Wikipedia and how it works behind the scenes. Lucy Hinnie and Nick Sheppard will be on hand to help, answer any questions, or just chat. No need to book, just come in and say hello!
FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable
Open Research practices and the FAIR principles are interlinked, and this training will support you to understand how these areas are complementary. We will also consider disciplinary specific considerations, introduce the CARE principles for indiginous data governance and explore how they relate to FAIR.
This talk with Sorrell Harriet from the research computing consulting service, makes the case for embedding product design thinking into research software projects from the start. Drawing on real examples — from how to make space for this in a grant application, to what it looks like in practice — it explores how structured design activities like user research, co-design, and iterative prototyping can bring researchers, end users, and stakeholders into genuine collaboration around what gets built and why.
