Public Access and your thesis (FCF)

Dulcie Hollyock Room,
Baillieu Library

  • For all graduate researchers and staff

Everything you need to know to prepare your thesis for submission in the University's Open Access Repository (Minerva Access). Topics covered will include:

  • An overview of the University policy on public access to graduate research theses;
  • An overview of the systems used for examination and OA: TES and Minerva Access;
  • The benefits of making your thesis open access, along with a consideration of potential issues (I think important to include this—and it kind of encapsulates what many of the following dotpoints are about)
  • Selecting and applying embargo periods to protect your ability to publish;
  • How to protect commercial IP, patentability applications, and legally/politically sensitive information;
  • Managing 3rd-party Copyright, including Theses-with-Publication.

This workshop is relevant to all PhD and Masters by research students.

Presented by: Stephen Cramond & Jenny McKnight