By examining food remains trapped in pottery, a team including researchers from @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social show that ancient societies were combining plants to create distinct, flavoured dishes even before the adoption of agriculture 🍲 Open access paper in @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔓📄

The York English Language Toolkit returns on 10 July 2026. This free hybrid CPD workshop for A-level English Language teachers features talks from Prof Devyani Sharma, Prof Paul Kerswill, Prof Sam Hellmuth and Dr Kobin Kendrick. Save the date. englishlanguagetoolk...

New research from @uoyeducation.bsky.social, University of Northampton and KCL highlights a disadvantage for twins in early development, but finds they leapfrog their singleton siblings in language skills by age seven 🚸 Open access paper in Child Development: doi.org/10.1093/chid... 🔓📄

If you're attending #RLUK26, @sarahjthompson.bsky.social Associate Director @uoylibrary.bsky.social, will shortly be participating in a 'Solution Room' on coordinating library strategies to support Diamond OA (with @rupertgatti.bsky.social and our former colleague @ruthmacmullen.bsky.social) 💎

Postgraduate researcher and Open Research Graduate Engagement Lead @luqmanmuraina.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social will be at #UKSG2026 next week, with his talk on 'Africa in the open: reimagining global knowledge beyond western publication models' Hoping for a great turnout! @uksg.bsky.social

A team including researchers @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social has found that domesticated dogs were already living alongside us more than 14,000 years ago - redefining our understanding of how this ancient relationship first took root 🐕 Open access paper in @nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🔓📄

A team from @york.ac.uk, Leiden University, Francis Crick Institute and University of Barcelona has developed experimental compounds that appear to block the flu virus more effectively than current medicines 💉 Open access paper in @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🔓 📄

Become a Champion for Public Involvement and Participatory Research @york.ac.uk @involvementyork.bsky.social is looking for colleagues who are passionate about collaborating with the public in research to help make the research culture more accessible to the public and communities

The @york.ac.uk Open Research Awards are back for 2026! Take a look at this short video, highlighting a few projects we awarded last year 🏆 🔓 The deadline for submissions is 12 noon on Monday 27 April - full details avaiable on our wiki: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MxIMAQ

Good to see the publication of these principles by @rluk.ac.uk, which conveniently align with our own principles for supporting OA infrastructure! www.york.ac.uk/library/abou...

Upcoming Research Coding Club / N8 CIR hybrid session: Publishing your Software in @joss-openjournals.bsky.social 🧑‍💻 🔓 Wednesday, Apr 15 from 1 pm to 2 pm. Sign up below 👇

What is 'diamond' open access? 💎 🔓 Publication costs are typically covered through sponsorship from organisations such as universities. This means no mandatory fees for authors to publish (or for readers to read, ofc!) This can mean greater equity and broader participation in scholarly comms 👍

As part of Women's history month WRUP is celebrating Nicky Milner, one of the co-editors of Star Carr volumes 1 and 2, WRUP's first monograph publications.

An interesting post from colleagues @imperiallibrary.bsky.social. We looked at matching York outputs in the @plos.org dataset and found we were performing comparatively well in most indicators, but arrived at similar conclusions and caveats!

Join us! Digital Lunch 20 March - Dr Zack Batist: "Investigating archaeological information commons as coordinated, collective and community-driven action" Friday, 1pm GMT in the DAH Lab or online, sign up for the link: forms.gle/B82bcAqaGjCc...

You can see @louisearchaeology.bsky.social show and talk about her No Stone Left Unturned in this Youtube video from last year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DmQ...

The @york.ac.uk Open Research Awards are back for 2026! Take a look at this short video, highlighting a few projects we awarded last year 🏆 🔓 The deadline for submissions is 12 noon on Monday 27 April - full details avaiable on our wiki: uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MxIMAQ

🐆 Open science in action! @judithekrauss.bsky.social (@york.ac.uk) + Ronit Amit (University of Costa Rica) are sharing creative arts-research methods across borders. 🎨 We're collaborating to drive pro-environmental behaviour change. 🔗https://buff.ly/w1gBQgF

🏺 Highlighting the Open Access Archaeology Fund!⭐ The OAAF supports the publishing and archiving costs of researchers who have no means of institutional support, and whose data is potentially more at risk. To find out more about past projects and how you can donate, visit: buff.ly/I34XKg9

The next Research Coding Course session is all about Reproducible computational environments 🧑‍💻 Wed 18 March, 1-3pm, in-person or online Sign up to attend (UoY accounts only) 👇 forms.gle/3ohpUuCEasVL...

Huge thanks to @uoyopenres.bsky.social for renewing their membership to our Institutional Partner Programme. 💎 Community investment helps us sustain #DiamondOpenAccess to our journals. UK libraries can join directly via Jisc's Subscription Manager: 🔗 tinyurl.com/ph-jisc-subs-2024-6

We are thrilled to announce the 27 successful Small Grants projects, that will be receiving a total £550,00 to ensure that vital heritage science datasets are preserved and accessible! To find out more about the small grants programme, and the successful projects visit: buff.ly/87FztSD

Researcher Development training workshop next week: Archiving your research data 💾 Tue 10 March, 14:00-15:30, online To book on a session, go to: SkillsForge - Postgraduate Researchers: www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev... or the LMS - Staff: york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

N8 Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing is an important milestone in bringing different universities together to agree that scholarly publishing models must deliver value for money & to encourage publishers to move towards fairly priced, open access & value-added publishing #copimconference

Sarah Thompson from @uoylibrary.bsky.social sharing how York now applies its values-based collections criteria to *all* their activity, not just open access 👏 Greater transparency helps not just with their dealings with publishers but also with their academics… #copimconference

@york.ac.uk researchers: the University needs to know about your archived datasets, even where your dataset is in an external data repository 📊 When you deposit dataset(s), email [email protected] and the Open Research Team will create a dataset record in PURE for you Find out more 👇

Researcher Development training session next week: Copyright and licensing for research: the basics ©️ Tue 3 March, 10:00-10:45, online Book your place via SkillsForge (PGRs) www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev... or the LMS (staff) york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

New open access book publication 🔓 📖 Co-edited by @natashatanna.bsky.social @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social, Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice from @uclpress.bsky.social is grounded in a commitment to politically engaged research that moves beyond traditional scholarly forms

Researchers at the Jack Birch Unit @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social revealed how direct communication between cells can help maintain healthy tissue, potentially paving the way for new bladder cancer treatments 🔬 Open access paper in Life Science Alliance doi.org/10.26508/lsa... 🔓 📄

The full programme for #SustainabilityWeek26 @york.ac.uk is now live!📅🌳 From March 2-6, we’re diving into everything from "Artivism" to practical climate w/shops + film screenings. Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff member, there's a space for you to engage. 🔗More info:

Researcher Development training workshop next week: Research data management: the basics 💾 Wed 25 February, 14:00-16:00, online To register, go to SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev... or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

A reminder that our Open Research Awards are open for submissions until Monday 27 April 📆 This year's scheme is open to research staff and students at different roles/levels and from all disciplinary backgrounds. Take a look at our wiki pages for full details of our £400 prize categories 🏆

And while we're on, many of the people in the Uni of York Starter Pack contributed to our Researcher's Guide to Bluesky, which you can read here: blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

Are YOU a member of staff / department / School / service at the Uni of York who doesn't appear in the Starter Pack below? Just let us know via reply or DM and we'll add you - we have room for just over 30 more before it gets full!

The next session in the Research Coding Course, organised by our Research Coding Club, is all about Testing and Continuous Integration 🧑‍💻 It will be taking place on Wednesday 18th February from 2pm to 5pm. Details below 👇

NEW resource for open research in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences: The MORPHSS catalogue documents 30 open research practices in AHSS disciplines, with detailed descriptions, examples, and suggested resources and further reading. catalogue.morphss.work

Love Data Week (@lovedataweek.bsky.social) provides an opportunity to take stock of how you handle, manage, archive and share research data 📊 We have numerous resources to help you do it well, like the RDM 101 online tutorial (in the VLE) and our Research Data Management practical guide 👇

New Open Research in Practice case study 👍 @sophieco.bsky.social (PhD Researcher @uoypolitics.bsky.social) discusses @open-fusion.bsky.social, a platform set up to provide an open space for academics and publics to share their perspectives on the social and ethical aspects of fusion energy ⚛

The next session in the Research Coding Course, organised by our Research Coding Club, is all about Testing and Continuous Integration 🧑‍💻 It will be taking place on Wednesday 18th February from 2pm to 5pm. Details below 👇

Love science?🧪 Love the pub?🍻 Pint of Science 2026 recruitment (18-20 May) is open! Whether you're a PhD student, PI, or Technician, we want your research stories. ✨Talk about your work ✨Help organise local events ✨Build your CV/network Join us in bringing the lab to the local!🔗 buff.ly/uLbVyZx

Open access paper in @britishecologicalsociety.org Ecological Solutions and Evidence: doi.org/10.1002/2688... 🔓 📄

A new study from @yorkpsychology.bsky.social challenges the assumption that human checks are a reliable barrier against voter fraud 🗳️ Open access paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org Open Science: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... 🔓 📄

Researcher Development training workshop next week: Your research profile, reputation and impact: An introduction to Bibliometrics 🧮 📚 Tue 10 Feb, 10:00-11:30, online Register via SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev... or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

🏺 ADS G2GP 2.0: Guides to Good Practice Get a Major Upgrade! 🖥️ Our long-running Guides to Good Practice are now in a brand new format that makes these digital resources more accessible and reusable! Read more here: buff.ly/FpfLc3M #Archaeology #Heritage #Open #Research #JupyterNotebooks

Hey Uni of York people, we're doing our annual audit of the library website. We're not doing a formal consultation, as it's really just some tweaks and refinements - but if you have anything you'd like to see change about it please do reply here or DM us! www.york.ac.uk/library/

Read the full terms and conditions and submit your work for consideration on the Open Research at York wiki 👇

The York Open Research Awards are back for 2026! 🎉 The call for submissions is open until Monday 27 April 📆 We are keen to recognise and reward a diverse range of projects, and this year we are offering additional prizes to ensure that all researchers at York have the opportunity to participate...

Please read and share - evidence that the proposals in the Pathways to Work Green Paper will increase the disability employment gap @uoyopenres.bsky.social ; @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social

The latest from #UKSGInsights "Repository renewal project: a case study from White Rose Libraries" by Thom Blake (@akadidymus.bsky.social, @uoylibrary.bsky.social), Andy Bussey (@unisheffieldlib.bsky.social) and Kate Petherbridge (@wrunipress.bsky.social) - doi.org/10.1629/uksg...

We've just published our first public @york.ac.uk Open Research Annual Report - link below The report summarises activities over the last academic year, describing progress made in our commitment to open research across key operational areas and listing recommended actions for the current year