Witty Wednesday is here.

Favourite research acronym? Project names, tools, badly named things that somehow made it through peer review.

We'll start: Copper Nanotubes = CuNT. Published in the scientific literature. Someone approved this.
Drop your comments. The wittier the better.

During OSR26UK, researchers, librarians and open science advocates came together for five days with nothing but a wall of sticky notes and exciting ideas.

First up in our unconference series: Group 1- Sustainable Computing. Inspired by the Centre for Alternative Technology, they left Wales with a live wiki, an ecological metaphor for sustainable tech, and the foundation for a Masters programme.

More groups coming. Watch this space.

Still planning events the same old way? Rows of chairs, endless slides, rushed coffee-break networking?

Unorgodox says there’s another way.

This creative training programme rethinks events as spaces for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation.

16 + 18 June: Online Event Laboratory with DRA
Summer: Reflect during conference season
17–18 Sept: Workshop at University of Warwick
Travel/accommodation covered

Apply here: https://iainsouttar.github.io/unorgodox.html

Ready to make your Open Science initiative more visible and impactful?

Registration for OSPARK Bootcamp Munich closes 10 May!

For people working in libraries, research support, data services, infrastructure or leading their own initiatives. Learn outreach, communication & community-building skills.

03.06.2026 → 25.07.2026
(6 weeks online + 2 onsite days in Munich)

Register:
https://events.digital-research.academy/event/131/

The OSPARK Bootcamp is organized by the DRA and OLS and funded via the OSCARS project.

Thinking your latest research could become your first publication but not sure where to begin?

Publishing can feel overwhelming at first- peer review, journals, copyright, Open Access, workflows.

Join Scholarly Publishing 101 with Rashmi Shetty, a practical 90-minute workshop for ECRs, PhDs & curious academics.

21 April 2026
14:00–15:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Online via Zoom
Register here: https://events.digital-research.academy/event/132/