The Scottish Universities Press (SUP) Training and Development Working Group are delighted to invite you to attend ‘A Practical Guide to Open Research’, taking place online on Wednesday 22 October 2025 from 09:30am to 12:30pm. This free half-day webinar will provide a practical introduction to the open research and open access landscape and is aimed at library and professional services staff at HEIs who would like to learn more about these areas, and how they interact with and impact their own roles. The webinar will cover the role of the library in supporting open research, a panel discussion on REF and a session on open access publishing.