We as OSCT organize various events in collaboration with different parties, such as the UT Digital Competence Centre (DCC) and Saxion Research Services (SRS). These events last approximately 60 minutes and cover a variety of topics, and are open to all. The goals of these events are to:
- provide a space to discuss topics in the context of Open Science,
- encourage regular consideration of Open Science, and
- present current developments that people at UT and Saxion University should be aware of.
These events also aim to help people to get to know each other better, also across departments.
As the OSCT is a bottom-up community, you also have power over the events' topics. So please feel free to suggest any topics you would like to discuss and share your ideas. Simply fill out the form and tell us about your idea. The same applies to the monthly newsletter to which you can also contribute.
We look forward to seeing you at one of the upcoming events ;)
Upcoming Events
OS Borrel
When: 30th October 2025 16:00 - 17:00
Where: LA 2203 (Langezijds building UT)
Registration: Necessary
Abstract:
We are organizing an Open Science Borrel! We don't have an agenda - it's just a great opportunity to get to know each other and chat about Open Science and our community, while enjoying a delicious borrel! We would absolutely love you to join us! All you need to do is register before 20th October.
Workshop: Publishing Research Data with fairly Toolset
When: 27 November 2025 9:00 - 12:30
Where: LA 2105 (Langezijds buidling, UT)
Speaker: Serkan Girgin
Registration: Necessary
Abstract
The FAIR principles require research data to be published with complete metadata and ideally shared at different key milestones during the research. However currently, data publication and sharing happen mostly at the end, and published data mostly lack important supplementary information and metadata limiting its reusability. On the other hand, regular high-quality data publication takes time and requires manual interaction with the data repositories.
fairly toolset aims to bridge this gap by enabling easy research data publication directly from your digital research environment. The toolset, which includes a JupyterLab extension, a command-line tool, and a Python library, allows quick research data cloning, local data and metadata management, unattended upload of large datasets, and smart synchronization with remote data repositories with minimum effort. During the training you will learn how to access and download datasets by using the toolset, and how to create and upload your own research datasets to popular research data repositories, such as Zenodo, figshare, and 4TU.ResearchData.
The workshop covers the following aspects:
- Fundamentals of research data management
- Popular research data repositories: Zenodo, Figshare, Dataverse, 4TU.ResearchData
- Accessing and downloading research datasets with fairly toolset
- Creating and managing research datasets with fairly toolset
Participants must have access to a computer with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on.
Member initiatives
Contributions from the community are key to the success of our OSCT. We consequently strongly encourage our members to initiate and organize their own events related to Open Science, e.g., workshops and hackathons. Member initiatives will be announced on this website and promoted through social media. If you have an idea in mind, please send us a message.