Technological Universities launch joint initiative

IRELAND’S five technological universities including the Technological University of the Shannon have launched a joint initiative aiming to advance excellence in Open Research, making it reproducible and accessible without additional cost to the public.

TU-NET, launched by Professor Philip Nolan, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, at TUS’s Athlone Campus, goes towards meeting national targets of 100% of taxpayer-funded research to be made available to the public by 2030.

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Much of the publicly funded research is currently inaccessible to the public without individual or institutional paid access.

TU-NET, an initiative by research offices and libraries, aims to change this while also advancing excellence in Open Research.

The TU-NET initiative will increase visibility and discoverability of the diverse, applied and near-to-market research typically undertaken in TUs, as well as make it easier for other researchers nationally and globally to access and engage with their research outputs.