Open Access Week (20-26 October 2014) is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access to scholarly research, to share what they've learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.  The theme for this year's Open Access Week is Generation Open.  This theme highlights the involvement of students and early career researchers in the shift in the scholarly communication landscape towards open.  You can find out more about events from around the world on the Global Open Access Week site.

This year, we're having two series of Open Access Week events on campus: one in the week of 6-10 October and the other during Global Open Access Week (20-26 October).  This is to allow students who will be study for and writing exams during Open Access Week the opportunity to get involved in our events.

You can also view each event separately via the links below: 
7 October 2014: Access Challenge 1
9 October 2014: Access Challenge 2
10 October 2014: UCT Debating Union's Public Forum Debate

20 October 2014: CILT Open Educational Resources team at the UCT Teaching and Learning Conference
23 October 2014: IP and Copyright seminar

All our Open Access Week events are open to the public; please RSVP to openuct@uct.ac.za to reserve your place or to find out more details.