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Open Research and Rights provides expert support for open research across the University. We help researchers record, share and publish their research outputs, and manage REF and funder open access compliance. Our works to protect your rights, and the long-term visibility and accessibility of your research.

If you have questions about about our systems or services, please get in touch - we're here to help. We also welcome your feedback. Whether we've helped you solve a problem or you're unhappy with the service you've received, let us know so we can continue to improve and deliver the support you need.

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Contact us by email

Please get in touch - email is the best way to reach us - using the following shared addresses as this helps us respond to your query more quickly.

BRAD, BURA and REF publications requirements: brad@brunel.ac.uk
Copyright: copyright@brunel.ac.uk
Open access and open research, including APC funding requests for publishing: openaccess@brunel.ac.uk
Research data management and Brunel Figshare: researchdata@brunel.ac.uk
Thesis archiving: thesis@brunel.ac.uk

Contact us by telephone or virtually

If you need to speak to us, we encourage you to get in touch, ideally via Teams using the contacts below. You can also reach us by telephone, Monday to Friday between 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Team members and their key areas of responsibility are outlined below. The team is led by Monique Ritchie, Head of Open Research and Rights.

Monique Ritchie — Head of Open Research and Rights
Copyright, REF and all areas of open research
T +44(0)1895 266169
Catharine Bailey — Research Data Manager
Research data management, research data sharing and archiving, Brunel Figshare (research data repository)
T +44 (0)1895 267697
Dominic Benson — Research Outputs and Visibility Manager
Research information systems, BRAD and BURA, publications and theses, research profiles, open access compliance
T +44 (0)1895 266143
Satyesh Shah — Research Outputs and Visibility Coordinator
BRAD and BURA, publications and thesis archiving, research profiles, open access compliance
T +44 (0)1895 267829
Stephen Street — Open Access Officer
Open access publishing and open access compliance
T +44 (0)1895 267330

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