Supporting your research
The IS research support team
We look after key systems that support research at Kent, including the Kent Academic Repository, the Kent Data Repository and hosted social media and collaborative platforms.
In turn, these systems support:
- your academic profile on the Kent website and your impact record
- publications lists for internal and external reports
- Open Access, Open Data and Open Science.
How we can help you
We provide:
- extensive guidance to support many of your research activities
- workshops and presentations in collaboration with Research and Innovation Services and the Graduate and Researcher College
- help with research data management (RDM) and RDM planning
- help with Open Access, licences, copyright, funder and publishing queries
- help with the technical aspects of your research.
Contact us
- Email: researchsupport@kent.ac.uk
- Twitter: @UniKentResSupp
Guidance
Open Access
How to make your work Open Access to maximise your reach and comply with funder policies
Using the Kent Academic Repository
Use our institutional repository to help others discover and access your work
Manage your research data
What research data are, why you should manage yours throughout your research project and how to do so
Practice research works
Support and advice for researchers creating practice research works, including archiving, digitisation and copyright
Get an ORCiD
How to get an ORCID iD, how to link it to Kent and why it's useful
Deposit your thesis
How to deposit a copy of your final thesis to the Kent Academic Repository before you graduate
Sharing your research
Where and how to share your research, whether you're planning your career, creating outputs or applying for funding
Research websites at Kent
A platform to share and promote your research project
Social media for researchers
Maximise the reach of your research and engage your target audience
Copyright
How to navigate copyright and related rights when undertaking your research
Responsible metrics
How to use bibliometric indicators to monitor dissemination and engagement with your research output
Office for Scholarly Communication
We showcase all the research support provided across Kent to deliver a researcher focused service that offers support and advice across the research lifecycle