Introduction to copyright

This workshop will introduce key aspects of copyright in publishing, teaching, and the use of secondary data. The first part of the session will focus on copyright considerations in both publishing and teaching.

In the first part, attendees will become familiar with copyright considerations when publishing different outputs, in both open and closed access. Creative commons licences will also be explored, alongside the blanket copyright licences that the UK Higher education institutions tend to utilise for teaching. Furthermore, common copyright questions will be addressed and the importance of appreciating the situation-dependent nature of copyright will be highlighted.

The second part will then address copyright considerations in the use of secondary data, highlighting issues such as protection under copyright, exceptions and copyright and licences.

By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a better understanding of different terms and licences available for publishing in different formats and copyright considerations when creating, using or sharing data.

There will be time at the end for questions and discussion.

Presenters: Hannah Crago, University of Essex, and Dr Hina Zahid, UK Data Service.

Hannah Crago is the Open Research Development Librarian at the University of Essex. Alongside facilitating open access publishing and developing and advocating for open research practices at the University of Essex, Hannah designs and delivers training for researchers on topics across the research lifecycle. This includes copyright, and having held previous roles with responsibility over copyright compliance when teaching, Hannah’s focus now on copyright when publishing provides a wide scope of expertise in the area.

Hina has done a PhD in Health Psychology from the University of Essex. She currently works as a Senior Research Data Services Officer at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex. She provides guidance and training on ethical and legal issues related to data management and data sharing in order to promote good data practices in research and to optimise data sharing opportunities.

Level: Introductory

Experience/knowledge required: None

Target audience: Researchers/anyone interested in creating, sharing and using data

This event will be livestreamed on our UK Data Service YouTube channel but the chat will be disabled. By registering and attending the Zoom event you will be able to ask questions and interact.

Recordings of UK Data Service events are made available on our YouTube channel and, together with the slides, on our past events pages soon after the event has taken place.

This event is part of our UK Data Service introductory training series: Spring 2026.