Licensing Basics
Understand permissions and responsibilities: choosing a license, attribution, and reuse-friendly practices.
Open Science Track
Open Source
Licensing, contribution workflows, and reusable research software practices.
Open source practice helps UCU researchers, students, and project teams share work in ways that are useful, ethical, auditable, and reusable. Use this guide to move from “we have files online” to a healthier project with a license, version history, documentation, and contribution process that other people can trust.
Version Control
Use Git-based workflows to track changes, collaborate safely, and build research projects that are easy to audit.
Documentation & Reuse
Write clear README files, citation guidance, and setup instructions so others can reproduce your work quickly.
Community Contribution
Contributing guidelines, issue templates, and review practices that keep projects healthy and welcoming.