A case study on innovative education in scholarly communication and open research at the University of Essex

Innovative education has underlined the work of the research services team at the University of Essex since its earliest days. Since the team began in 2017, there has been a clear ambition to diversify the way training on the topics of scholarly communication and open research are delivered. This ambition began, and was initially driven, by Katrine Sundsbø, who from 2017-2022 was the Scholarly Communications and Research Support Manager, leading the research services team. Since 2017, there have been two clear avenues whereby this ambition has brought clear outcomes: through gamification and through the Essex Student Journal.