Contents
- 1 Activities
- 1.1 Dorothy Bishop Prize 2024
- 1.2 Spotlight on open research at the University of Leicester
- 1.3 Stakeholder Spotlight: Jo Evershed of Gorilla Experiment Builder, one of Computer Weekly’s Rising Star Women in Tech 2023
- 1.4 UKRN announces new training resources to support Open Research practices
- 1.5 Open Research Programme: November 2023 update
- 1.6 Unmasking research’s unreliable narrator to harness the power of storytelling
Activities
Catch up on the latest UKRN news and get involved in UKRN events and initiativesOpen Research Programme
UKRN has launched a five-year programme of work across our consortium of institutional members, supported by our project partners and Research England, to accelerate the uptake of high-quality open research practices, and the many benefits to research quality, integrity and public trust in research that will consequently flow.
Initiatives and events
UKRN offers support for initiatives to promote robust and rigorous research, focusing on establishing conversations about reproducibility, providing tools and guidance to promote best practice, and encouraging professional development of researchers. UKRN runs and promotes events and regular workshops on the topic of reproducible research.
Events
UKRN hosts an annual meeting in March each year, and supports an annual conference in September: Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust In Science. We also run regular workshops on the topics of leadership, data management, research culture and methods.
Initiatives
UKRN supports initiatives to encourage appropriate methodology, accountability and the establishment of working groups, as well as promoting conversations around open science and open research, and providing tools that make reproducibility easier.
Latest news
We produce news to promote examples of reproducible research in the UK, as well as our events and initiatives. Do you want to write about reproducibility in your field? Please contact us about writing for our blog.
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2024
Celebrating the contribution of Early Career Researchers to research improvement Have you, or someone you know, achieved or contributed something special to improve research or promote open research practices? UKRN are seeking nominations for the Dorothy Bishop Prize,...
Spotlight on open research at the University of Leicester
Recently Diane Hird, the Local Network Lead (LNL) Community Project Coordinator, met with LNL Dr Sarah Gunn to learn more about open research activities at Leicester. This blog is the result of that conversation. A huge thanks to Sarah for her time. Dr Sarah...
Stakeholder Spotlight: Jo Evershed of Gorilla Experiment Builder, one of Computer Weekly’s Rising Star Women in Tech 2023
Gorilla Experiment Builder is part of the UKRN Stakeholder Engagement Group. Gorilla’s CEO, Jo Evershed, was recently named one of Computer Weekly's Rising Star Women in Tech. We interview Jo about Gorilla, its place in the open research landscape, and the benefits of...
UKRN announces new training resources to support Open Research practices
UKRN is pleased to announce a new training resource to support our Train the Trainer workshops in five open research topics: open software / code, sharing research data, preregistration, preprints and open access to publications. These resources include videos and...
Open Research Programme: November 2023 update
The UKRN Open Research Programme continues to expand and gather momentum. See our May 2023 news update. Immense progress has been made, thanks to all of those involved. Here is a quick summary and an indication of what’s coming up. Training We have released...
Unmasking research’s unreliable narrator to harness the power of storytelling
- by Anna Ploszajski, UKRN Story Associate Storytelling is an incredibly powerful toolbox for researchers to disseminate their work to each other and the public. But the way that researchers are framing their stories may not be serving researchers, research, or the...