Contents
- 1 Activities
- 1.1 UKRN welcomes report from the House of Commons inquiry on Reproducibility and Research Integrity
- 1.2 UKRN First Working Paper on Training Priorities and Resources
- 1.3 Rights retention: A Primer from UKRN
- 1.4 New resources designed to introduce high school pupils to open research
- 1.5 Research culture catalogue for improved collaboration and healthy competition
- 1.6 UKRN-Jisc report on collaborating across diverse professions
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.
UKRN welcomes report from the House of Commons inquiry on Reproducibility and Research Integrity
The UKRN welcomes the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s report on Reproducibility and Research Integrity. The Committee has produced an important and valuable review of the landscape, together with practical recommendations that should, if implemented, improve the quality of UK research.
UKRN First Working Paper on Training Priorities and Resources
UKRN Open Research Programme has released its first working paper about training priorities and resources aimed at accelerating the uptake of high quality open research practices.
Rights retention: A Primer from UKRN
When authors retain the rights to their accepted manuscripts, they and others are able to reuse that material for research, teaching, in books, online, and to meet funder open access requirements. UKRN today releases another in its series of primers to introduce key...
New resources designed to introduce high school pupils to open research
Open Research in the Classroom An initiative providing resources aiming to introduce open research and reproducibility concepts to high school and undergraduate students. Students from the University of Edinburgh have developed a set of educational resources aiming to...
Research culture catalogue for improved collaboration and healthy competition
People in UK institutions are investing a lot of time, attention and, especially perhaps with support from Research England, money into enhancing research culture. There are several reasons why UKRN sees this as both important and highly relevant to our mission. For...
UKRN-Jisc report on collaborating across diverse professions
Without a whole range of professional and technical staff in institutions, open research would be next to impossible. The skills and roles needed to enable open research can be found right across an institution, from the library to the marketing and communications...