Open source hardware (OSH) refers to equipment and instrumentation whose designs are made available to anyone for use, modify, and distribute without restrictions in ways that are easily understood. OSH is part of the Open Science Ecosystem, intersecting with open...
The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee recently released the report of its inquiry into reproducibility and research integrity. It made 23 recommendations, many of which are directly relevant to the UKRN. A short survey of our members’ views...
The recent announcement about initial decisions about REF 2028 noted the increased importance of research culture, people and environment. It highlighted some of the ways in which institutions and disciplinary units of assessment might be able to demonstrate...
The University of Sheffield was pleased to host a three day ‘Teaching Reproducible Research and Open Science Conference,’ on June 20-22 as part of the UKRN’s Open Research Training Programme. Project TIER’s Norm Medeiros and Richard Ball led talks, seminars and...