UKRN welcomes eLife and Hidden REF as new stakeholders
The UKRN is delighted to welcome eLife and the Hidden REF as new stakeholders, strengthening a shared commitment to improving research practices and fostering inclusive recognition within the scientific community. eLife is a non-profit organization dedicated to...
Welcome Savita Rana – new chair of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee
We are delighted to welcome Savita Rana as the new chair of the UKRN Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. Savita Rana is the Associate Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. We offer our...
UKRN Case Study: Supporting Improvements to Biomedical Research Using Antibodies
We are excited to announce the release of a new impact case study, UKRN: Supporting Improvements to Biomedical Research Using Antibodies. The OGA (Only Good Antibodies) community joined UKRN in 2024 as a way to further its aims to improve research quality and...
New Resources Empower Qualitative Researchers to Embrace Open Research Practices
Earlier this week we released UKRN Working Paper 7, which details some of the issues in conducting research with vulnerable communities and makes a number of recommendations. These include support for research co-production methods (see the UKRN primer on community...
UKRN Working Paper No 7
Today we release the seventh in UKRN’s working paper series. This one is based on work by a number of researchers in several universities, focusing on the challenges and opportunities in open research with marginalised communities. Between March and July 2023, a...
UKRN: New Institutional Members
With the addition of three new members – Cambridge, Edge Hill and Portsmouth – the UK Research Network (UKRN) now includes 46 diverse institutional members. These range from specialized institutions like the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), Cancer Research UK Scotland,...
UKRN Replication Games event
On 5th December 2024 over 50 researchers from Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and across the UK took part in UKRN Replication Games. Led by Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, Juan Aparicio and Bruno Barbarioli from the Institute for Replication (I4R)...
Spotlight an ORCA: Louise Saul
Louise is the ORCA at Southampton, blending her research expertise with a passion for supporting others’ research. Outside work, she enjoys custom-building bikes, currently working on a 1970s Revell road bike, and cares for her Thai rescue cat. After earning her...