Indicators of Open Research: UKRN call for priorities
Today UKRN is launching a call for members of the research community to help us prioritise which aspects of open research are most important for us to monitor. Our particular focus is on helping institutions to monitor those aspects of openness and transparency in...Open Research Programme welcomes new Institutional Partner
The UKRN Open Research Programme has a new partner. Northumbria University has become the 21st institution in the programme, which aims to accelerate the uptake of high quality open research practices, through training, reform of recognition of reward, and...
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2023 shortlisted nominees
We are pleased to announce our shortlisted nominees for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2023. The Dorothy Bishop Prize was created in 2021 to recognise and celebrate early career researchers working to promote open research. The inaugural Dorothy Bishop Prize was...UKRN and ORP recognise strike action
Many people who are part of UKRN are also members of unions who are currently taking strike action in disputes with their employing institutions. In recognition of this, wherever possible UKRN is not scheduling events on strike days. This includes both events that are...
International collaboration to help implement open research
Research is global. This was clearly recognised recently when UNESCO released its Recommendation on Open Science, including a set of core values, guiding principles and areas of action, to which all UNESCO members have committed. UKRN is now partnering with the Swiss...
New Year Update
We’re delighted to announce that the University of Leicester and University of Oxford have joined the UKRN-led Open Research programme. This consortium is now 20 universities working together with partners to improve open research practice in their own institutions...Raising awareness of the how and why of open research
UKRN has today released a series of films to encourage and support researchers with their efforts to grow and embed open research practices across the sector. Based on the existing UKRN primer series, the videos feature members of the UKRN community...December 2022 update on the UKRN open research programme
The UKRN open research programme aims – through training, sharing practice and evaluation – to accelerate the uptake of open research practices. Now that the programme is up and running, I will aim to provide monthly updates here, both to keep you informed and to...