Wikimedia and open research: a Primer from UKRN
The ethos of UKRN is to collaborate and so today we are delighted to publish a new primer that is both about perhaps the most successful collaboration of the internet era, that of Wikimedia, and the product of collaboration (between the universities of Leeds and...
Spotlight an ORCA: Ruth Davies
Ruth moved from the Civil Service to join the Open Research Programme in 2022, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to King’s College London. Her time at DLUHC gave her experience of policy roles, especially on housing, and corporate...
Spotlight on open research at Queen’s University Belfast
Recently Diane Hird met with the two new LNLs at Queen’s University in Belfast, Dr Joost Dessing and Bethan Iley, to learn more about their work and open research at Queen’s. This blog is the result of that conversation. Huge thanks to Joost and Bethan for their time....
Recognising open research practices in recruitment and promotion: Please hold the date – 19th November
The UK Reproducibility Network OR4 Project is helping UK academic institutions reform how they recognise and reward open research. Focused on processes such as recruitment, promotion and appraisal, it provides both resources to help institutions make progress and a...
Spotlight an ORCA: Joe Corneli
This spotlight feature is about Joe Corneli, the ORCA at Oxford Brookes. In fact, Joe is only three days a week on the Open Research Programme; his other time is split between leading an AI and data analysis network and wide-ranging work for the Research and...Open and transparent research is vital but relies on research professionals’ effective collaboration
UKRN and Jisc have released a set of case studies to help drive culture change in research. Our aim is to build mutual understanding of the contributions of professional and technical staff with researchers to open research. A smooth shift towards open research is...
Spotlight an ORCA: Alice Howarth
Alice is the ORCA at the University of Liverpool who is involved in a quite dizzying number of activities with the Open Research Programme, at Liverpool and beyond! Liverpool is heavily engaged in the Open Research Programme, playing a leading role in most of the...
UKRN is a founding signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
UKRN is proud to be a founding signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, launched today. Its aims – to promote transparency and reproducibility in the production and use of research information – align with UKRN’s vision, and with those of...