Spotlight an ORCA: Steve Boneham
Starting his research career on HIV vaccines, Steve quickly learned that significant advancements can take considerable time. After two postdoc positions, he grew disillusioned with academic research culture and joined a Jisc service that focused on leveraging the...
A truly international day for national Reproducibility Networks
The first in-person meeting of national Reproducibility Network (RN) representatives took place in the Berlin Institute of Health Quest Centre in May 2024, and we thank Ulf Tölch and his colleagues for their warm welcome and excellent hospitality. Representatives...
The 2024 LNL Retreat in Newcastle
A central feature of the UKRN is supporting its grassroots community of over 90 local network leads (LNLs) from 80 UK universities (see list here). One way – among many – the UKRN does this is by hosting an annual retreat over several days. The aim is to...
Spotlight an ORCA: Jackie Thompson
One of Jackie’s roles is the ORCA at Oxford. She also works with the Open Scholarship team (Bodleian Library) and Research Practice team (Research Services) at Oxford, as well as retaining a post as Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. In...
UK Reproducibility’s Vision Strategy & Annual Plan 2024-2025
Today the UK Research Network (UKRN) has released its first strategy and annual plan, outlining the network’s three-year goals and specific activities for the coming year. This plan, created through extensive member consultation and evidence, will be updated...
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....