New working paper outlines the tasks implied for institutions by the UK Open Research Data Concordat
Today the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) and the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) jointly release a working paper that outlines the tasks implied for institutions by the UK Open Research Data Concordat (PDF, 178kB). This Concordat was launched in 2016 and much has...
UKRN Releases a Primer on Community Engagement in Research
UKRN is pleased to announce the release of a new primer on community engagement in research. Community engagement in research is a complex topic, with approaches varying between disciplines. This primer is aimed at researchers, particularly those who are new to...
February 2024 LNL Newsletter
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Positive research culture in Scotland
On 26 January UKRN hosted a discussion among four Scottish UKRN members (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde), plus the English institution Keele University and the Scottish Funding Council. This was an opportunity for those involved to reflect on work in...
Training alert! Deadline 8th March
Today the UKRN Open Research Programme releases detailed information about this round of training in the first half of 2024, and also about its community of practice for open research trainers. This is an opportunity for all partners in the Open Research Programme to...UKRN Open Research Programme expands still further
Today we announce that two more UK institutions, the Universities of Leeds and Sussex, have joined the UKRN Open Research Programme, bringing the total number of partners to 24. This means that two thirds of the now 36 institutional members of UKRN have joined the...
Pre-submission certification of computational reproducibility
Dr Reny Baykova is a lecturer at the School of Psychology, University of Sussex, interested in improving open science and reproducibility practices in quantitative research. Quantitative research findings are relevant only if they are computationally reproducible –...
STAR & METEOR Projects Introduced at UKRN Webinar
The STAR and METEOR projects were introduced at the most recent UKRN Webinar: Nurturing change through growing UKRN projects. Project Coordinator Rosalind Strang spoke about our plans for the projects, including why these projects are vital in the current environment...