Contents
- 1 Activities
- 1.1 UKRN Response to REF28 initial decisions and Research Environment
- 1.2 Octopus.ac One Year In
- 1.3 UKRN ORCC releases three primers on Open Research
- 1.4 2023 UKRN Local Network Lead Retreat
- 1.5 Training on Open Source Hardware: A primer from UKRN
- 1.6 UKRN members respond to report on reproducibility and research integrity
Activities
Catch up on the latest UKRN news and get involved in UKRN events and initiativesOpen Research Programme
UKRN has launched a five-year programme of work across our consortium of institutional members, supported by our project partners and Research England, to accelerate the uptake of high-quality open research practices, and the many benefits to research quality, integrity and public trust in research that will consequently flow.
Initiatives and events
UKRN offers support for initiatives to promote robust and rigorous research, focusing on establishing conversations about reproducibility, providing tools and guidance to promote best practice, and encouraging professional development of researchers. UKRN runs and promotes events and regular workshops on the topic of reproducible research.
Events
UKRN hosts an annual meeting in March each year, and supports an annual conference in September: Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust In Science. We also run regular workshops on the topics of leadership, data management, research culture and methods.
Initiatives
UKRN supports initiatives to encourage appropriate methodology, accountability and the establishment of working groups, as well as promoting conversations around open science and open research, and providing tools that make reproducibility easier.
Latest news
We produce news to promote examples of reproducible research in the UK, as well as our events and initiatives. Do you want to write about reproducibility in your field? Please contact us about writing for our blog.
UKRN Response to REF28 initial decisions and Research Environment
There is increasing attention on the research environment, culture and the importance of recognising and welcoming a wide range of talent in research. Just in the last few weeks, the Royal Society of Chemistry released their vision for science culture, the University...
Octopus.ac One Year In
I always said that the hard bit of improving the publication (and hence incentive) system in research was not coming up with a better way to do it … it’s in helping people move to using it.
UKRN ORCC releases three primers on Open Research
UKRN is pleased to announce the release of three primers on Open Research. Open research is important because it ensures transparency across the research lifecycle, promoting rigour, reproducibility, and public trust in research. We are pleased that research...
2023 UKRN Local Network Lead Retreat
Written by Vicky Hellon and Alden Conner, The Alan Turing Institute, UK. The UKRN Local Network Leads (LNLs) are the network’s grassroots reproducibility representatives and points of contact at their respective institutions. There are 79 LNLs across 66 institutions...
Training on Open Source Hardware: A primer from UKRN
Open source hardware (OSH) refers to equipment and instrumentation whose designs are made available to anyone for use, modify, and distribute without restrictions in ways that are easily understood. OSH is part of the Open Science Ecosystem, intersecting with open...
UKRN members respond to report on reproducibility and research integrity
The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee recently released the report of its inquiry into reproducibility and research integrity. It made 23 recommendations, many of which are directly relevant to the UKRN. A short survey of our members’ views...