Contents
- 1 Activities
- 1.1 Spotlight an ORCA: Adam Partridge
- 1.2 Openness as a tool for better research and development – Exploring the Open Research Technologies Hub at the University of Sussex
- 1.3 March 2024 LNL Newsletter
- 1.4 Announcing the 2024 Dorothy Bishop Prize shortlist
- 1.5 UKRN releases a new working paper on the OR4 Project
- 1.6 Spotlight an ORCA
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.
Spotlight an ORCA: Adam Partridge
The University of Sheffield is fortunate in having Adam Partridge as its Open Research Coordinator and Administrator – ORCA – within the UKRN Open Research Programme. Adam joined Sheffield after managing the Brain Stimulation Lab at CUBRIC, Cardiff University where he...
Openness as a tool for better research and development – Exploring the Open Research Technologies Hub at the University of Sussex
Andre Chagas leads the Open Research Technologies Hub at the University of Sussex and has recently co-authored the UKRN primer on open source hardware. In this piece, he outlines the background and rationale for the Hub, and reaches out to others who might want to...
March 2024 LNL Newsletter
The March newsletter has just been published, let's find out what our Local Network Leads have been getting up to, as well as information on future events and activities.
Announcing the 2024 Dorothy Bishop Prize shortlist
We are delighted to report that we received 26 nominations for this year’s Dorothy Bishop Prize, a testimony to the many early career researchers doing great work around open research. The review panel were faced with a tough job because nomination letters for the...
UKRN releases a new working paper on the OR4 Project
Today, the UKRN’s OR4 project* releases a new report that describes the UK landscape of responsible researcher assessment, with a particular focus on open research. The evidence comes from a detailed survey, led by Robert Darby from the University of Reading, and is...
Spotlight an ORCA
Spotlight an ORCA is intended to highlight the significance of Open Research Coordinators and Administrators (ORCAs) within the Open Research Programme. ORCAs, alongside other staff members, are essential contributors responsible for delivering various program...