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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 on Aston University open research
Recently Diane Hird, the Local Network Lead Community Project Coordinator, met with Dr Charlotte Pennington to learn more about open research activities at Aston University and Charlotte’s experience of writing A Student’s Guide to Open Science. This blog is the...
October 2023 Newsletter
UKRN Indicators of Open Research
Indicators of Open Research A workshop was hosted by the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), Public Library of Science (PLOS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on 4th October 2023 A short informal note is available here to summarise the main topics covered in the...
Spotlight on University of Edinburgh Open Research
Recently Diane Hird, the LNL Community Project Coordinator, met with Emma Wilson and Dr Will Cawthorn to learn more about the Edinburgh Open Research Initiative (EORI). This blog is the result of that conversation. Huge thanks to Emma and Will for their time. EORI is...
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.