📢Grace Gottlieb on the REF 2028 & implications for culture assessment: "Aside from deciding what aspects of culture to measure, there’s another question about values to answer: when measuring research culture, is performance or progress more important?" ow.ly/FpUS50PpkbI

Want MPs to know about your research but not sure how? Here is a nice tool from CLOSER to help you submit written evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees closer.ac.uk/policy-hub/tem… Follow Knowledge Exchange Unit at UK Parliament to find out about Select Committees and more

Terrific such a huge amount of #OpenAccess research on COVID-19: UCL articles now passing 5,000 in our repository #OpenAccessWeek2023 UCL Covid-19 research passes milestone | Library Services - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/library/news/2…

With right techniques, low reproducibility ‘not inevitable’ timeshighereducation.com/news/right-tec… via Times Higher Education Open Science proving its worth to enhance research Geraint Rees UCL Open Science and Scholarship @KurtDeketelaere LERU Grace Gottlieb

This thoughtfully designed study provides clear evidence of the value of #openresearch practices, including preregistration and methodological transparency, for research #reproducibility. A nature news piece sets out the context and significance here: nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Incisive piece in Wonkhe today on the (un)sustainability of the UK's research funding system. Latest TRAC data showed a £5bn research funding deficit across UK HEIs in 2021-22

NEW on Wonkhe: The current debate over people, culture and environment measures in the next REF has clear parallels with the contested introduction of impact measures. Grace Gottlieb and Tadhg Caffrey transport us back to 2009 Grace Gottlieb UCL Research wonkhe.com/blogs/measurin…

Today in Wonkhe, Tadhg Caffrey and I explore the lessons we can learn from the impact agenda for the development of the REF 2029 People, Culture & Environment element wonkhe.com/blogs/measurin…

Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, Chi Onwurah 💙 MP, visited UCL Engineering yesterday to meet with #AI experts from research and industry, and hear about UCL startups and spinouts like Intrinsic & @carbon_re ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/feb/…

Interested in #publicspeaking for a policy audience? Recently Delia Lloyd delivered a fantastic Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) masterclass on this topic. I’ve written about her key messages on the UPEN blog: upen.ac.uk/blogs/?story_i…

In our latest blog post, Grace Gottlieb reflects on lessons learned from our January's UPEN and FLF Development Network "Masterclass on Public Speaking for a Policy Audience", led by Delia Lloyd, RealDelia Communications. Head to our website to read it: shorturl.at/AEL02

Really interesting case study from Newcastle University on the development of institutional indicators to measure #researchculture. Many thanks Candy Rowe and @DrSarahWhalley1 for sharing your approach in so much detail!

The Committee on Research Integrity (hosted by UK Research and Innovation) recently published a set of 115 indicators of #researchintegrity. I've blogged for Higher Education Policy Institute about the project & a related initiative by UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social on #openresearch indicators. #researchculture

The John #MaddoxPrize Early Career award goes to Kelly Cobey! The judges commended her “revolutionary” work which “tackles deep, thorny issues + proactively provides scientists with tools to assist and encourage them in adopting open science practices.” Congratulations Kelly!

How do you measure research culture and research integrity? Grace Gottlieb explores this tricky question Grace Gottlieb UK Research and Innovation UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social Higher Education Policy Institute spr.ly/6011SWofR #ResearchCulture #ResearchIntegrity

Fascinating that the word “scientist” provoked etymological objections and sat amongst options such as “man of science” - a term dismissed in this letter 100 years ago as a “cumbrous circumlocution”

Call for Proposals: Metascience 2025 Center for Open Science Be part of the biggest Metascience meeting yet! We're inviting proposals for: ✅ Virtual symposia ✅ In-person panels ✅ Talks & posters ⏰ Submit by 7 Feb 2025 🔗 Full details: metascience.info/call-for-propo…

How can 10-year R&D funding advance government aims for R&D, from leveraging industry investment to reducing bureaucracy? Matt Davis and I explore this in Times Higher Education