UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)

📢 How can we better track researcher career pathways to capture their contribution to the UK R&D ecosystem and society? We are inviting everyone with an interest—from HE institutions, to funders, employers, researchers, PhD graduates—to come together, discuss, and collaborate on how to develop a sustainable approach to systematically tracking researcher careers in the UK. 🔎 Why does this matter? We know that PhD graduates are highly employable. Vitae’s research shows that 90% of those who graduated in 2018/19 were either employed or engaged in further study within 15 months (Vitae, 2022). Of those: 📌 Around 50% worked in higher education 📌 10% conducted research outside higher education 📌 Almost one-third worked in common doctoral-level occupations outside higher education 📌 One in ten were in other roles beyond higher education Yet, beyond 18 months (i.e., the point at which the Graduate Outcomes Survey takes place), we lose sight of researchers’ career outcomes and contributions. A clearer picture of researcher careers will help shape better policies, strengthen career development, and identify the full impact and economic contribution of doctoral graduates across sectors. 🔗 Join the conversation and help shape the future of researcher career tracking: https://lnkd.in/e_wQhHHY

Great to see so many of our Institutional Leads and Local Network Leads together in Cardiff yesterday. Lots of discussion, ideas, plans and bright Welsh sunshine. Huge thanks to Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture for hosting us. #collaboration #openresearch #reproducibility

Congratulations to our six shortlisted nominees for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop Prize, recognising the work of early career researchers promoting robust, rigorous and reproducible UK research: - Andre Maia Chagas - Annayah Prosser - Lewis Jones - Michael Biddle - Sacha Beniamine - Zahra Rahemtulla The three prize winners will be announced at the UKRN annual meeting on 21 March 2025. We are proud of all our nominees, and impressed by the diversity and quality of their work.

🔥 Save the date for our next Fireside Chat! "Nurturing Open Science in Challenging Economic and Political times" - co-organised as a part of #OpenDataDay with Open Knowledge Foundation Featuring the voices and perspectives of Andrea Gomez Vargas, Anelda van der Walt, Pen-Yuan H., and Shern Tee, PhD - facilitated by Esther Plomp. 📅 Thursday, 6 March, 14:00 UTC Register on Google forms: https://lnkd.in/eZzsFFxA

⚙️ The Open Science Monitoring Initiative’s first Working Groups are kicking off! More than 150 individuals from all around the world applied to join. What are we working on & when do we start? WG1. Scoping the needs of open science monitoring @ 3 March 2025 - facilitated by Ana Persic and Vanessa Proudman  WG2. Understanding the open science monitoring landscape @ 25 & 27 February 2025 - facilitated by Evgeny Bobrov and Vanessa Proudman WG3. Open science monitoring with scholarly content providers @ 6 March 2025 - facilitated by Iain Hrynaszkiewicz and Rania Sabo WG4. Shared resources and infrastructure to analyze scholarly outputs @ 5 & 7 March 2025 - facilitated by Laetitia Bracco and Anastasia Iarkaeva Read about the Working Groups here: https://lnkd.in/ekMJg96p At the kickoff meeting for each WG,  📌 objectives & deliverables will be discussed, 📌 practical organisation will be agreed on,  📌 & members will be invited to stand for election to co-chair the work. 🌏 To ensure #OSMI’s global reach, each WG will have 2 Chairs, who each represent a different region of the world. Do you still want to join a Working Group? It isn’t too late to join a kickoff meeting! Note that you will have to be a member of a WG to join a meeting. Please contact us: https://lnkd.in/em5XK9aZ

We need your input on the Metascience Alliance! Set to launch at the Metascience 2025 Conference, this new cross-sector network is fostering collaboration to better understand and improve the research system. Interested in getting involved? 🔍 Read the initial concept: https://lnkd.in/e9pkNDji 💡 Give feedback: https://lnkd.in/e2aFVGzb 📬 Join the mailing list: https://lnkd.in/eM6iZKxs

One week to go until Open Research Week 🥳 There's still time for you to join the 1500+ others who have signed up to learn more and join the discussion on Open Research 💡 All eight sessions are hosted online, and recordings will be sent to everyone who signs up. View the full programme and sign up below, and if you're already signed up feel free to share far and wide - all are welcome! https://lnkd.in/eCbXFqMX We look forward to seeing you next week 🕺

Open Science works when everyone is given a voice. The people on the grounds are the ones doing the heavy lifting, and their stories need to be shared - even if it is only beginning.

We are pleased to announce that in conjunction with Sandy Schumann (PhD) from our local chapter of UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) we are helping to host UCL's first Replication games! UCL colleagues, grab your opportunity to be part of a team and join this one-day event that brings together researchers to collaborate on reproducing and replicating papers! Its a great opportunity for you to learn and develop replication skills as well as meet colleagues from across the university. There is even the opportunity to get a publication out of the day! More info: https://lnkd.in/e2buyMHR

"We need less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons". This is what Doug Altman taught us a long time ago. (https://lnkd.in/es5HP-ZG) This is more or less what inspired this Letter to the Editor we sent to the JCE. ACCORD Statement William Gattrell Niall Harrison Esther van Zuuren David Tovey Amy Price MS, MA, MS, DPhil Paul Blazey Chris Winchester https://lnkd.in/e7B4-2vu