If you would like to use your professional skills to support good research practice, we have a role to suit you: joining our Register of Advisers. What do our Advisers do? Our volunteer Advisers play a vital role in UKRIO’s work, including helping shape the responses to requests for our assistance on issues of research practice, […]
The UK Research Integrity Office welcomes the Science and Technology Committee’s in-depth inquiry into research integrity. Research integrity safeguards high scientific standards and is essential to retain the public’s trust, enhance the UK’s international reputation, and ensure the safety and wellbeing of research participants. The report recognises the important role UKRIO has played, and will continue […]
Selected presentations from our 2018 research integrity conference are available on our website, including the speaking notes for the keynote address by the Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Norfolk. Norman Lamb MP – Speaking notes, UKRIO Annual […]
Thank you to our speakers and delegates for making our 2018 research integrity conference such a success. Initial feedback on the event was very positive and we look forward to working on the topics and themes identified at the conference. Selected materials from the conference are now available on the conference web page and more […]
We are pleased to announce that Norman Lamb, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Member of Parliament for North Norfolk, will be a keynote speaker at UKRIO’s annual conference on 23 May 2018. He joins our other keynote speakers, Professor Jane Hutton from the Department of Statistics, University of Warwick and Andrew […]
Delegate registration for our 2018 annual conference is now open Held in central London, our sixth annual conference will address how to support a culture of high quality and ethical research. With a range of expert speakers, including Andrew Thompson, Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter and Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities […]
On Tuesday 30 January, Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of UKRIO’s Trustees, and James Parry, our Chief Executive, gave evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s ongoing inquiry into research integrity. You can watch a video of the session online. Further information about the inquiry can be found on the Science and Technology […]
Devised by the UK Government, Universities UK and major funding agencies, The Concordat to Support Research Integrity sets out five commitments that those engaged in research should make to help ensure that the highest standards of rigour and integrity are maintained. These key commitments apply to researchers, their employers and funding bodies alike. The major funders […]
Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of UKRIO’s Trustees, and James Parry, our Chief Executive, will be giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into research integrity on Tuesday 30 January at 9.30am. The session can be watched online at http://parliamentlive.tv/Commons Further information about the inquiry can be found on the Science and […]
Professor Bernard Silverman FRS FAcSS, Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office, has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year Honours list 2018 for public service and services to Science. A leading statistician, Sir Bernard has been Chair of UKRIO since 2014, leading our Board of Trustees in directing and overseeing the strategy […]