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Subject: Conference on research integrity - keynote: Dr Steven Hill, Head of
Research Policy, HEFCE - Westminster Higher Education Forum, Morning,
Thursday, 7th July 2016
Westminster Higher Education Forum Keynote Seminar
Ensuring integrity and rigour in UK research: best practice, open data and
the impact of the REF
with
Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, HEFCE
and
Dr Eleonora Belfiore, University of Warwick; Simon Kerridge, University of
Kent and ARMA; Professor Ottoline Leyser, University of Cambridge and
Nuffield Council on Bioethics and Dr Tony Peatfield, Medical Research
Council
Chaired by:
Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones, Member, House of Lords Science and
Technology Committee, and former Minister for Security
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Dear Mr Chad
I am writing to invite you to attend the above seminar. Please note there is
a charge for most delegates, although concessionary and complimentary places
are available (subject to terms and conditions - see below).
Delegates at this seminar will consider strategies for protecting integrity
and rigour of UK research - and supporting the quality of the UK research
base.
It takes place with these issues an increasing priority for policymakers,
higher education institutions and the wider research sector - in
anticipation of Lord Stern’s review
<https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-review-to-improve-un
iversity-research-funding> into university research funding, which is
considering approaches to the evaluation of UK higher education research
performance and options for future iterations of the Research Excellence
Framework (REF).
It also comes with ongoing discussion about the effects of increasing
competition and the growing use of metrics on research practice in higher
education institutions.
Overall, areas for discussion include:
* Competition and rigour - examining the tensions between an
increasingly competitive research environment and improving the rigour of
research processes within universities;
* Research environment - the impact of including assessment of an
institution’s research environment within the REF’s metrics and next steps
for addressing the findings;
* Ensuring best practice - strategies for combating issues such as
plagiarism and the misleading representation of results;
* Self-regulation - the impact of the Concordat to Support
<http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/integrity/> Research Integrity - introduced
in 2012 - and the potential for further implementation;
* Research funding - options for addressing concerns around the
integrity of corporate sponsored research;
* Ethics - supporting ethical research practices and the role of
university ethics boards; and
* Open data - opportunities, expansion and options for improving the
reproducibility of research findings.
The draft agenda is copied below my signature, and a regularly updated
version is available to download here
<http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/agenda/research-integrity-
2016-agenda.pdf> . The seminar is organised on the basis of strict
impartiality by the Westminster Higher Education Forum.
Speakers
We are delighted to be able to include in this seminar a keynote address
from: Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, HEFCE.
Further confirmed speakers include: Dr Eleonora Belfiore, Reader in Cultural
Policy and Director of Impact, Centre for Cultural Policy Studies,
University of Warwick; Simon Kerridge, Director of Research Services,
University of Kent and Chair, ARMA; Professor Ottoline Leyser, Director of
SLCU, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge and Member, Nuffield
Council on Bioethics and Dr Tony Peatfield, Director of Corporate Affairs,
Medical Research Council.
Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones, Member, House of Lords Science and
Technology Committee, and former Minister for Security has kindly agreed to
chair part of this seminar.
Additional senior participants are being approached.
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This seminar will present an opportunity to engage with key policymakers and
other interested parties, and is CPD certified (more
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been reserved by parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Commons and
officials from BIS and the Government Office for Science. Also due to attend
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British Heart Foundation; BT Group; Catalyst Editorial; De Montfort
University; Edinburgh Napier University; eLife Sciences Publications;
Epigeum; Keele University; Nihr Crn North West Coast; Queen Margaret
Univesity; Researchfish; UKCES; University of East Anglia; University of
East London; University of Hull; University of the West of Scotland and York
St John University.
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numbering 120, including Members of both Houses of Parliament and officials
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Westminster Higher Education Forum Keynote Seminar:
Ensuring integrity and rigour in UK research: best practice, open data and
the impact of the REF
Timing: Morning, Thursday, 7th July 2016
Venue: Central London
Draft agenda subject to change
8.30 - 9.00
Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.05
Chair’s opening remarks
Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones, Member, House of Lords Science and
Technology Committee, and former Minister for Security
9.05 - 9.50
The effects of the Research Excellence Framework on the higher education
research environment
To what extent has the inclusion of metrics assessing the vitality and
stability of the research environment within the REF generated improvement
in university research processes? How justified are concerns that the
pressures of increasing competition within the REF and a growing ‘publish or
perish’ culture are disincentivising co-operation and leading to poor
research practices? What are the implications of the inclusion of open
access requirements in the next REF for research processes and how well is
the embargo system working in practice?
Dr Eleonora Belfiore, Reader in Cultural Policy and Director of Impact,
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick
Senior representative, university
Senior representative, research body
Questions and comments from the floor
9.50 - 10.20
The potential impact of open data
What are the implications of a move towards open data for research practice
and what will be the key barriers to implementing open data policies across
the research community? To what extent will open data allow for increased
scrutiny of findings and methodologies? In light of concerns about the
reproducibility of results and cases of high profile retractions what
measures can be put in place to improve the reproducibility of results? What
incentives could be introduced to encourage researchers to participate in
open data initiatives and how could these be managed?
Senior representative, publisher
Commentator
Questions and comments from the floor
10.20 - 10.25
Chair’s closing remarks
Rt Hon the Baroness Neville-Jones, Member, House of Lords Science and
Technology Committee, and former Minister for Security
10.25 - 10.50
Coffee
10.50 - 10.55
Chair’s opening remarks
Senior Parliamentarian
10.55 - 11.25
Promoting ethical research practice
Professor Ottoline Leyser, Director of SLCU, Sainsbury Laboratory,
University of Cambridge and Member, Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Questions and comments from the floor
11.25 - 12.25
Strategies for supporting research integrity within institutions
What further steps can universities take to support both internal and
external peer review processes for research outputs and are additional steps
needed to make university ethics boards more effective? To what extent is
current training provision for PhD students and early career researchers
sufficient to support research integrity and what can be learnt from best
practice in this area? What more can universities do to ensure effective
research governance within their institutions, including systems for
reporting breaches of good practice? How can the sector create a greater
culture of openness about research practice both within and outside of
institutions? In light of an increasingly competitive funding environment
how can universities address concerns from some in the sector about the
integrity of corporate sponsored research?
Simon Kerridge, Director of Research Services, University of Kent and Chair,
ARMA
Dr Tony Peatfield, Director of Corporate Affairs, Medical Research Council
Senior representative, business
Commentator
Questions and comments from the floor
12.25 - 12.55
Implementing the Concordat to support research integrity
Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, HEFCE
Questions and comments from the floor
12.55 - 13.00
Chair’s and Westminster Higher Education Forum closing remarks
Senior Parliamentarian
Jonny Roberts, Associate Editor, Westminster Higher Education Forum
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