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		<title>Research Councils Internal Audit Service and RCUK Assurance merge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the RCUK website: the Research Councils Internal Audit Service (RCIAS) has merged with RCUK Assurance to create a single audit and assurance body. The new merged organisation is called Audit and Assurance Services Group (AASG) which reflects its new combined assurance role and the variety of customers it now serves. The main activities of... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/research-councils-internal-audit-service-and-rcuk-assurance-merge/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research integrity in the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Sun discusses how excessive competitiveness and other aspects of modern research enterprise can inadvertantly foster questionable practices or fraud: Vancouver Sun: blinding us with science journals The Times of India discusses claims that some drug companies have been writing scientific recommendations of their own products and submitting them to the Drug Controller General... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/research-integrity-in-the-news-2/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UKRIO responds to draft Research Integrity Concordat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UKRIO has responded to the consultation on the draft &#8216;Concordat to Support Research Integrity&#8217;. We welcome the Concordat and hope it signals a collective determination to show that the UK research community understands the pressures which undermine sound science and remains a champion of research integrity. Our response poses a number of a number of... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/ukrio-responds-to-draft-research-integrity-concordat/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New pharmacovigilance legislation &#8211; information from the MHRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 08:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MHRA has posted information on new pharmacovigilance legislation coming into effect across the EU in July 2012. The changes introduced by the EU Directive will be transposed into UK law in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, which will also consolidate nearly all other UK medicines legislation. The legislation will be underpinned by an EC... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/new-pharmacovigilance-legislation-information-from-the-mhra/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why UKRIO doesn’t want – or need – regulatory powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few questions that we get asked fairly often at UKRIO, especially by those who are new to our work. One of the most common is whether we want to have regulatory powers, so it would be mandatory to follow our guidance. Another is whether we would become a statutory regulator for research... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/why-ukrio-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-%e2%80%93-or-need-%e2%80%93-regulatory-powers/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research integrity in the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times examines a worrying rise in retractions in academic journals, the possible reasons for this and the ensuing calls for reform: New York Times: A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform Meanwhile, The Guardian discusses a recent case of research misconduct in the United States and whether external pressures were more to... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/research-integrity-in-the-news/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Consultation on draft Research Integrity Concordat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universities UK, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, Research Councils UK, the Wellcome Trust and other stakeholders are seeking views on a draft Concordat to Support Research Integrity. From the Universities UK website: ‘The concordat outlines five important commitments that those engaged in research can make to help ensure that the highest standards of... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/consultation-on-draft-research-integrity-concordat/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chemistry World: Integrity begins at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Chemistry World: James Parry, Chief Executive of UKRIO, argues that safeguarding the integrity and quality of research is best achieved through cultural and not regulatory means. Chemistry World: Integrity begins at home In the same issue, research integrity issues in Ireland are discussed by Maura Hiney, Head of Policy, Evaluation and External Relations of the... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/chemistry-world-integrity-begins-at-home/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shaping an effective national role for the Health Research Authority – update and opportunity to comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Health Research Authority website: ‘The HRA has established a multi-agency project team and invited evidence to help shape an effective national role for the HRA to provide a unified approval process and to promote proportionate standards for compliance and inspection. ‘Further comment is invited on the emerging themes… and the HRA would be... <a href="http://www.ukrio.org/shaping-an-effective-national-role-for-the-health-research-authority-%e2%80%93-update-and-opportunity-to-comment/" class="readmore">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nature: US board calls for tighter control of test-based data</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Nature News: &#8216;﻿﻿﻿﻿Lapses in oversight that prevented a US university from identifying the flawed research behind a series of clinical trials are symptomatic of a larger problem says a report by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM), released today.&#8217; Nature: Lapses in oversight compromise omics results]]></description>
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