Welcome to the website of the UK Research Integrity Office.
The UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) is an independant body which offers advice and guidance to universities and other research organisations, and also to individual researchers, about the conduct of research.
Hosted by Universities UK, our aims are to:
- Promote the good governance, management and conduct of research;
- Share good practice on how to address misconduct in research; and
- Give advice and guidance on specific cases.
Set up in the first instance to provide support to health and biomedical sciences research, UKRIO provides advice and guidance to those with concerns about the conduct of research, or carrying out investigations, in universities, NHS Trusts and other research organisations. Although we have a particular interest in the disciplines of health and biomedical sciences, we aim to produce advice and guidance that is applicable to all fields of research.
All requests for advice are kept confidential and we welcome enquiries from individual researchers as well as from research organisations. A leaflet describing the work of UKRIO is available here and details on how to contact us can be found here.
UKRIO is guided by its Board, whose Members are nominated by the organisations which regulate and fund health and biomedical research. Chaired by Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, the Board provides a steer to UKRIO's programme of work. Biographies of the Board members can be found here.
UKRIO is part of the UK Panel for Research Integrity in Health and Biomedical Sciences, which consists of the UK Research Integrity Office, our Board and our Register of Advisers.
Recent News
Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education ran a cover articles on academic fraud and misconduct. "Cleaning up the act" can be found in its 28th August issue here.
Tackling Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct
UKRIO, Universities UK and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) are co-sponsoring a conference on tackling plagiarism and academic misconduct. The conference will take place on Wednesday 19th November 2008 and further details can be found here.
Launch of UKRIO's Procedure for Investigating Allegations of Misconduct in Research
UKRIO is launching its Procedure for Investigating Allegations of Misconduct in Research on Tuesday 9th September.
This step-by-step Procedure is aimed at all organisations engaged in research using funds from funders such as the Research Councils and other government bodies, as well as from charities, overseas funding bodies and the commercial sector. It sets out an approach to be followed from the first receipt of an allegation through to the investigation panel which will decide on whether there was in fact any misconduct. The Procedure is designed to ensure that investigations are carried out both thoroughly and fairly.
The press briefing will be led by leading members of our Board. Details on the Procedure can be found here and an invitation for journalists to attend the press briefing can be found here.
