This page shows the five most recent news stories. For older announcements, please visit the archived news page. If you would like further information about any of these announcements, please contact info@ukrio.org.
For other items of interest to the research community, please see our Research Integrity Blog.
UKRIO has responded to the consultation on the draft 'Concordat to Support Research Integrity'. 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 ... read more
The UK Research Integrity Office welcomes the publication today of ‘A Consensus Statement on Research Misconduct in the UK’. UKRIO agrees that the UK's mechanisms for ensuring good research practice need to be sustained and strengthened. We particularly welcome the Statement’s support for UKRIO and the recognition that our work deserves ... read more
UKRIO continues to receive a positive response to its new model of funding. More than half of the Russell Group of UK universities has now agreed to support UKRIO. Universities supporting UKRIO include Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, King’s College London, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, University College ... read more
On 12th January, UKRIO participated in a meeting of leading members of the country’s scientific establishment, organised by the British Medical Journal and the Committee on Publication Ethics. Speakers described how the UK and other countries have approached challenges to research integrity, the issues and problems associated with current ... read more
We welcome BMJ’s continuing focus on research misconduct but a recent feature contains serious errors concerning UKRIO. Our response can be found here and we are grateful to BMJ for allowing us to set the record straight. British Medical Journal: Reported inaccuracies about the UK Research Integrity ... read more