Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
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Rejected
The UK’s lacks an established infrastructure for responding to research misconduct cases. The UK Government should lead on a co-produced framework with the UK Reproducibility Network, UKRIO and UK CORI, which sets out the roles and expectations for key actors when cases of misconduct are identified.
Government response. The government rejects the recommendation to lead on a co-produced framework for responding to research misconduct cases, asserting that government should not investigate misconduct and that primary responsibility lies with research organisations.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
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Rejected
The UK Government should assess the benefits that an additional body, set up to investigate malpractice, could bring to the UK’s research integrity governance architecture.
Government response. The government rejects the recommendation to assess creating a new body for investigating research malpractice, stating it is not the government's role and that primary responsibility lies with research organisations.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Conclusion
Sixth Report - Reproducibility and Rese…
Rejected
Uncertainty in the academic job market, especially at earlier career stages, acts as a strong additional disincentive against the prioritisation of reproducibility by researchers. Research funders, including UKRI, should work to impose a three-year minimum contract for post-doctoral researchers in universities. (Paragraph 89) Solving reproducibility challenges which emerge in the …
Government response. The government explicitly does not accept the recommendation to impose a three-year minimum contract for post-doctoral researchers in universities.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology