Plan S Rights Retention Strategy Webinar

Starting in January 2021, cOAlition S Organisations are changing their grant conditions to mandate Open Access for all publications reporting original research supported in whole or in part by their funding.

cOAlition S Organisations offer three routes that allow their funded researchers to be compliant with this policy. Authors can publish in fully Open Access journals and platforms, they can self-archive a version of their paper, or they can publish in journals that are under a Transformative Arrangement.

cOAlition S has developed its Rights Retention Strategy to fully support the self-archiving route. The Rights Retention Strategy gives researchers the freedom to publish in their journal of choice, including subscription journals, whilst remaining fully compliant with Plan S. Authors only need to apply a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY) to (at least) the Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) of their submissions.https://www.coalition-s.org/rights-retention-strategy/

Representatives from cOAlition S will describe the Rights Retention Strategy and its implementation, and will be available to answer any questions attendees may have about this initiative.

Registration:

https://arma.ac.uk/product/plan-s-rights-retention-strategy-webinar/

Read more on narma.no: https://narma.no/narma-aktiviteter/plan-s-rights-retention-strategy-webinar/

Rating the Rankers!

Initial findings from an international research evaluation working group suggests that the organisations behind university world rankings merit some scrutiny themselves.

Looking at six of the largest and most influential world university rankings, members of the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Working Group used their five-step process called SCOPE to assess them on a number of community-developed criteria centred around good governance, transparency, measuring what matters and rigour.

The group found that while most of the ranking organisations made some efforts towards good governance, there were clear weaknesses in terms of declaring conflicts of interest.

The rankers’ aims and methods were generally transparent, although this was not necessarily borne out by others’ ability to replicate the data, data availability or financial transparency.

Most rankings underperformed when it came to measuring what matters, all failing to tailor their offer to different audiences and showing unfair bias to some groups. Finally, university rankings, which are most criticised for their methodological invalidity, generally scored very poorly when it came to implementing rigorous methods.

Convenor of the INORMS Research Evaluation Working Group, Dr Lizzie Gadd, said: “there is clearly work to be done here, and we hope that our rating clearly highlights what needs to be done and by whom. The world university rankings currently fail to meet community expectations around fair, meaningful, and responsible evaluation. We hope that this work will provide ranking organisations, and those that rely on them for decision-making, an opportunity to reflect and reconsider their approach.”

For further information, Rethinking the rankings, a blogpost by Lizzie Gadd and Richard Holmes can be found on the ARMA website at https://arma.ac.uk/rethinking-the-rankings/

Contact Lizzie Gadd at e.a.gadd@lboro.ac.uk,  Twitter: @lizziegadd

For further information on INORMS, visit www.inorms.net.

INORMS har to norske medlemmer i dette arbeidet; professor Nils Pharo og seniorrådgiver Tanja Strøm ved OsloMet

To fluer i en smekk? NARMA og EARMA vil ha forslag til parallellsesjoner!

Siste nytt tirsdag 6. oktober 2020:
NARMA årskonferanse 2021 og EARMA 2021 Conference utvider sin frist for innsending av bidrag til torsdag 15. oktober 2020.

NARMA ønsker å takke for alle interessante temaforslag som allerede er mottatt og håper den utvidede fristen resulterer i flere gode innspill og idéer.

NARMA, Norsk nettverk for forskningsadministrasjon er en del av det europeiske nettverket EARMA – European Association of Research Managers and Administrators.

NARMA og EARMA planlegger nå sine konferanser for 2021, og søker innledere og foredragsholdere som kan bidra med godt faglig innhold.

  • NARMAs årskonferanse 2021: «Europa i endring», 9. og 10. mars 2021
  • EARMA 2021 Conference: “New world, New programmes, New challenges“ i Praha, 28. – 30. april 2021

Samme idé/tema kan ofte brukes to steder; først nasjonalt i NARMA, så internasjonalt på EARMA.

Har du eller noen i ditt nettverk interessante vinklinger, løsninger og idéer innen forskningsadministrasjon og -ledelse som burde deles?

Slik gjør du det

Logg deg inn og send inn «Abstract» til EARMA og send en kopi til NARMA på post@narma.no

Guide for EARMA abstracts: https://www.earmaconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Guide_for_Abstracts_Prague_2021-1.pdf

 

Mer informasjon om konferansene

NARMA årskonferanse “Europa i endring” 9. og 10. mars 2021

Foto: NARMA vårkonferanse 2019, ©Ingrid Fadnes

“New world, New programmes, New challenges”

 

Les EARMAs nyhetsbrevet om utlysning her

Se guide for EARMA abstracts

NARMAs vårkonferanse 2021: “Europa i endring”: Call for abstracts!

Foto: NARMA vårkonferanse 2019, ©Ingrid Fadnes

NARMAs vårkonferanse 2021 arrangeres på Thon Hotell Arena i Lillestrøm tirsdag 9. og onsdag 10. mars 2021. Noter tidspunktet i din kalender!

Målet er å tilby faglig innhold som bidrar til ny kunnskap til bruk i det daglige arbeidet innen forskningsadministrasjon og temaene vil være knyttet til «Europa i endring». NARMAs arbeidsutvalg (AU) organiserer innledende og avsluttende plenum.

NARMA AU inviterer deg til å bidra på konferansen
Alle som arbeider med forskningsadministrative tjenester kan bidra til å utforme NARMAs vårkonferanse med både innhold og presentasjoner.
Du kan foreslå hvilket som helst tema og perspektiv rundt forskningsledelse og administrasjon innen felter som (listen er ikke fullstendig):

  • EU-finansiert forskning
  • Nasjonal forskningsfinansiering
  • Forskningsevaluering
  • IPR/kontrakter
  • Forskningsetikk
  • Open Science
  • Karriereutvikling innen forskningsadministrasjon
  • Talentprogrammer
  • Impact
  • Ansvarlig forskning og innovasjon (RRI)
  • Annet

NARMA AU er også interessert i «new and emerging topics» som forskningsadministrativt personale bør ha kjennskap til.

Du kan foreslå enten et paper eller en poster. Papers blir presentert muntlig på konferansen (ca. 20 min.), mens posters blir vist frem i en poster-sesjon. Posterne vil være utstilt på et egnet område i konferansehotellet. På grunn av begrensninger i programmet, kan programkomiteen foreslå at papers presenteres som posters. Angi i sammendraget om du foretrekker en poster-presentasjon eller en muntlig presentasjon.

Forslag til paper/poster skal ha følgende format: maks en A4-side med:

  • Tittel på innlegg – hvilket område hører dette til?
  • Hvem og hvor mange skal presentere?
  • Ønsket format? Paper, poster?
  • Kort omtale av tematikken og betydning for forskningsadministrasjon (250 ord)
  • Læringsutbytte for deltakere
  • Målgruppe? Nybegynnere/erfarne/alle

Postere: Deltakere er selv ansvarlig for klargjøring og trykking samt levering av ferdig poster til konferansen.

Frist for innsending er 1. oktober 2020

Bruk dette skjemaet for forslag til bidrag (pdf). Kontakt oss om du ønsker en Word-versjon av skjemaet!

Abstracts sendes til: post@narma.no

Nøl ikke med å ta kontakt på post@narma.no om du har spørsmål eller ønsker skjema for call for abstracts i en Word-versjon.

Vi vil gi en tilbakemelding på alle abstracts i løpet av desember.

Les også artikkelen på Universitets- og høgskolerådets sider: Invitasjon til å bidra i kunnskapsutveksling innen forskningsledelse og -administrasjon på NARMAs årskonferanse

Frist for å stemme i EARMA-generalforsamling er fredag 5. juni 2020!

Vi oppfordrer alle institusjons- og enkeltmedlemmer i EARMA til å avgi sin stemme i generalforsamlingen.

Alle stemmeberettigede medlemmer skal ha mottatt en e-post med lenke til avstemningen fra member@surveymonkeyuser.com den 29. mai. EARMA oppfordrer medlemmene til å sjekke søppelposten sin dersom de ikke kan se å ha mottatt e-posten.

Vi kan stolt annonsere at Ragnar Lie, UHR i år er kandidat til styret!

Se presentasjon fra alle kandidatene her.

Generalforsamlingen avholdes i år digitalt, viktige datoer og informasjon finner du på EARMA

The INORMS Research Evaluation Working Group’s two work-packages

The INORMS Research Evaluation Working Group’s two work-packages are now nearing completion and we have had a lot of positive feedback about our work.  Of particular interest has been the development of the SCOPE model – a five stage process for evaluating responsibly. We are now keen to understand how this process is being used and by whom, so we can share case studies with the wider community and build on this work.  To this end, if you’re using the SCOPE model in any way – for training, for assessing existing evaluations or developing new ones, we’d really love to hear from you!  Similarly, if you’re not yet using it, but would like to provide a comment on its value or how you see it being used, do get in touch.

You may either respond to tanja.strom@oslomet.no, or directly to sub-group leader, Laura Himanen (TAU) laura.himanen@tuni.fi

We look forward to hearing from you!

Invitation to Participate in Survey Exploring the Value of Research Administration in Effective International Research

You are being invited to take part in a research study as part of a project undertaken as part of a Research Fellowship through the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). Whether you take part is up to you.

The purpose of this research is to understand what our roles and responsibilities are and what we value within research administration and management to ensure effective research activity as it specifically pertains to international collaborations.

You have been invited to participate because you are a member of at least one professional association involved in or related to the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS).

Deadline: May 30, 2020

On behalf of Angela White-Jones, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, University of Central Florida

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New guidance: Research Ethics Support and Review in Research Organisations

The UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) and the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) published Research Ethics Support and Review in Research Organisations, to support the research community in achieving high standards of research ethics review on April 8th.

The guidance offers benchmark policies and processes which organisations can use to create, revise or audit institutional practices in order to support the functions of research ethics committees.

It also synthesises developments in academic work on ethics and integrity, the expectations of research funders and government and existing examples of good practice, to help researchers and organisations to develop a positive culture of integrity and ethics in research.

Steph Bales, Chair of ARMA said: “I am thrilled to see the collaborative efforts of ARMA and UKRIO come to fruition in this joint guidance document. It is essential reading for all research professionals not just those involved in supporting ethics committee structures and I urge all ARMA members to download a copy. I would particularly like to thank those experts who were formerly part of the Association for Research Ethics (AfRE) without whom this endeavour would have been impossible.”

Professor Sir Ian Boyd, Chair of UKRIO said: “All organisations involved in research, from universities to commercial companies, will benefit from this document. The principles it sets out lay the ground work for good practice. Ensuring the highest standards in research integrity and ethics needs to be a central plank of corporate social responsibility. People expect it and this document points out the route through which this responsibility can be delivered.”

Research Ethics Support and Review in Research Organisations is available in two formats: the standard guidance, which includes extended background and rationale with references, and a summary version, which sets out key recommendations and basic ground rules for developing best practice in supporting high ethical standards in research.

Supporting materials:

A presentation summarising the key points of the guidance is available in Powerpoint and PDF formats:

Forms from the Appendices are also available as separate PDFs for ease of completion:

Additional supporting materials will be published in due course and the guidance will be incorporated in UKRIO’s and ARMA’s training programmes.

Written by James Parry, Chief Executive,  UK Research Integrity Office

A webinar from the INORMS Research Evaluation Working Group: SCOPE: A five-step process for evaluating responsibly

The International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) established the Research Evaluation Working Group in 2018 to consider how to best ensure that research evaluation is meaningful, responsible and effective. The Working Group is truly global, it has members from all continents, with the exception of Antarctica!

The Research Evaluation Working Group invites research managers and other research evaluation practitioners involved in planning, implementing and interpreting research evaluations to a webinar on ‘SCOPE’ – a five step process for evaluating responsibly.

The webinar will be held on Monday 20th April 2020 at 1-2 pm BST [In Norway at 2-3 pm]

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the Leiden Manifesto and the Metric Tide give the Higher Education sector a framework for evaluating research responsibly. However, practitioners who plan and organize evaluations may still be left asking “now what?”. How do we actually do research evaluation responsibly?

The INORMS Research Evaluation Working Group has developed a five-stage process for evaluating responsibly, that may answer that question! The process is called ‘SCOPE’.This webinar presents the SCOPE model in detail and provides a practical framework for research managers, and others, seeking to conduct responsible research evaluations.

Register for the webinar

The webinar can host up to 150 participants. All who register will receive the link to the webinar, and the first 150 to join the webinar can attend live. A recording of the webinar will be sent to all who register.

Hope you can join us!

The INORMS Research Evaluation Working Group

For more information, please contact Laura Himanen (laura.himanen(at)tuni.fi)