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UCL is committed to promoting and supporting a culture of research integrity to ensure research is conducted in accordance with all legal, ethical and safety criteria, and to protect academic freedom.
UCL as an institution, employer, funder and supporter of research also has an active role to play in supporting research activities and making sure that these are carried out to the best standards to fulfil our obligation to support the research integrity as outline in the ‘Concordat to support research integrity’. You can find below our commitments and links to the associated policies and procedures.
- A UCL Research, Innovation and Global Engagement Committee, which is charged with developing research governance policies and monitoring the operation of research ethics committees.
- The UCL Research Integrity Framework, which outlines policy and good practice in research at UCL, including the UCL Statement on Research Integrity.
- UCL Disclosure of Conflict and Declaration of Interest Policy and UCL Statement on Transparency.
- A procedure for investigating and resolving allegations of research misconduct.
- Guidelines setting out responsibilities and procedures for the storage, sharing and disposal of data and samples – to ensure reproducibility, traceability and accountability.
- A full range of insurance policies, which protect UCL’s assets and liabilities and extend to personal liabilities of staff and students undertaking authorised academic research on behalf of UCL.
- Health and Safety Policy to provide guidance on safety issues.
- Support and training for researchers at all stages of their career to ensure that they are aware of the research policies and guidelines.
- Learning and leadership development programmes to support researchers at all stages of their career.
- Open and transparent processes for hiring and promoting of researchers. UCL signed the San Francisco Declaration on research assessment (DORA) and is committed to implementing its principles.
UCL will continue to review the above as appropriate to strengthen the support offered to our researchers.
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