Our work

Our vision is that the UK’s research system continues to be known for its research integrity, which:

is central to all work and actions of all individuals, groups, and organisations in research
enhances and protects the quality of research
safeguards confidence in research

Collaboration is at the heart of the UK Committee on Research Integrity. We invite and encourage views from the research community.

Objectives

Our objectives are to:

promote research integrity across the UK and internationally
maintain and support high integrity in all research environments and across all disciplines
support good governance of research practice, including through strategic input into processes relating to regulation and assurance
explain how research integrity improves the wider environment, along with research culture
identify how systemic pressures affect research integrity, and improve the system to reduce these pressures
work widely with research organisations, including higher education institutions, research institutes, public, private and third sector organisations
collaborate with existing bodies on national and local levels to enhance research integrity in the UK

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