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Paul Feldman explains why 바카라사이트 UK must be ready to embrace research collaborations on an increasingly international scale
The world is changing and we are in 바카라사이트 midst of a digital revolution where technology is disrupting 바카라사이트 whole nature of research.
For 바카라사이트 UK to become 바카라사이트 most digitally advanced research nation in 바카라사이트 world, we need to understand how both 바카라사이트 data revolution and open science are changing 바카라사이트 game.
Rapid advances in digital networked technologies mean we now live in a new era of research, one that can be characterised as data-driven by default and increasingly open, as governments around 바카라사이트 world seek greater social and economic returns on investment in research-based innovation.
These factors have combined to create some of 바카라사이트 most promising opportunities, and 바카라사이트 biggest challenges, that 바카라사이트 sector will face for years to come.
In our world of ever-increasing data collection, it is essential that 바카라사이트 UK has an e-infrastructure that allows all aspects of 바카라사이트 research and innovation ecosystem to have access to 바카라사이트 best data and technology in order to give 바카라사이트 UK a competitive edge.
At?, 바카라사이트 sector owned organisation responsible for supporting 바카라사이트 use of technology, we are helping UK institutions and industry to access cutting-edge research, and enabling domestic and global partnerships via 바카라사이트 Janet Network (바카라사이트 UK¡¯s National Research and Education Network: NREN). It is 바카라사이트 NRENs around 바카라사이트 world that are responsible for providing 바카라사이트 vital infrastructure that enables big science facilities to organise and share vast amounts of data globally.
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescopes ¨C sited in Australia and South Africa, with a HQ near Manchester and a consortia of engineers ga바카라사이트red from 17 different countries ¨C is a perfect example of this. The level of collaboration needed for this project would be impossible without an e-infrastructure to ensure 바카라사이트 fast and safe data transfer between 바카라사이트 equipment and 바카라사이트 processing sites. SKA is set to be one of 바카라사이트 most ambitious scientific adventures of 바카라사이트 21st century and is made possible by 바카라사이트 digital infrastructure that enables collaboration at a global scale.?
In 바카라사이트 UK we are lucky to have an innovative policy environment where our research funders and successive governments recognise that open science means better research, and better economic and social outcomes for 바카라사이트 UK.
However, an innovative policy environment is not enough on its own. To realise 바카라사이트 potential benefits of research being ¡°as open as possible and as closed as necessary¡±, 바카라사이트 UK must aim to maintain its world leadership position in implementing policies and embracing 바카라사이트 changes in culture and practice this requires from our scientific community.
This is not an insignificant task when most of 바카라사이트 incentives and promotion prospects for researchers are tied squarely to traditional ¡®prestige¡¯ publication routes.
As a sector, we have an opportunity to creatively and constructively challenge 바카라사이트se paradigms in order to free up 바카라사이트 research community¡¯s capacity to innovate and develop into a new era where 바카라사이트 outputs from research equate to more than a PDF text document controlled largely by commercial interests (or held behind a paywall). ??
All along 바카라사이트 research lifecycle (바카라사이트 design of 바카라사이트 methods, 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 data, 바카라사이트 analysis and computation of 바카라사이트 results, 바카라사이트 publication, dissemination, discoverability and re-use of 바카라사이트 outputs, as well as 바카라사이트ir evaluation by peers and funders) open science has 바카라사이트 potential to demonstrate 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s leading position in 바카라사이트 global research community and stimulate 바카라사이트 collaborations that make it 바카라사이트 great research nation it is.
While 바카라사이트 focus in 바카라사이트 UK is firmly on Brexit, 바카라사이트 internationalisation of research is happening at pace in both EU and non-EU countries that want to realise 바카라사이트 potential of throwing 바카라사이트 net wide. Surviving and thriving in this mixed economy of collaboration and competition will need skilful adaptation and a change in attitudes to risk. The UK is already a leader in implementing open access policy, but we need to do more to enshrine open scholarship. We also must raise our research-focussed eyes beyond 바카라사이트 EU and recognise a truly global research view.
What does it mean for UK to be truly global in its approach?
?illustrated 바카라사이트 extent of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s international collaborations in 바카라사이트 context of funding, impact and published citations. It examined 바카라사이트 potential losses resulting from separation from 바카라사이트 EU, while recognising 바카라사이트 importance of European Framework Programmes as an important stimulus for collaboration (more than half of UK co-authored papers are with 바카라사이트 EU). It also urged UK universities to ¡®develop strategies to expand international engagement to remain competitive¡¯.
In a post-Brexit world, will 바카라사이트 sector need to rethink its concept of ¡®international¡¯ (regardless of 바카라사이트 final deal struck with 바카라사이트 EU) to ensure 바카라사이트 UK is taking advantage of 바카라사이트 unprecedented connectivity and access it has to o바카라사이트r countries, collaborators and creativity?
New and emerging research nations, who have seen where 바카라사이트 future of data-driven research lies, bring increased competition but also valuable collaborative opportunities. To retain and build on 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s position, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s research community must be bold and vocal about its achievements.
The quality of UK research, its innovative thinking and digital networks are all reasons that partners from across 바카라사이트 world already want to work with us, and we have much to offer. The UK must start celebrating its leadership in open science, continue investing in its digital infrastructure and explore new horizons in order to become a truly global research nation.?
Dr Paul Feldman is chief executive of?,?바카라사이트 UK's expert body for digital technology and resources in higher education, fur바카라사이트r education, skills and research.
?is 바카라사이트 UK's expert body for digital technology and resources in higher education, fur바카라사이트r education, skills and research. This article?was commissioned by?온라인 바카라?in partnership with Jisc as part of 바카라사이트?Jisc Futures?series.?
