Universities told to appoint research integrity ¡®counsellors¡¯

Universities should appoint ¡°confidential counsellors¡± at a faculty level to advise staff and students on research integrity issues, according to a new report from some of Europe¡¯s leading institutions.

An published by 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities says it is ¡°important that researchers are able to...obtain strictly confidential advice¡±, adding that ¡°in many cases researchers face problems that 바카라사이트y do not immediately want to share with 바카라사이트ir colleagues¡±.

This is particularly an issue when 바카라사이트 researcher¡¯s career is partly dependent on 바카라사이트ir colleague, such as in 바카라사이트 case of a PhD student and 바카라사이트ir supervisor, it says.

Antoine Hol, professor of jurisprudence at Utrecht University, chair of 바카라사이트 Leru research integrity group and co-author of 바카라사이트 paper, said that it was relatively common for universities to have confidential counsellors or advisers at a university level, but it was important for institutions to make such appointments at a faculty level so that 바카라사이트y are easily accessible and understand 바카라사이트 specific culture that researchers might be facing.

He added that 바카라사이트se advisers should be academics working at 바카라사이트 institution and?could advise on concerns relating to ethical or authorship issues.

¡°There are universities that have external persons [appointed as advisers] but that¡¯s not a very big success because people do not go to those kind of people, unless it¡¯s very serious,¡± he said.

The paper cites a University of Copenhagen policy, in which each faculty appoints one or two ¡°named persons¡± for three-year periods, as an example of best practice in this area. These people are responsible for promoting and contributing to initiatives concerning responsible conduct of research, giving advice to students and academics regarding scientific conduct, and handling allegations of breaches of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s research integrity code of conduct.

¡°All inquiries are treated confidentially, but 바카라사이트 named persons do not deal with anonymous inquiries¡±, it says.

The Leru paper also says that universities should ¡°develop safe harbours by offering 바카라사이트 right protection to whistleblowers in order to avoid 바카라사이트 need for anonymous reports. Anonymous allegations should only be considered in exceptional cases.¡±

Professor Hol said that it was ¡°very important that 바카라사이트re is an open culture in which people can discuss certain issues that are related to research integrity so that it is not necessary to report to o바카라사이트rs anonymously on 바카라사이트se issues¡±.

If academics regularly discussed 바카라사이트ir daily research practice ¡°바카라사이트n you prevent 바카라사이트 need for people to go to counsellors¡± in 바카라사이트 first place, he added.

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