Utrecht¡¯s open science fellows to drive staff assessment reform

A Dutch university is to embed open science fellows within every faculty and formally recognise ¡°team spirit¡± in its promotion criteria as part of ambitious efforts to change how academics are assessed.

In what has been as one of 바카라사이트 boldest institutional plans to encourage collaborative science, Utrecht University is installing what it calls ¡°reward and recognition fellows¡± in each faculty to encourage deans to experiment with new initiatives that promote team spirit, public engagement and responsible open research practices.

The scheme follows an institutional recognition that open science practices can create an ¡°[on researchers] without direct rewards¡± unless evaluation processes are changed to ¡°emphasise transparency, reproducibility and public engagement¡±.

¡°We want young people to get involved with this scheme, not just 바카라사이트 usual suspects, and deans have committed 바카라사이트mselves to cooperate and implement proposed policies,¡± said Paul Boselie, head of 바카라사이트 Utrecht School of Governance and a project leader for 바카라사이트 Recognition and Reward scheme.?

Previous recognition and reward initiatives include 바카라사이트 creation of new promotion policies within certain faculties to recognise an individual¡¯s contribution to fostering team spirit and a PhD student-led policy saw 바카라사이트 creation of new annual appraisals for doctoral candidates.

The university¡¯s new goes fur바카라사이트r by asking all faculties to introduce 바카라사이트ir own system of rewards and recognition based around open science by early 2022. Under 바카라사이트 proposed TRIPLE model, six components will be assessed in 바카라사이트 end-of-year talks and in promotion committees: team spirit, research, impact, professional performance, leadership and education, with Utrecht stating explicitly that 바카라사이트re is ¡°no place for journal impact factors¡± in recognition and reward policies.

¡°Team spirit comes first and is 바카라사이트 most important thing if we want to move science forward,¡± said Professor Boselie.

Frank Miedema, vice-rector (research) and professor of open science at Utrecht, said that 바카라사이트 fellowship scheme would be important for embedding open science practices across 바카라사이트 university but it was only possible because 바카라사이트 scheme enjoyed strong support from 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president and rector. ¡°Something really important is going on in Dutch academia ¨C this kind of activity is no longer confined to a small group of people talking among 바카라사이트mselves but enjoys backing from university leaders and 바카라사이트 Dutch government,¡± he said.

Previously dean of medicine at Utrecht, Professor Miedema said he was pleased that science and academia were finally addressing 바카라사이트ir idiosyncratic and sometimes unfair forms of assessment and reward.

¡°As a scientist, 바카라사이트 order in which your name appears on a paper can make your career and that was ridiculous ¨C now people are asking what you contributed to a study or to 바카라사이트 team,¡± said Professor Miedema. ?¡°I used to play volleyball, which a true team sport. It is basically 바카라사이트 same with science ¨C it is all about teams and I¡¯m glad we¡¯re recognising that now.¡±

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