Developing a policy for metrics at UCL

UCL has been developing a set of principles on the responsible use of bibliometrics and other ways to measure research. This builds on UCL’s signing of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment in 2015; responsible evaluation practices in the 2017 UCL Academic Careers Framework; and UCL’s commitment to Open Science.

This Town Hall meeting and panel discussion aims to get feedback on the proposed principles, which we are planning to develop into a formal policy in the coming year, and to discuss the issues surrounding the use of quantitative research metrics.

The meeting will be followed by a public survey on the use of metrics and the proposed principles, to gather additional feedback from those unable to attend.

Registration for the event (via Eventbrite)

Schedule

– Introduction – Professor David Price, Vice-Provost (Research)

– Responsible metrics in practice – Dr. Elizabeth Gadd, Loughborough University

– Overview of the new principles – Dr. Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (UCL Libraries)

– Panel discussion and public questions

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