An international forum in which to discuss, gain insights and get support as we work out and implement our internal reform measures.
A workspace for identifying and overcoming differences. New working groups will be created by discipline, institution and nationality.
Participation from the outset in discussions and working groups.
Ease of participating in specific calls (own or third party) and joint projects.
In 2018, the UOC rolled out its Open Knowledge Action Plan to promote the concept of open science and expand it to the models it uses to evaluate and assess its research. Likewise it expressed its commitment to rethinking these evaluation models and moving towards a more qualitative form of assessment that embraces ongoing learning and transformation as objectives.
In this spirit, the UOC became the first Spanish university (as a whole) to sign the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) in January 2019. It did so as part of its firm belief that the impact factor (IF) should not replace an assessment of the quality of individual research papers and the scientific contributions of researcher recruitment and promotion. The integration of the DORA principles into its research assessment processes has been included in the UOC's Strategic Plan 2022-2025.
The UOC's long-term objective is to have a research assessment system in place that, in line with the European reform proposal, will:
Encourage quality research
Take into account the diversity of processes and results
Facilitate the diversity of academic profiles
Avoid discriminations in the current system
Adapt to the specific characteristics of the UOC
By signing the agreement, the UOC pledges to draw up an action plan for 2024 to 2027 within one year. This action plan will be the institution's own and will take into account our starting point and our national and regional context.
Furthermore, after signing the agreement, the UOC would join CoARA and participate in its discussions and working groups.