AndyPR
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39357819The scale of "fake research" in the UK appears to have been underestimated, a BBC investigation suggests.
Official data points to about 30 allegations of research misconduct between 2012 and 2015.
However, figures obtained by the BBC under Freedom of Information rules identified hundreds of allegations over a similar time period at 23 universities alone.
There are growing concerns around the world over research integrity.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has begun an inquiry into the issue to reassure the public that robust systems are in place in the UK.
Stephen Metcalfe, the committee's chairman, said it was vitally important that people have confidence in research that is paid for by public funds.
"Where research has been found to be fraudulent at a later point it has a big impact on the public - it leads to mistrust," he told BBC News.
"What we want to do is to investigate how robust the mechanisms are for ensuring that research is ethical, it is accurate, it is, to a degree, reproducible."
I wonder if the Countess of Mar is aware of this Committee, or if we could point them in the direction of PACE. Although, if their remit is only to "reassure the public that robust systems are in place in the UK." then you don't necessarily need to investigate anything at all.
@charles shepherd , any mileage we can make out of this in relation to PACE?