Samuel WestwoodTime-saving things that actually work, trust meThe internet is crammed with time-saving tips for academic researchers, and it’s not hard to see why. The combined weight of a prohibitive…5 min read·Sep 25, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodThe King’s Open Research ConferenceTo reimaginge research culture with Open Research practices, both for the betterment of research quality and integirty but also for…6 min read·Jul 8, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodKORGI Mission StatementThe King’s Open Research Group Initiative (or KORGI) is an action-oriented committee composed of an interdisciplinary mix of mainly senior…1 min read·Mar 8, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodThe RIOT Science Club — Prof Steve Williams, an MRI scanner for one and allThe work horse of neuroscience is neuroimaging, particularly functional magnetic resonance imaging (or fMRI). Years of growing pains have…1 min read·Feb 15, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodRIOT Science Club – Wellcome Trust, engendering an Open Research CultureIn March 2019, I attended the first meeting of the UK Reproducibility Network — via a forced invitation (of sorts) — and leading the…2 min read·Jan 28, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodThe RIOT Science Club — Dr Samuel Westwood, Preprints, Registered Reports, BayesOne of the great strengths of the open science movement is that its aims are laudable: to bring into daylight the research lifecycle, from…2 min read·Jan 10, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodHiring and promotion criteria must reward reproducible and transparent research practices, an open…To whom it may concern,4 min read·Jan 9, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodThe RIOT Science Club — Prof Chris French, Lessons from Daryl BemIf a datum suggests a new hypothesis, try to find further evidence for it elsewhere in the data. If you see dim traces of interesting…2 min read·Jan 9, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodRead one paper each day for one year. Go on, I dare you!TL;DR Yes, keeping up with the literature is like shaving a jellyfish, but you this challenge will definitely help!10 min read·Jan 7, 2020----
Samuel WestwoodThe RIOT Science Club — An intro to R Markdown by Dr Ewan CarrR Markdown is one of the most powerful software tools going. Word processing, blogging, powerpoint-style presentations, conferences…3 min read·Jan 2, 2020----