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One of the things we’re working on behind the scenes is improving education about peer review. We’re talking to university staff and faculty involved in teaching graduate students about peer review, I’ve set up a group on Mendeley that collects good examples of open peer review reports, and we’re a partner of Sense About Science’s peer review workshops.

These workshops are tailored to early career researchers, and involve discussions and interactive activities to learn more about how peer review works. I was a speaker for one of these workshops last year, and wrote about it on this blog. In 2014, Sense About Science is running two of these workshops in the UK, and the first one will happen on April 25th in London. To register for this free event, see the information below, and make sure to sign up before April 11.

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Find out about peer review.

Debate challenges to the system.

Discuss the role of peer review for scientists and the public.

London workshop to be held at King’s College London
Friday 25th April 2014, 9.30am – 12.30pm

Peer Review: The Nuts and Bolts is a free half-day workshop for early career researchers and will explore how peer review works, how to get involved, the challenges to the system, and the role of peer review in helping the public to evaluate research claims.

Should peer review detect plagiarism, bias or fraud? What does peer review do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do for them? Should reviewers remain anonymous? Does it illuminate good ideas or shut them down?

To apply to attend this workshop contact Victoria Murphy vmurphy@senseaboutscience.org by 11th April.

Full details: Download the event PDF