Improving student research training through a consortium model

In recent years there has been vast progress to ensure the replicability, reproducibility, and transparency of psychological research through the implementation of open research practices. Yet, to ensure that these practices become normative and sustained, students – who represent the grassroots of our discipline – need to be trained in them too. In this talk, I will outline the opportunities, challenges, and solutions of embedding a ‘consortium model’ within the undergraduate empirical dissertation. By training students in reproducible big team science, we can further improve the quality of psychological research whilst equipping our students with 21st-century graduate skills.

Presented at Midlands Innovation Open Research Week, 06/05/25. Includes MI Open Research Week opening remarks by Professor David Amigoni, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Keele University.