The ERA Act will make research security a legal obligation across EU Member States. Most institutions aren’t ready. This session is a practical starting point.
Webinar details
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM BST
Duration: 60 minutes (including Q&A)
What you will learn
Most universities across Europe and the UK have a trusted research policy. Fewer have a process that would stand up if someone actually asked to see it — a consistent methodology, a clear audit trail, documentation that makes sense to someone who wasn’t in the room when the decisions were made.
That’s the gap the ERA Act is designed to close. Research security is already a priority action in the ERA Policy Agenda 2025–27, and the European Commission is moving to embed it into law for the first time. The institutions that will find this transition straightforward are the ones that already have a structured, repeatable process in place.
The best way to understand whether your current process would survive scrutiny is to see what a better one looks like. Shane Jackson, Product Specialist for Dimensions Research Security, will show you the platform in action. You’ll see consistent researcher screening, real-time documentation, and reports that give auditors exactly what they need, without any additional explanation.
You’ll come away understanding:
- How to move from a process that lives in one person’s head to one the whole team can follow
- What it looks like to align your screening criteria to trusted research frameworks — and apply them consistently across faculties and individuals
- How to produce documentation that gives auditors and leadership the full picture, without needing to explain the context separately
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