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Training and Support Resources for Research

Outside the central teams that support the 8 Pillars of Open Science & Scholarship, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº has a huge research community and a diversity of teams both centrally and in the wider university that support you and your research.

Introduction to Open Science at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº

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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Training Resources

There are many sources of training and guidance across ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, delivered by different teams online and in person outlined below.

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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Organisational Development

The Organisational Development team contributes to the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº mission by providing the opportunities and tools to support our leaders, staff, and research students to achieve excellence, build careers, and play their part in changing the world for the better.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Short Courses 

Continue learning with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's vast range of short courses and continuing professional development (CPD).

Communities & Forums

There are a wide range of communities and forums that you can join to share your research, get advice and learn something new. We have collated a few below - if you are a part of a ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº research community that is not represented here, please get in touch.

IT, Software Engineering and Writing Code
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  • Get involved with the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Research Programming Hub, they host events and have an online community to bring together research groups who develop software for research to promote sharing, collaboration and community support.
Reproducibility
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Research Data

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Research Support Teams Overview

There are also a wide range of teams that are available to support you with different aspects of your research, such as:

Data Protection, Copyright and Intellectual Property

Data Protection

The Data Protection website has a wide range of resources and support for understanding data protection and what you need to be aware of when doing your research.  

Copyright and Intellectual Property

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Library services Copyright Team offers information and assistance on a wide range of copyright and intellectual property issues.

Digital Humanities

The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Centre for Digital Humanities (¹û¶³Ó°ÔºDH) is a cross-faculty research centre, bringing together a vibrant network of people who teach and research in a wide range of disciplines.

Ethics, Transparency and Reproducibility

The Research Integrity website details all the policies and advice you need to ensure you adhere to the Code of Conduct for Research. ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº regards it as fundamental that research should be conducted, and the results of research disseminated, honestly, accurately and in accordance with professional standards.

Innovation and Enterprise

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Innovation and Enterprise help and support you in developing your connections with business and developing your research to be commercialised. They also provide access to schemes that encourage connections beyond academia.

Research and Policy

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public Policy team

helps researchers and policymakers engage and interact on key policy questions, arranges placements for researchers in government and helps researchers translate their work into policy-focused output.

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Policy Impact Unit

The Policy Impact Unit (STEaPP Department) provides professional policy engagement expertise and support to help feed research-based evidence into the policymaking process.

Sharing, Public Engagement and Impact

Research Impact Curation and Support team

The Research Impact Curation and Support team supports impact across the full range of disciplines, whether for REF or in broader research communication strategy.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public and Cultural Engagement

The Public Engagement Unit helps staff arrange events and workshops to engage with diverse publics through training, funding and evaluation support. Linked to this, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Museums and Collections help develop exhibitions and events, and the provides performance spaces for staff and students.

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Technical support

Information Security

The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Information Security Group exists to help both staff and students manage their responsibilities when it comes to looking after their own and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s information

Research IT

Research IT Services (RITS) provide free advice and consultancy to help you to make the best use of IT when managing or carrying out research. They also support the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº HPC services and the Research Data Storage Service.

Data Safe Haven

The SLMS Data Safe Haven is available for use by all ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº faculties and provides a technical solution for storing, handling and analysing identifiable data. It has been certified to the ISO27001 information security standard and conforms to NHS Digital's Information Governance Toolkit.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Grand Challenges

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Grand Challenges convenes and cultivates cross-disciplinary collaborations that explore interconnected solutions in six areas related to matters of pressing societal concern.