Research Integrity (UK edition)

Published on: Feb 2020 4 hours of Core activities

Core Modules

  • Good Research Conduct
    Overview

    This module introduces the key principles and responsibilities that researchers are expected to uphold, exploring how they are defined by professional organisations, public bodies and institutions in the UK.

    Module duration: 25 minutes

  • Irresponsible Research Practices
    Overview

    This module explains how irresponsible research practices are defined, as well as their potential impacts and how they should be reported.

    Module duration: 23 minutes

  • Planning Your Research
    Overview

    This module explores how research plans can be developed and used responsibly, covering approvals, agreements and the potential consequences of poor planning.

    Module duration: 28 minutes

  • Managing and Recording Your Research
    Overview

    This module introduces the fundamentals of responsible project management, also covering the research record, validation procedures and data protection.

    Module duration: 36 minutes

  • Data Selection, Analysis and Presentation
    Overview

    This module explains best practices, as well as practices to avoid, when selecting, analysing and presenting data, exploring how to responsibly present text, figures and images.

    Module duration: 33 minutes

  • Scholarly Publication
    Overview

    This module explores the various stages of publishing a scholarly paper, explaining how to act with integrity when selecting a journal, drafting a manuscript and assigning authorship.

    Module duration: 40 minutes

  • Professional Responsibilities
    Overview

    This module explores the responsibilities that researchers have to their colleagues, covering best practices in mentoring, collaboration and peer review.

    Module duration: 30 minutes

  • Communication, Social Responsibility and Impact
    Overview

    This module covers the wider responsibilities that researchers assume as they develop their careers, including taking on different roles, communicating findings to the public and maximising research impact.

    Module duration: 35 minutes

Supplementary Modules

  • Conflicts of Interest
    Overview

    This module sets out how researchers can identify potential conflicts of interest, as well as the steps that should be taken to disclose and manage any interests identified.

    Module time: 25 minutes 

  • Research Involving Human Participants
    Overview

    This module explains what is required of researchers working with human participants, covering aspects of the review process as well as continuing responsibilities.

    Module time: 34 minutes 

  • The Care and Use of Animals in Research
    Overview

    This module sets out how researchers are expected to conduct themselves when working with animals, covering government and institutional guidelines as well as continuing responsibilities.

    Module time: 30 minutes 

  • Intellectual Property
    Overview

    This module covers various aspects of intellectual property as it applies to researchers, addressing questions of ownership as well as the steps involved with securing copyrights and patents.

    Module time: 26 minutes 

  • Export Controls
    Overview

    This module sets out what types of research are potentially subject to export control restrictions, as well as how activities found to be controlled should be approached and managed.

    Module time: 20 minutes