We want Edinburgh Napier University to be a place where good researchers want to do excellent research. We are committed to promoting a positive research culture and have a number of measures to support this, including training, expert advisers and…
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The University has recently updated its policies on data management and adverse events in research. This post summarises the polices and the changes for each. Data Management Policy The data management policy was updated and approved by the Research and…
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When conducting any research and innovation project there should be research governance and integrity checks in advance of starting the work. Some of these checks can take time and influence how you should plan your project. It is important that…
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Since the last update in the Spring, there have been many challenges for us all – COVID, lockdown, working from home, as well as opportunities for different types of research. Alongside this the University has been progressing with the preparation…
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Why open research? Making research results open is often requirement for research funders and Universities. Open research is a way of allowing: Others to use your data-sets to validate your findings or reused by researchers in other fields for different…
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Changes to team staffing Alison McIlveen has joined the team to support REF as a REF officer. Ceri Bain has been promoted to REF project manager. Lindsay Ramage is now the Head of Research Governance. Training: Sessions related to research…
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After a review of research data practices across the University in accordance with the University research data management (RDM) policy and external requirements on good practice around research data, including open data, it has been agreed by the School Heads…
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Sessions related to research information management have been organised for the next few months as follows: Classroom/group sessions Bring your own device Worktribe session : 17th October – 10am-11:30am – G8 Merchiston Data Management Session : 7th November – 10am-11pm…
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The University generates a lot of research data each year. This needs to be managed securely for the integrity of the research we do. As a researcher you need to ensure that the data you generate is managed securely in…
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Over the past months we have been working on a number of projects in the areas of research information and governance. Some highlights are below, including the times over the summer where you can access for training, advice or discussion…
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