UKRIO Training Webinar: Introduction to Research Integrity 10:00 - 11:00, Wednesday 16th October 2024

Who is the event for: Staff and research students at UKRIO subscriber organisations (no limit on number of attendees per organisation).

The session is particularly relevant for:

Researchers needing introductory or refresher training on research integrity and research culture
Research students, of any level of experience
Professional services staff, administrators, and others who need awareness of research integrity and research culture as part of their job roles
Supervisors, principal investigators, managers, trainers and others who need to pass on key lessons on research integrity and research culture to colleagues

Learning outcomes

Attendees will receive an engaging introduction to research integrity and research culture, drawing on UKRIO’s extensive practical experience.

Following this session, attendees will be able to:

Explain what research integrity and research culture are.
Understand the importance of research integrity and research culture for research quality, ethical standards and public trust in research.
Recognise key challenges involved in achieving research that is high quality and of high ethical standards.
Determine how research integrity applies to their own research.
Establish how research culture can influence their own research.
Describe the sources of support available to researchers and others on issues of research integrity and research culture.

This is the first of four exclusive training webinars for UKRIO subscribers in 2024-25 on topics related to research integrity: an introduction to research integrity and research culture.

What is research integrity? What does it mean to you?

How straightforward is it to achieve good research practice? What does ‘good’ research look like and what are the challenges involved? What does a good research environment look like and how can organisational culture help – or harm – research quality?

The standards for research seem to be fairly straightforward and easy to achieve: be honest about your data and results, take care of research participants, and don’t engage in questionable practices, even accidentally.

James Parry, Chief Innovation Officer of UKRIO, will explore whether these assumptions are correct or if we need to think a bit more about what ethics and integrity mean for our research. What impact can ‘research culture’ – the environment and ethos of research organisations – have on the quality and ethical standards of research? Do incentives and competition improve the conduct of research or increase mistakes and other problems?

The session will look at the challenges involved in ensuring that research is high quality and of high ethical standards, discuss the pressures faced by researchers, and explore what researchers and organisations can do to safeguard and enhance good research practice.

Please note that this event is strictly for members of UKRIO subscriber institutions only. If you’re unsure whether your organisation is one of our subscriber institutions, please see the list here. If your institution would like to learn more about the benefits of supporting UKRIO, please contact us.

Please register using your institutional email address. We regret that registrations from persons who are not affiliated with a UKRIO subscriber institution will be cancelled.

For further information on this event or future events at UKRIO please follow the UK Research Integrity website.