The UK Data Service has created a resource pack entitled
“Dissertations and their data: promoting research integrity”, which aims
to introduce the idea of transparency in research into undergraduate
teaching.
This pack is designed to encourage better data
management and research integrity in undergraduate dissertations and
will be of great benefit to teachers supervising research projects and
students undertaking them.
Launched at the NCRM Research Methods Festival during Louise Corti’s session Show me the data: research reproducibility for qualitative methods, this resource proved highly popular among delegates.
The
pack provides real examples of good practice and inspiration of what
good documentation and planning could look like for a student project.
It also includes practical templates for consent, transcription,
anonymisation and documentation – based upon templates and models of
forms created and recommended by the UK Data Service to researchers
which have been adapted to suit the specific needs of undergraduate
students. A link to slides for teaching is also included which can be
adapted and modified to suit various project needs and different
disciplines.
Louise Corti stated “We hope by instilling best
practice methods early, students will embrace the idea of trust in data
and in the transparency of research findings, and pass on the good
practice and messages as they enter their own research or professional
careers.”
Download the resource pack and slides
Read more about the development of the resource pack in our blog Thinking Ahead: developing good practice in data management with students