Our Research Integrity training for staff is mandatory and is assessed by submission of short reflective responses. We have a substantial body of data from this which gives us unique insights into all aspects of Research Integrity including discipline specific concerns and good practice. We have not been able to analyse these in sufficient depth due to constraints on staff time and we are limited in our qualitative research skills and experience. We have multiple requests for insights from this data for specific services (e.g. ethics) or Schools, as this will allow us to develop more effective internal training, support and events to promote research integrity and good research practice. This placement project will give the opportunity to develop an evidence-based analysis and create real impact from our training programme to inform institutional support for Research Integrity. Research Integrity is one of UofG’s identified Research Culture Priorities and  has a dedicated project workstream supporting ongoing developments. 

We would like the researcher to help us develop a sustainable and appropriate methodology to analyse our training responses  and, having explored the dataset, co complete analysis on agreed subsets of the data in the timeframe available. We have ethical consent in place for a subset of responses so we can discuss possibilities for dissemination or publication – this would be encouraged!