Research Integrity Training at DCU
Research integrity is about knowing and meeting your responsibilities as a researcher. It means performing research to the highest standards of professionalism, at all points of the research process – from design through to dissemination. DCU is committed to ensuring the highest standards of integrity in all aspects of our research, and provide training on Research Integrity in order to promote best practice in responsible research behaviour.
Research Integrity Online Training for Experienced Researchers
Research Integrity Concise is an online course targeted at experienced researchers. Completion of the course will assist researchers in fulfilling their research integrity training obligations under the terms of their funded research projects from our national agencies. The mandatory course modules take approximately 75 minutes to complete, but we would also encourage researchers to explore the other optional modules, and the additional specialist modules where relevant.
This course is delivered via Loop and can be accessed here.
Research Integrity Online Training for Early Stage Researchers
Research Integrity Comprehensive is an online course targeted at early stage researchers (including early career postdocs, graduate research students, research assistants, etc.). The course takes approximately 4.5 - 5 hours to complete. It is designed to enable researchers to conduct research of the highest quality, helping them meet the criteria for key funding bodies and updating them on best practice in responsible research behaviour. This includes the obligations and responsibilities that today’s researchers have, along with practical advice on how to deal with the complex situations in which they may find themselves. It features practical information that users can quickly apply to their own situations, and that captures the complexity of real-life situations. A range of interactive activities and video are used to promote an engaging learning experience, and case studies are used throughout to help ground the material in practice. By the end of the course, researchers should be able to:
- Know, understand and explain the key responsibilities they have as a researcher
- Identify the challenges they could face in meeting those responsibilities
- Be aware of strategies for dealing with pressures and difficult situations.
This course is delivered via Loop and can be accessed here.
DCU Research Integrity Training Programme
This training programme for graduate research students has been jointly developed by Research Support and the Graduate Studies Office. Over the academic year, a number of face-to-face sessions are delivered by DCU staff with expertise in the issues surrounding research integrity - see the GSO webpage for details. Previous presentations are accessible via our Events page
At Dublin City University, our commitment to upholding the highest standards of conduct in research is detailed in the following documents:
- DCU Code of Good Research Practice
- DCU Code of Practice on Authorship
- DCU Research Integrity Policy
- DCU Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct
- DCU Position Statement on Open Access to Research Publications
- Ethics resources for specific research topics - DCU REC Guideline Statements
These documents align to the standards of the following national and international codes and guidance:
- ERA Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research
- Framework to Enhance Research Integrity in Research Collaborations
- National Policy Statement on Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland
- HEA Principles of good practice in research within Irish Higher Education Institutions
- European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
- Guidance statement from World Conferences on Research Integrity
- Seven Reasons to Care about Integrity in Research (Science Europe)
- Research Projects - Key points of good practice checklist for researchers (UKRIO)
Dilemma Game; Professionalism and integrity in Research - ethical dilemma game developed by Erasmus University Rotterdam. This game contains many common integrity scenarios and encourages discussion and formulation of solutions.
ORI Responsible Conduct of Research Casebook - examples of ethical dilemmas that researchers are liable to encounter across research integrity related topics.
Ethics CORE - this is a hub for training resources on responsible conduct of research topics, hosted at the University of Illinois
The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct - Become the lead characters in this ORI interactive movie and make decisions about integrity in research that can have long-term consequences. The simulation addresses responsible conduct of research topics such as avoiding research misconduct, mentorship responsibilities, handling of data, responsible authorship, and questionable research practices.
On Being a Scientist - This fictional film from the University of Leiden aims to raise students' awareness of academic integrity.
The Embassy of Good Science - online platform on research integrity and research ethics (containing institutional, national and international research integrity/ethics guidelines, misconduct cases and cases of good practice, case analyses, training resources etc.)