Data

Data analysis and management is an integral part of conducting your research. We offer a range of courses covering different software and techniques to help you analyse and manage your data - whether the data you’re collecting is quantitative, qualitative or a mixture of both. The full list of software available through the University of Exeter is available on the website.

This programme of workshops brought to you by the University of Exeter Research Software Engineering Group, University of Exeter Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Researcher Development and the Doctoral College and includes:

Introduction to R
Working with data with R
Regression analysis with R
Advanced Regression Analysis with R
Software Development Best Practice
Introduction to Julia
Parallel computing with Fortran and Julia
Introduction to Version Control
Intermediate Version Control
Computational Thinking
Introduction to Unix
Introduction to Python
Intermediate Python
Introduction to HPC and ISCA
Introduction to Machine Learning

Bookings for these sessions should be made through the Coding for Reproducible Research Workshops Page

Online resources

There's a range of online training available on data ethics, collection and management:

You can access the Research Integrity Mandatory Online Training through the LearnUpon system (see Mandatory Training page)
The University has produced a comprehensive resources on Research Data Management, including information on Open Data
You can access recordings and resources from the Women in Data Seminar Series on our ELE page
You can access training resources on Reproducible reporting using Markdown in Python and R on GitHub
Through the library, you also have access to the Sage Research Methods Online Resource which contains a wealth of resources and training on research methods
Using NVIVO for Qualitative Analysis on our Researcher Development webpage.

Please check out our Researcher Development site- a suite of online resources, made by PGRs for PGRs, to support their training and development.

Research ethics support for PGRs

Below is an introduction to Research Ethics at the University. If you have any questions refer to the Research Ethics & Governance webpages, your project coordinator, Ethics committee chair or the central Research Ethics & Governance team.

Complete Research Integrity Mandatory Online training

When you start your research degree, you will need to complete Mandatory Research Integrity Online Training. You will need to report you have completed this training as part of your Training Needs Analysis.

We also have optional courses you can sign up to in addition to the mandatory training:

Engage with online learning resources

There are a range of online resources available for you to engage with to deepen your knowledge and understanding of research integrity and research ethics. These include:

Ethical review of research

Information about the ethical review of research process can be found on the University website, including links to University and College level ethics committee.

All colleges are in the process of implementing our new Research Management System. As part of this improvement, Ethical Review will take place on a system called Worktribe Ethics. From June 7th, most PGRs will have access to this system for any new applications, for HUMS based PGRs please contact your Ethics Chair for further information.

The Research Ethics & Governance team have set up an online section of resources about the new system and how to use it. This is available here.

Continued ethical review

Researchers, Development and the In-Betweens Emergent Research Ethics with Warren Speed - In this episode of the podcast R, D and the In-betweens, Researcher Development Manager Kelly Preece talks to Warren Speed about his research, the development of an 'emergent' approach to research ethics and his plans for a research ethics conference.