Courses / Module

This module commences in 2nd Semester. Please visit www.maynoothuniversity.ie/rsdp to view the timetable for this module. Details will be uploaded before the start of Semester 2.

Module Objective
The aim of the module is to make the doctoral student aware of institutional guidelines concerning research practice and integrity, to highlight important contemporary considerations for proper and ethical research conduct and to imbue awareness of issues concerning research misconduct.

Session 1: Introduction to the University’s policy on Research Integrity.
Session 2: What are research ethics?
Session 3: The ethical review procedure at NUIM.
Session 4: Research misconduct: case reviews illustrating data fabrication, data manipulation, plagiarism, distinctions between research misconduct and fraud.
Session 5: Good research practice. Topics to include social responsibility, authorship criteria, data protection and sharing, intellectual property, publication bias, p-fishing and other statistical issues, career progression and pressure.
Session 6: Peer presentations of case studies of research misconduct relevant to students’ disciplines of interest.

Research students may opt to attend these sessions on an individual basis, or register for the module and attend all six sessions to attain 5 ECTS credits. Students who wish to register for this module must do so via their Student Web Portal.
Students must register, via an online form, for the specific session(s) they wish to attend, whether or not they are registered for the module. Please submit a separate form for each workshop you plan on attending. Please visit www.maynoothuniversity.ie/rsdp for the GST4 registration form.