Academic Integrity
Academic integrity involves acting honestly, ethically, fairly, and respecting others in teaching, learning, research, and administration. It means producing honest, ethical work and it's one of the key foundations of being a good student.
Learn more about academic integrity, a key principle at UC through this online .
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism means using another author’s words or ideas without proper acknowledgement. This workshop offered by the Academic Skills Centre covers the different forms of plagiarism and teaches strategies for avoiding it in your academic writing.
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Copyright and your Thesis
Copyright is a form of intellectual property. It is a legal right that automatically arises when an original work is created, for example an artwork, literary work, musical work, film or sound recording.
Find out more about through this resource provided by the library.
Demystifying the Ethics Process
Will your research require ethics approval? Not sure whether it does? Come along to this session, in which the co-chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) will share insights about the need for research ethics committee review and how the HREC works at UC. There will also be opportunities to discuss ethical issues related to your own project to help enhance your research journey.
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Risk management
Research Data Management
Research Data Management is becoming increasingly important. Creating a plan at the beginning of your project enables you to be more efficient with regards to data creation, be compliant with regulations and policies and address who is responsible for what.
Develop your knowledge by using the Ҷֱ’s and make use of the eResearch Consultancy service or the weekly .
Data Handling
Good data organization is the foundation of any research project. Most researchers have data in spreadsheets, so it’s the place that many research projects start.
In order to use tools that make computation more efficient, such as programming languages like R or Python, we need to structure our data the way that computers need the data. Since this is where most research projects start, this is where we want to start too!
In this lesson, you will learn:
Good data entry practices - formatting data tables in spreadsheets
How to avoid common formatting mistakes
Approaches for handling dates in spreadsheets
Basic quality control and data manipulation in spreadsheets
Exporting data from spreadsheets
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Sustainability
Considering sustainability andhow your research fits into the global research environment is a vital component of your development as a researcher.
This can range from reflecting on how your research addresses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to developing a systems thinking approach.
Sustainability AKO | LEARN Module
This online module focuses on how your research aligns with the SDGs. It is made up of 4 parts:
- Part 1: Sustainability and the SDGs. Learn about the SDGs and why they matter.
- Part 2: Sustainability and being a researcher in Aotearoa New Ҷֱ and beyond.
- Part 3: Faculty talks.Choose two or more short talks from UC Faculty experts discussing how their research is related to sustainability and the SDGs.
- Part 4: Reflections
Email katharina.stirland@canterbury.ac.nz to enrol in this 1 hour module.
Sustainability Research Impact – Applying Systems Thinking
In this face-to-face workshop delivered by the Academic Skills Centre you will become aware of the potential of your research to impact sustainability challenges. Learn how to analyse your research topic from multiple perspectives and draw meaningful connections between your ideas. This workshop will equip you with the skills to develop a systemic understanding of your topic and the ability to see its place within the bigger picture of current and future sustainability challenges.
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