We are committed to ensuring that everyone involved in research, including coursework, understands the importance of research integrity and ethical standards.

This page provides an overview of our research integrity training, which is designed to help you understand your responsibilities and promote responsible, honest, and ethical behaviours.

Research integrity training modules

Our research integrity training suite consists of three modules:

• Research Integrity
• Human Research Ethics
• Animal Care and Ethics

Staff can access these modules through the ELMO platform, while students, including higher degree by research students, can access them via the Research Integrity Learning Hub on Brightspace. Additionally, we highly recommend the Introduction to Research Data Management module for anyone conducting research and gathering research data.

Who should complete

According to the Academic Integrity Policy, the following individuals are required to complete research integrity training:

• All academic staff in any capacity
• Professional staff supporting research governance, higher degree by research candidature or supervision, or staff research
• Senior staff with relevant governance and management responsibilities
• Students enrolled in higher degree by research courses, higher degree by coursework with a research component, or undergraduate courses with a research component

Reassessment

Training must be completed every three years. To pass each module, you must achieve a score of 80% or higher.

Learning outcomes

The research integrity training modules cover key principles, responsibilities and key concepts including:

• Robust research practices and requirements
• Expectations and responsibilities for those conducting or supporting research
• Provisions for research with human subjects
• Provisions for the use of animals for scientific purposes

Training for research trainee supervisors

If you are interested in becoming a research supervisor, you must complete mandatory supervisor training offered by the Office of Graduate Research. This training is essential for those applying to be registered as HDR supervisors and is beneficial for any researcher interested in supervision.

The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2018) specifies a research supervisor is responsible to:

"Provide guidance and mentorship on responsible research conduct to other researchers or research trainees under their supervision and, where appropriate, monitor their conduct R15."

Supervisory roles are guided by the NHMRC Supporting Guide for Supervision.

For more information, visit Supervisor training.