Learning Paths

Ethical Research Data Scientist

This pathway will help you understand the key principles of RRI in research and data ethics, in order to help you make informed decisions about how to share your data responsibly. 

Open Responsible Researcher

This pathway will equip you with the knowledge you need to embed RRI in your research practices, making publications and data open and FAIR.

Responsible Research Communicator

This pathway will help you understand the importance of communication for RRI and Open Science and give you the tools to implement and assess public engagement processes.

Open Responsible Research Innovator

This pathway will help you understand the RRI principles and how they introduce an important and beneficial shift in relations between research and innovation.

The open peer reviewer

The practice of peer review is evolving to become more open. This pathway will help you to understand the move towards Open Peer Review and equip you to be able to participate - both as an author and as a reviewer.

Effort: 2-3 hours

Level: intermediate and advanced

The learning path will be completed by finishing the following courses:

• Open peer review
• Managing and sharing research data
• Open source software and workflows

The responsible data sharer

Sharing data is great but you need to know what data you can share, with whom you can share, when to share, and how best to share. This pathway will equip you with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about sharing your data responsibly.   

Effort: 3-4 hours

Level: intermediate and advanced

The learning path will be completed by finishing the following courses:

• What is open science?
• Managing and sharing research data
• Data protection and ethics
• Open licensing

The reproducible research practitioner

Recent studies have revealed a reproducibility crisis for published findings. This pathway will help you to make sure that your published findings can stand up to scrutiny and serve as a solid foundation for others to build upon.

Effort: 3-4 hours

Level: intermediate and advanced

The learning path will be completed by finishing the following courses:

• What is Open Science?
• Best practice in open research
• Open Access publishing
• Managing and sharing research data
• Open source software and workflows

The open innovation accelerator

The notion that innovation happens within set boundaries is being challenged. This pathway will provide you with the skills you need to spot opportunities and to build open innovation aspects into your research.  

Effort: 2-3 hours

Level: intermediate and advanced

The learning path will be completed by finishing the following courses:

• Open Science and innovation
• Managing and sharing research data
• Open licensing

The open access author

There is more to consider when publishing for open access than simply selecting a ‘green’ or ‘gold’ route. This pathway will help you to look at publishing in a more holistic way to ensure that your publications, underlying data and software are accessible and can be used to support your findings.

Effort: 3-4 hours

Level: intermediate and advanced

The learning path will be completed by finishing the following courses:

• What is open science?
• Open access publishing
• Managing and sharing research data
• Open licensing
• Sharing preprints 
• Open Peer Review