Reproducible Research 

Registration Deadline:

Wednesday 28th May 2025 

Cost:

£250 

Training Type:

This is a train-the-trainer course.  It contains sections on pedagogy to assist you in developing your own local training. 

Event Dates / Times / Location 

Thursday, 3rd July / 1000-1530 (with a break for lunch 1230-1330) / online 

Audience:

This course is open to anyone who wants to actively promote ways to build and retain knowledge in research groups. Suggested audiences are research support staff and researchers looking to change behaviours and culture of their teams. 

Level:

The train-the-trainer session is at an intermediate level as attendees are expected to have some experience in training design (more details given below). This is because the focus of the train-the-trainer session is on delivering the Reproducible Research workshop specifically, rather than on general training design skills. 

Prerequisite skills/Expertise/Experience:

The course is suitable for researchers and research support staff with any level of experience of research projects and research project lifecycles. However, it is recommended that attendees have some experience in building training content, for example they may have attended or be familiar with Carpentries Instructor Training (https://carpentries.github.io/trainer-training/) and/or similar train-the-trainer courses (such as those delivered through the UKRN programme). 

Overall likely time commitment:

4.5 hours training 

  • Morning session: 1000-1230 
  • Afternoon session: 1330-1530 

Following the session, it is expected that attendees will spend some time modifying the content to suit their target audience, and delivering their version of the workshop locally. 

Content Overview:

In this course, two parts will be interleaved – Part 1 focuses on the content of an example Reproducible Research workshop, and Part 2 provides space and support to consider how the course might be modified to suit the needs of your local institutions. 

Part 1 (Reproducible Research Workshop): 

Learn how to build Reproducible Research practices into your everyday project workflows. 

The Reproducible Research workshop focuses on the acquisition of new skills and knowledge, and the development of attitudes and behaviours required to continually evolve robust reproducibility practices. The content will provide you with a practical path to travel further along your reproducibility journey, with steps appropriate for any level of maturity. By focusing on building knowledge, trustworthiness and retention, these steps will form habits that embed reproducibility into your project. 

This part follows the “7 Steps towards Reproducible Research” framework: 

  • Step 1 – Planning to be organised 
  • Step 2 – Keeping your files Tidy and Organised 
  • Step 3 – Methodology and Protocols 
  • Step 4 – Documentation and writing it down 
  • Step 5 – Testing and Controls 
  • Step 6 – Automation 
  • Step 7 – Publishing, Persistent Identifiers and Preparing for Reuse 

Part 2 (Train-the-Trainer): 

Become a trainer in Reproducible Research with this practical instructor training. 

Ensuring that our research is reproducible builds trust in the knowledge derived from published papers. The Reproducible Research workshop (part 1) focuses on building skills and practices to ensure more robust reproducibility of a project. This part focuses on how to deliver the Reproducible Research workshop within your local context, and how to work with researchers to build these reproducible practices into their research groups. 

Topics covered include: 

  • Building these lessons into real world scenarios and relatable case studies 
  • The background behind these lessons, and how these skills are used in industries outside research 
  • Identifying risks in knowledge management 
  • How topics of data management and sensitive data handling overlap reproducible practices 
  • Common questions and discussions that arise during training 

Learning objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will: 

  • Identify research practices that promote reproducibility. 
  • Evaluate current research practices and use judgement to insert practices to promote reproducibility. 
  • Synthesise a training module to promote the above practices in your local environment. 

Completion criteria:  

After this session, attendees should have a workshop customised for their institute, whether this be a clone from the main material with local information, a set of slides with local links or similar. 

Training partner:

Digital Research Academy 

Number of attendees: 

Min 8 

Max 16 

Evaluation methods:

A UKRN evaluation will be delivered via the Community of Practice at 1- and 6-months post-course. 

Application:

For information about how to apply, please contact your institution’s Open Research Coordinator and Administrator (linked via this page). 

For specific course content queries: elle.chilton-knight@bristol.ac.uk  

For general information regarding the UKRN ORP training, please contact: elle.chilton-knight@bristol.ac.uk