Training Schema

Training Schema Table October 2023

Priority

Topic

Research stage

Delivery plans (scheduled/planned/needed)

1

Conducting open research consistent with relevant legal, ethical, and regulatory constraints

Planning

Scheduled

2

Research Co-production

Planning

Needed

3

Defining the data, code, or other evidence on which your research findings will be based on and how this will be managed and shared before the start of data collection and analysis

Planning

Scheduled

4

Transparent qualitative data practices

Analysing

Needed

5

Ensuring publications are Open Access

Disseminating

Planned

6

Using open source software created by others

Analysing

Planned

7

Guidelines for recognising the specific substantive contribution of everyone involved in a research project

Planning

Needed

8

Declaring conflicts of interest

Disseminating

Needed

9

My own data analysis is computationally reproducible

Conducting

Scheduled

10

Version control of research products (e.g., data, code, any other materials used in or generated as part of the research process)

Conducting

Scheduled

11

Preparing my own data, code, or other evidence according to FAIR principles

Conducting

Scheduled

12

Publishing pre-prints

Disseminating

Planned

13

Pre-registration of research protocols (may include registered reports)

Planning

Planned

14

Creating my own open source software/analysis code to share with others

Conducting

Scheduled

15

Guidelines for recruitment and interview panels on best practice for research evaluation

Evaluating

Needed

16

Open protocols and methods

Disseminating

Planned

17

Planning Impact

Planning

Scheduled

19

Open materials

Disseminating

Needed

20

Open data (including FAIR principles)*

Disseminating

Scheduled

21

Data visualisation

Analysing

Planned 

22

Data storage

Conducting

Needed

23

Data management plans

Planning

Scheduled

24

Consent for open data

Planning

Scheduled

25

Training for professional services staff (library, research mgt, IT, HR…):

Other

Needed

26

Open research statements required in applications for posts

Incentive Structure

Needed

27

Open research awards

Incentive Structure

Needed

28

Narrative CVs

Incentive Structure

Planned

29

Licensing data and code

Disseminating

Scheduled

30

Guidelines for responsible use of metrics

Evaluating

Needed

31

Guidelines for evaluating open research and reproducibility in peer review

Evaluating

Planned

32

Guidelines for embedding open research engagement into individual research assessment (e.g., annual appraisals)

Incentive Structure

Needed

33

Data analysis

Analysing

Scheduled

34

Use of repositories (e.g., OSF, Figshare, Zenodo, GitHub)

Disseminating

Scheduled

35

Use of preprint repositories

Disseminating

Needed

36

Intellectual property

Planning

Needed

37

Digital humanities

Conducting

Needed

38

Reproducible computational environments (e.g., Docker, Binder)

Disseminating

Scheduled

39

Publication strategies

Planning

Planned

40

Publication copyright and licencing

Disseminating

Planned

41

Patient and public involvement panels

Planning

Needed

42

ORCID identifiers

Other

Needed

43

Open code

Analysing

Needed

44

Handling risks in transparency (e.g., social media storms, trolls, etc.)

Disseminating

Scheduled

45

Guidelines for embedding open research engagement into promotions procedures

Incentive Structure

Needed

46

Ethics and risk-assessment

Planning

Scheduled

47

Electronic research notebooks (aka E-lab notebooks)

Conducting

Needed

48

Different challenges for different types of data (qualitative vs quantitative data; artefacts, creative recordings etc.)

Analysing

Planned

49

Code documentation

Disseminating

Scheduled

* Note that these topics are the priority topics for which institution-level indicators will be piloted in the Open Research Programme and, if successful, may be rolled out to all partners. [data access statements, sharing data, preregistration, use of CRediT etc]

For queries Sarah Callaghan sarah.callaghan@admin.ox.ac.uk