The ability of researchers to handle information is of vital importance.…
The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) and RIN are pleased to be jointly sponsoring this workshop on Good Practice in Information Literacy for Academic Research. The draft programme is attached below.…
ARMA is the professional association for research managers and administrators in the UK. Their stated mission is to facilitate excellence in research by identifying and establishing best practice in research management and administration.…
The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills state their commitment to fostering world-class higher education to provide the nation with the high level skills needed for economic success, while ensuring excellence in teaching and research.…
What is the role of doctoral training in advanced knowledge-based economies?…
The RIN?s Head of Programmes, Stéphane Goldstein ran a session on researchers? information-handling skills and training at the Annual Good Practice Conference, organised by the Vitae South West and Wales Hub in Cardiff on 24 February 2010.…
Information is the lifeblood of academic research.…
The RIN is working to raise awareness of the potential of freedom of information legislation (FoI) as a tool for researchers.…
Freedom of information (FoI) legislation is highly relevant to researchers in Higher Education: as creators of information and/or data, they need to comply with the requirements of the law with regards to allowing access to their research outputs; and a…
This report finds that training for researchers on information seeking and management is uncoordinated and generally not based on any systematic assessment of needs. …
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